By John E. Thompson Two federal appellate courts have ruled this year that, as one of them put it, “aliens, authorized to work or not, may recover … Read more
Weekly Wrap: If You Have to be Laid Off, It Helps If You Worked at Boeing
Nobody in their right mind wants to be laid off, especially now that unemployment benefits that were expanded due to the Great Recession are returning to … Read more
Health Insurers Say Their Costs Will Increase by Only 5-6% in 2013
Some give all the credit to Obamacare. Others cite the poor economy or employers forcing workers to bear more of the cost of their medical expenses. … Read more
July Unemployment Dips Slightly, But Mediocre Job Growth Continues
Chalk up the mediocre July jobs report to the dog days of summer. No sector of the economy showed much hiring energy as the U.S. Department of Labor’s … Read more
Illinois Shows Employer Issues Dealing With Gun Laws in the Workplace
By Paul E. Starkman Illinois recently became the last state in the nation to pass a gun control law when it enacted the 168-page Firearms Concealed Carry … Read more
Naughty or Nice? Labor Dept. App Will Identify How Employers Rate
By John E. Thompson The U.S. Department of Labor has signaled for some time now that it considers shame and ostracism to be enforcement tools. The … Read more
The New World of Work: It Takes a Very Different Management Mindset
Take a minute and look around you. Gone is your corner office; you’re now sitting between the intern who started last week and your client who works from … Read more
With 5 New Members Now Confirmed, the NLRB Is Back in Business
By Eric B. Meyer Yesterday, the U.S. Senate voted mainly along party lines to confirm five members — a full slate — to the National Labor … Read more
Engagement and High Performance: The Link Could Not Be Any Clearer
I was talking with the CEO and CMO of a startup software company in the HCM space yesterday. One of the things we talked about was the ready availability … Read more
Sleeping on the Job May Be Protected Under the ADA
By Eric B. Meyer That George Costanza was definitely on to something. A federal court in Virginia recently denied an employer’s attempt to dismiss … Read more