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It’s time for employers to get acquainted with the new Form I-9. The form is easier to use than the old version, but with just a few weeks left before employers must make the switch, it’s a good idea to get familiar with the form now, says Jacob Monty, managing partner at Monty & Ramirez, […]
Employers that take a comprehensive view of training see it not only as a means to improve employee performance but also as an effective recruiting and retention tool. One car rental company is using its training program to drive a promote-from-within philosophy.
by Dinita L. James Gonzalez Law, LLC The minimum wage in Arizona will jump from $8.05 to $10 on January 1 as a result of the passage of Proposition 206 in November. A last-minute barrage of litigation by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry failed to block the increase from taking effect. On December […]
Every employer wants its training to stick. After all, what’s the use of training if employees aren’t able to apply the skills that they’ve learned on the job? However, training transfer isn’t a given. So, what are the most common barriers to training transfer, and how can they be avoided?
by Charles H. Kaplan Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. Employers in New York must increase the salaries of exempt executive and administrative employees by December 31 to meet the requirements of recently adopted regulations. Employers also must decide whether to increase exempt employees’ salaries each year to match annual increases required by the new regulations. […]
The Senate has scheduled a January confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of labor. Trump’s nomination of Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, was the death knell for the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime regulations, according to John Husband, a partner at Holland & Hart […]
by Lisa Berg Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. The minimum wage in Florida is set to go up five cents to $8.10 an hour on January 1. The current hourly minimum wage is $8.05. The increase is based on the percentage increase in the federal Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners […]
Yesterday’s Advisor presented advice on getting the most out of your valuable training time. Today we receive some more expert advice on another training problem: managing difficult trainees and difficult questions.
by Steven L. Brenneman The Illinois Freedom to Work Act, which will ban noncompetition agreements for low-wage private-sector employees, goes into effect on January 1. The law defines a “low-wage employee” as an employee who earns the greater of the applicable federal, state, or local minimum wage or $13 per hour. Therefore, the law initially […]
The District of Columbia Council approved a bill on December 20 requiring employers to give workers eight weeks’ paid leave for the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child. Employers will pay for the leave through a payroll tax. In addition to the eight weeks of parental leave, the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act […]