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10 Workplace Resolutions Employers Should Make for 2020
Now that the New Year’s confetti has been cleared away and the new decade has begun, it’s time for employers to consider making resolutions to improve their workplaces.
Here are 10 resolutions you should consider making for 2020:
1. Review… continue
DOL’s Overtime Exemption Increase – And Why Time Is of the Essence
The Department of Labor (DOL) made big news last month by proposing new regulations to raise the minimum annual salary for overtime-exempt employees from its current level of $23,660 to $35,308.
Almost everyone agrees that the $23,660 figure is embarrassingly… continue
Top 10 Employer Resolutions for 2019
Now that 2019 is underway, many of your employees may be making resolutions to improve their lives in various ways, but resolutions are something that employers (and HR professionals in particular) should also be contemplating.
Below are 10 resolutions your… continue
Minimum Salaries for White-Collar Employees: Will States Pick Up Where US Labor Department Left Off?
After the Department of Labor’s rule raising the minimum annual salary for most overtime-exempt employees from $23,660 to $47,476 was invalidated by a federal court last year, it appears some states may step in to finish the job started by… continue
Holiday Season Brings Wage and Hour Challenges
As if the holiday season weren’t stressful enough with all the shopping and cooking to be done, HR professionals also must deal with a variety of wage and hour challenges. Be sure to check these five considerations off your list… continue
HR Intel: It’s the Economy, Stupid
How ironic is it that the campaign slogan which helped propel Bill Clinton to the presidency in 1992 is now being cited as the reason his wife, Hillary Clinton, lost the election 24 years later? As they say, history often… continue
HR Intel: Dark Joint Employer Clouds Forming for Franchises
A series of sexual harassment complaints against McDonald’s in the past month has laid the groundwork for a potential new joint employer battle for the purveyor of patties.
Fifteen unique charges have been filed with the EEOC in the last… continue
HR Intel – The Calm Before the Wage and Hour Storm
A regular round up of news, legal trends and workplace developments to help keep HR ahead of the curve
By now you’ve undoubtedly heard about monumental changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) taking effect in December 2016, but… continue
HR Intel – How the Job Market Tug-of-War Impacts HR
A regular round up of news, legal trends and workplace developments to help keep HR ahead of the curve.
The job market is stuck in a rut and it’s not because of people clamoring for jobs. In fact, it’s the… continue
HR Intel: Gig Economy Clashes with Traditional Labor
A regular round up of news, legal trends and workplace developments to help keep HR ahead of the curve.
Is Uber’s recognition of the Independent Driver’s Guild (IDG) in New York a step in the right direction or an evil… continue
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