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Hiring Temps And Independent Contractors: Employers Brace For Fallout From New Microsoft Ruling; How To Avoid Owing Benefits

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Jun 1, 1999 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 18, 2015

The federal appeals court covering California ruled several years ago that software giant Microsoft Corp. had to pay certain retroactive employee benefits to workers improperly classified as independent contractors. Now, the same court has made clear that its earlier ruling will require Microsoft to provide millions of dollars in stock-purchase rights not only to contractors, […]

Hiring Based on Internet Searches: Are You Dodging the Bullet or Becoming the Target?

By Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR Apr 15, 2008 Recruiting

Updated: Apr 16, 2008

If you rejected a candidate because of information you found on the Internet, did you dodge the bullet of a bad hire or make yourself the target of a big ticket lawsuit? Here’s one expert’s advice. Doing a Google® search on a job applicant—it’s sooo tempting. Facebook®, MySpace® and a dozen other sites are just […]

How the Senate Health Care Bill Could Bury Employers in Paperwork

By HR Hero Dec 10, 2009 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Dec 10, 2009

Employers may need to prepare for an avalanche of paperwork if the U.S. Senate’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) passes Congress in its current form (or a similar form). The comprehensive 2,074-page health care reform bill, if passed, would impose many additional burdens on employers. Changes to Health Plans Employers would be […]

H1N1 Vaccinations: May Not Be Available to Employees Until Spring 2010

By jessica Aug 25, 2009 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 18, 2015

H1N1 (“Swine”) flu vaccination trials are underway in the United States, and so far, it appears that there are no major side effects, according to the Centers for Disease Control. That’s the good news. The bad news for employers is that the vaccinations likely won’t be available for distribution to most adults through employee health […]

Your HR Department 2010 Survey Results

By Wendi Watts Sep 23, 2010 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Sep 23, 2010

While some HR departments got through the past year relatively unscathed, many have had to conduct layoffs, keep employees happy when they haven’t had a raise in more than a year, and all while their own departments and budgets have been slashed. Each year, HRhero asks its readers about their HR departments and how they […]

Cancers, ESRD Top List of Large Payouts, S-L Insurer Reports

By Todd Leeuwenburgh Jun 6, 2014 Uncategorized

Updated: Jun 6, 2014

The medical cases that are bad news to self-funded plans are also bad news to stop-loss insurers. So the latest report by stop-loss insurer Sun Life Financial on the top 10 catastrophic health conditions it sees is instructive for self-funded plans. Two categories of cancer, end-stage renal disease and two categories complications related to newborns […]