By Eric B. Meyer You, the naive reader, may assume that California is the state with the most employee-friendly laws. And, while that may be true, New … Read more
How Uber Is Pushing Us to Answer the Challenges of the “Freelancer Economy”
While reviewing a client’s policy manual the other day, I asked whether the sick leave policy — which allows employees to use sick time to care for unwell … Read more
Does This Kind of Behavior Make For a Hostile Work Environment?
By Eric B. Meyer Here’s a little new math: 1 crotch grab + 1 N-word + 1 threat + 4 sex slurs = 0 hostile work environments. You won’t find this one … Read more
It’s Not a Surprise, But We’re Now in a Candidate-Driven Job Market
Permanent and temporary placements will continue strong through the end of the year, and may even increase, as more companies are reporting plans to add … Read more
New Workplace Legal Issue: Discrimination by Association
By Eric B. Meyer We all know that the Americans with Disabilities Act makes its unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an individual on the basis … Read more
Appellate Court Throws Out Labor Department’s Internship Test
By Eric B. Meyer If you thought you knew when to pay (or not pay) an intern, think again. A federal appellate court just blew up the U.S. Department of … Read more
SHRM Las Vegas Day 4: Dr. Oz and a Wellness Message Sends Everybody on Their Way
If you have ever attended a SHRM annual conference, you know that the final day is not only a short one that ends around noon, but that it is pretty … Read more
5 Ways Smart, Proactive Employers Can Prepare Now for the New OT Rules
By Eric B. Meyer Somewhere between the time that I took this selfie at the start of my FMLA/ADA session at the Society for Human Resource Management’s … Read more
CEOs Seem to Get It, But What About HR Leaders?
Here’s another survey analysis and report that should be required reading for all HR professionals — pwc’s 18th Annual Global CEO Survey. The survey … Read more
SHRM Las Vegas 3: Mika Brezezinski Makes Her Pinch Hitting Opportunity Count
Mika Brzezinski, the keynote speaker on Day 3 of the 2015 Society for Human Resource Management’s annual Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, is known … Read more