The following is my response to an item on Retail Wire concerning the fact that The Gap has announced they are going to raise the starting wage of … Read more
Obama’s Overtime Proposal: Don’t Expect Any Swift Change
Editor’s note: Weekly Wrap is taking the week off. It will return next Friday. By Eric B. Meyer So, by now you’ve likely read the news, first … Read more
President Obama Proposing Big Expansion of Overtime Rules
In what could be BIG news for employers, President Obama is directing the U.S. Department of Labor to issue proposed regulations that would expand the … Read more
Employers See Little Increase in Workers Enrolling in Health Plans
Employers saw only a tiny increase in enrollment in their health insurance plans this year, even as key provisions of the Affordable Care Act — including a … Read more
Survey: Employers Not So Sure They’ll Continue Offering Health Benefits
Big employers are pretty sure they’ll keep offering workers health care coverage. But they seem a lot less sure than they used to be, according to a survey … Read more
Vacation Time in America: Do We Live to Work, or Work to Live?
Vacation time in America has practically become a cultural oxymoron. Sharpening both sides of this double-edged sword, Cadillac ran a remarkably … Read more
The Myth of Work-Life Balance: What Does It Say When the U.S. is No. 29?
According to the 2013 Better Life Index by OECD (the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development) we’re still fighting the battle to find … Read more
Supreme Court to Decide If Employees Should be Paid for Security Checks
A case that has the potential to cost staffing companies — and, in turn, their clients — hundreds of millions of dollars is headed to the U.S. Supreme … Read more
Are You Getting Tripped Up by Local Employee Ordinances?
The National Football League’s longstanding Super Bowl ticket distribution system recently got a legal penalty flag in the form of a consumer lawsuit based … Read more
Doing Good Is Good: How Volunteering Makes For a Healthier Workforce
Many companies have health and wellness programs in place for employees, whether it be through cash based wellness-incentives or physical programs like … Read more