In the years leading up to the recession, the talent market was hot. Unemployment in 2007 was hovering in the 4.5 percent range and U.S. GDP growth – while … Read more
Open Enrollment? Here’s What Your Employees Are Saying About It
Ever wish you could be a fly on the wall when your employees are talking about open enrollment? Every open enrollment season we share snippets of the … Read more
Remember Those 3% Salary Increases? Now, They’re the “New Normal”
Remember back when 5 percent was considered an average annual pay increase? Maybe you don’t, but I do, and although we haven’t seen anything … Read more
More Employers Working to Help Employees Stop Smoking
Employers are highly attuned to the risks of tobacco use, particularly when it comes to the business and human toll. Tobacco use is, of course, associated … Read more
No Way Around It: President’s Win Cements Future of “ObamaCare”
President Barack Obama’s victory cements the Affordable Care Act, expanding coverage to millions but leaving weighty questions about how to pay for it and … Read more
Health Care Reform: Today’s Election Will Decide Its Ultimate Future
The highest court in the country upheld most of the Affordable Care Act in June. But everybody knew it was only an overture. The law “will fall in … Read more
Should Hurricane Sandy’s First Responders be Offered Health Benefits?
From leading evacuees through flooded streets to carrying a family pet out of a collapsing home, first responders have been dubbed the heroes of Hurricane … Read more
Court Upholds Employer’s Overtime-Reducing Work Week Change
By Ted Boehm The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (based in St. Louis with with jurisdiction over Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, … Read more
If You’re Not Closed On Christmas Day, You’re Really a 1 Percenter
If Ebenezer Scrooge were alive today, he’d be in the 1 percent. No, not THAT 1 percent, although he’d undoubtedly be among that much-maligned … Read more
Employment Law Basics: Deferred Compensation and IRS Section 409A
Employment laws can be confusing and downright scary. They don’t have to be. As a public service, from now until my special Halloween webinar Answers to … Read more