By Eric B. Meyer The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is obsessed with wellness programs. Or, as the EEOC likes to describe them … Read more
Costco’s Call: Why Staying Closed on Thanksgiving is a Good Idea
Last year, Costco took a controversial stand by refusing to stay open during Thanksgiving, citing the need to dispel the trend of retailers opening earlier … Read more
Big Changes For Workplace Health Plans: 6 Pitfalls to Watch For in 2015
You don’t get a pass this year on big health insurance decisions because you and your employees are not shopping in an Affordable Care Act marketplace. … Read more
Why Are America’s Workers Giving Back So Much PTO?
American employees are taking less vacation time today than at any point in the last four decades. In fact, in 2013 employees with available Paid Time Off … Read more
Voter Actions Undercut Federal Push for $10.10 Minimum Wage
By John E. Thompson Earlier this month, several states and localities voted in favor of increasing their minimum wage. Right on cue, many (including U.S. … Read more
Are Wages For Workers Starting — Finally! — to Show Some Growth?
A news story about optimistic pay trends claims to find signs of an impending upsurge in base hourly rates. Conceding that this is not the consensus … Read more
What You and Your Business Need to Know About Obamacare, Year 2
For business owners, two things in life are certain: taxes and rising health care costs. The two become nearly interchangeable when new IRS Health Care … Read more
Nobody’s Laughing, But Unlimited Vacation Policies Are a Complete Joke
Well, it had to happen — unlimited vacation policies have jumped the shark! Billionaire Richard Branson recently announced that his company, Virgin … Read more
Why You Need to Be Careful Emailing Employees FMLA Paperwork
By. Eric B. Meyer Remember, over the summer, when I wrote about how sending Family and Medical Leave Act paperwork to an employee via first class mail is a … Read more
Skilled Worker Shortages Are Slowly Starting to Push Pay Upward
Reports from the Federal Reserve say that a shortage of skilled workers in a variety of trades are showing up here and there across the U.S., putting … Read more