By Eric B. Meyer In most states, absent a contract of employment, an employee is considered at-will (i.e., he or she can be fired for any reason or no … Read more
Brazil: Employment Law Basics for a Country with a Robust Labor Market
By Celia Joseph Earlier this summer, The Ferretti Group, the Italian luxury yacht manufacturer, announced the inauguration of the new Ferrettigroup Brasil … Read more
LinkedIn Fires Back, Cuts Off Access to BranchOut, Monster’s BeKnown
Another shot has been fired in the war to own the social career networks — TechCrunch reported that LinkedIn has cut off access to its data to both … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Humana Says it Will No Longer Hire Smokers in Arizona
Remember the carrot and stick approach to employee health care benefits — rewarding good behavior while punishing that which was considered bad? The … Read more
Are You and Your Employees Ready for the New 401 (k) Disclosures?
New 401 (k) disclosures are coming; are your employees ready? According to a recent AARP study, it’s not likely. Some 71 percent of Americans who … Read more
Unions in Decline? National Labor Relations Board to the Rescue!
By John D. McLachlan The failure of the Employee Free Choice Act to become law does not mean that unions are giving up, or that their elected and appointed … Read more
South Carolina Toughens One of the Toughest State Immigration Laws
By George Reeves Earlier this week, Gov. Nikki Haley signed into law amendments to South Carolina’s immigration laws, including the South Carolina … Read more
Avoiding Workplace Tsunamis: That’s My Big Lesson from SHRM Las Vegas
I just attended another SHRM national conference in Las Vegas. I’ve been to many of them over the past 25 years and seen new issues and themes develop as … Read more
SHRM Las Vegas Wrap: The Good, The Bad, and The Swag
The SHRM annual conference is a wrap here in Las Vegas, and usually by this time in the conference, I’m a blubbering, brain dead mess. But this … Read more
SHRM Las Vegas Day 4: Michael J. Fox on Life’s Changes – and Choices
Is there a good reason to stay for the final day of SHRM’s annual conference, even in Las Vegas? I’ve always wondered why SHRM even has a … Read more