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Chipotle Mexican Grill has paired up with Guild Education to provide up to $5,250 in tuition reimbursement for employees who enroll with select university partners; employees may also be eligible for up to $5,815 in federal financial aid.
Wellness becomes a tricky dance once you want to base incentives on an actual health outcome—like reduced blood pressure or cholesterol. Fortunately, DOL offers a checklist to help you determine whether your program is in compliance. HIPAA’s nondiscrimination provisions generally prohibit a group health plan or group health insurance issuer from denying an individual eligibility […]
Signals that the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is ramping up enforcement became clearer with the levying of a record $87,430,000 proposed penalty against BP Products North America Inc. on October 30. The previous largest penalty, $21 million, was issued in 2005, also against BP, according to OSHA. OSHA levied the proposed penalty […]
A Michigan company has developed a way to audit ineligible dependents out of healthcare plans, saving millions for its large employer clients. But smaller companies may also benefit from the concept. They say that every cloud has a silver lining. A Michigan company has found that silver, actually more like gold, in the endless overcast […]
Your chances of successfully defending yourself against harassment claims may be only as good as your company’s policy manual, according to a recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling.
For many of the very best small workplaces, teamwork is an important part of the structure and atmosphere. Why is it so important? We’ll give you 8 reasons.
On Sept. 18, three federal agencies — Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury — petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn 10th Circuit’s decision in Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius, No. 12-6294 (10th Cir., June 27, 2013), after that court ruled in favor of the owner’s right to project his RFRA rights not to comply […]
For over a year now, the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission (FEHC) has been drafting regulations to implement California’s sexual harassment training law, A.B. 1825. In December, the FEHC finally submitted the draft regulations to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) for approval, and it looked like the regulations might take effect this month.
On Fridays, California Employer Daily will often be given over to an “E-pinion” column by Jennifer Carsen, Esq., ERI’s Managing Editor. If you’ve got an idea for a 500-700 word column on any topic of interest to California employers, we’d love to have you as a guest columnist. Just describe your idea in a brief […]
by Donovan Plomp McCarthy Tetrault In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has decided collective bargaining is a right protected in the national constitution. The court’s extension of “freedom of association” under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to include a right to collective bargaining is a reversal of previous Supreme Court decisions.