We here at hireVision love social media. Its possibilities and potential are endless. Still, social media moves at a frenetic pace, and it can take just one false move or brief mistake in judgment for a negative backlash to go viral, then hit your company like a virtual tsunami. Even a non-viral negative social media [...]
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Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la…huh? Same Rules Apply for Seasonal Employees.
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011We’d like to take a brief break from our holiday activities to share some very timely information regarding temporary and seasonal workers, courtesy of our friends at Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Are you aware that, while they may only be with you for a short time during the winter, holiday workers are still [...]
NLRB Says You Can Hold Your Horses…at Least Until January 31, 2012
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011Remember when we told back in September that you better make a little room on your company notice boards by November 14th for the new employee rights notice that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) made as a requirement? Well, now the NLRB is apparently saying, “Umm, not so fast.” In a recent news release, [...]
I’m Not an HR Professional, But I Play One on TV…
Thursday, September 29th, 2011Remember those commercials from the 1980s where famous soap opera actors would recommend Vicks 44 while offering “I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV” as some whacked-out reason as to why we should listen to them? Imagine how strange that must have felt for those accomplished actors to dish real-life advice based [...]
Just in Time for Labor Day! NLRB Issues New Employee Rights Notification Ruling.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011Make a little room on your employee notice boards, everybody! Our friends at the Society for Human Resources Management’s Lehigh Valley Chapter (SHRMLV) have alerted us regarding a new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) requirement for businesses. Last week, the NLRB announced that effective November 14, 2011, all private sector employers* will be required to [...]
Employers: Do You Have Your Act Together?
Monday, August 29th, 2011And by act, we mean Act 32, which consolidates Pennsylvania’s tax collection systems, reassigning Earned Income Tax from each individual school district into a county wide Tax Collection District. This consolidation has resulted in a myriad of changes that employers must follow, beginning with the first payroll in 2012*. Is your business ready? One major [...]
Got Employee Benefit Plans? Keep an Eye on Pending Legislation.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011Just when you think employee benefit plans couldn’t get any more confusing or complicated, new federal legislation gets proposed to prove you wrong. Thanks to a great article written by Gary W. Howell and Michael R. Durnwald of Katten, Muchin, Rosenman, LLP, and posted on LinkedIn, it’s clear that business owners need to keep an [...]
WE INTERRUPT YOUR INTERNET BROWSING TO BRING YOU THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE:
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011(Just a friendly reminder about those 5500 & 5500-EZ forms, folks.) hireVision would like to take this moment to remind employers about the upcoming July 31, 2011 filing deadline for your company’s 5500 & 5500-EZ forms. The United States Department of Labor (DOL) now uses the EFAST computerized processing system. EFAST is designed to simplify [...]
Getting Caught Without Good Timesheet Records? There’s an App for That.
Thursday, June 9th, 2011The U.S. Department of Labor recently launched its first application for smartphones, a timesheet to help employees independently track the hours they work and determine the wages they are owed. The free app is currently compatible with the iPhone and iPod Touch and is available in English and Spanish. It makes it easy for users [...]
