Earlier this week, a 20-state coalition of attorneys general (AGs) filed a lawsuit against the federal government — specifically the IRS and HHS — over the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The claim: The ACA is no longer constitutional after the repeal of tax that enforced the...
If you want to keep employees from jumping ship, you may have to loosen the purse strings a little. Reason: A recent study found that the vast majority of U.S. employees (81%) are dissatisfied with the salary and benefits their employers are offering. And their unhappiness...
Over 60 percent of HR professionals are very unprofessional, in that they don’t think you need to run a background check. Here is some data to set them straight. Here are three of the most common, courtesy of Fast Company: 1. Inflated roles According to an OfficeTeam report,...
Following an array of state and local paid leave laws and loud calls from employers and prominent business groups, Congress has introduced a bill to make paid leave on a federal level a reality. But the legislation probably isn’t what HR pros were expecting. The Workflex...
When it comes to job postings, the search process can be a little overwhelming. And when candidates are overwhelmed, it winds up hurting the hiring companies. Applicants today are faced with creative, wordy descriptions of companies looking for motivated individuals who can “hit the ground...
When a New York City underwriter walked past a life-sized poster of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in his Manhattan office, little did he know it would set off a chain of events that would eventually lead to his termination. As the New York Post...
Can you fire an employee for expressing their discriminatory views, or is that speech protected? This was the question the NLRB answered when addressing a recent wrongful termination complaint. Ex-Google employee James Damore, now infamous for that 10-page memo he wrote (claiming that biological differences were...
Now is the perfect time for a review of your I-9 compliance efforts for a number of reasons. For starters, the most recently revised form became mandatory in the fall. Plus, the Dept. of Homeland Security’s Immigration & Customs Enforcement agency (also known as ICE) can investigate...
Good news: The feds just gave employers more incentive to offer internship programs. In a new Field Assistance Bulletin by its Wage-and-Hour Division, the DOL announced it’ll be dropping the more-comprehensive “six-factor test” for determining whether an intern qualifies as an employee entitled to at least...
Almost everyone knows how difficult the loss of a beloved pet can be. But is it upsetting enough to qualify for FMLA leave? One employee, who was having a particularly hard time coping with the loss of his dog, thought so. Joseph Buck worked as a...
Though several court rulings have sided with employers that denied extended leave as an ADA accommodation, the issue is far from settled. And a recent lawsuit shows that employers denying additional leave is still a risky proposition. Previous rulings all dealt with employees asking for multi-month...
As I have written here quite frequently in the past, the social justice freaks that are being churned out by todays colleges are terrible workers. Not only that, but they are actually crazy, taking offense at reality and driving everyone around them insane with their...
