If you follow sports, especially NFL football, you haven’t been able to get away from the nonstop coverage of the hazing issue that took place with the … Read more
Judge Finds That Employers Can Ban “Gotcha” Audio Recordings at Work
By Philip L. Gordon With audio recording applications often standard issue on ubiquitous smart phones, employees are now armed with a relatively … Read more
Labor Unions May Get Exempted From Controversial Obamacare Fee
Weeks after denying labor’s request to give union members access to health law subsidies, the Obama Administration is signaling it intends to exempt some … Read more
Senate Votes to Advance Employment Non-Discrimination Act
By Ilyse Wolens Schuman The U.S. Senate voted 61-30 to allow a final vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) (S. 815) without the threat of a … Read more
Obamacare Bringing Changes to Employer-Based Health Plans,Too
It’s annual enrollment time, the autumn period when many people with job-based health insurance ante up for another year. Although news reports have … Read more
Why It’s So Difficult to Really Change a Company Culture
When a company culture is dysfunctional, it can affect business success. HR or Organizational Development (OD) may try to change it. And sometimes they do … Read more
Flexible Spending Account Rules Will Now Allow a $500 Annual Carry Over
By Robert C. Christenson The IRS handed health care flexible spending account participants an early Christmas present on Halloween when it modified … Read more
Sticking With Performance Management, Even If It Doesn’t Work
Anyone who manages people and has been awake and alert for the past couple of years knows this to be true — no one seems to like performance reviews … Read more
San Francisco’s Flex Work Ordinance Will Take Effect Jan 1, 2014
By Kasia Nowak Under the San Francisco Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance signed this week by Mayor Edward Lee, parents and caretakers have been afforded … Read more
Senate Introduces Comp Time Bill to Blunt Action on Minimum Wage
By Michael J. Lotito With Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid expected to bring the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 (H.R. 1010; S. 460) up for consideration in … Read more