By Howard Mavity Employers are not guilty until proven innocent. Napoleonic justice is not the law of the land. To make out an OSHA citation, OSHA has the … Read more
Want to Be Seen as Strategic? Maybe It’s Time HR Looked to the CFO
HR professionals worry a lot about whether their CEO thinks they are strategic business leaders. Turns out it isn’t the CEO that HR professionals need to … Read more
Job-Based Family Health Premiums Up 4% For Second Year in a Row
For the second year in a row, health insurance premiums for job-based family coverage rose a relatively modest 4 percent, reflecting slowed health … Read more
Pennsylvania Bill Would Ban Sexual Orientation Discrimination on the Job
By Eric B. Meyer Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia have laws banning workplace discrimination in the private sector on the basis of sexual … Read more
Small Business Workers May Find Better Health Care Choices Online
Workers at small companies rarely get a choice of health plans. That could change for some of them when online health insurance marketplaces for businesses … Read more
Here’s Why Employers Need to Keep Offering Health Care Benefits
From the employer’s perspective, most of the recent publicity relating to offering health care benefits has been focused on the added cost and burden of … Read more
Weekly Wrap: How You Know You Have a Bad Corporate Culture
In my book, company culture is one of those workplace factors that gets far too little attention. Yes, lots of people talk about how important it is (and … Read more
Sharing Topless Photos At Work: Not Smart, But Not an Invitation, Either
By Eric B. Meyer Dear Google User Who Got Four Words Into This And Clicked: Sorry, this is an employment law blog. From time to time we have some prurient … Read more
Management 101: Never Fire Someone Publicly, Even if You Are CEO of AOL
See update below Here’s a question that every manager and HR professional should ask themselves: Is it ever right to fire someone publicly? If you … Read more
EEOC Loses a Battle In Its War on Background Checks
By Eric B. Meyer Late last year, in this post, I highlighted the six issues that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission prioritized in its … Read more