Posts Tagged ‘compliance’

Involuntary Terminations: Make Them As Painless & Smooth As Possible

Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

Julie closed her office door and put her head down on her desk.  “Let me rest – just for a minute,” she thought, “I need a break.”  She’d just had to let an employee go after trying —unsuccessfully—to resolve his attendance issues, lackluster sales results, and consistently poor attitude.  While she felt sure that, as [...]

FLSA? ADA? FMLA? I Manage a Business Not a Can of Alphabet Soup!

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

“DOL, EEOC, ADA, FMLA, FLSA…All these HR acronyms make me want to send out an S.O.S. signal!” Jennifer blinked and shook her head. How was she supposed to keep all of the HR laws and regulatory changes straight? All those letters looked like the alphabet soup her kids loved for lunch—whatever combination her 3-year-old daughter [...]

Are “HR Curveballs” Being Thrown Your Way? Here’s How to Improve Your Batting Average.

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

Jerry looked at his email inbox and shook his head.  How was he supposed to get through all of these emails? There had to be 20 management training articles in there this week alone, and a few dozen emails, if not more, from his boss.  Sometimes it felt like there couldn’t possibly be enough time [...]

Was One Company’s $1M-Plus FLSA Violations Judgment Too Harsh?

Friday, February 15th, 2013

Oh, No You Di-In’t! New Bosses Should Avoid This Major Blunder

Thursday, July 5th, 2012

We really, really, REALLY wish there was a vaccine for the dreaded management affliction known as “Foot-in-Mouth Disease” that too many new bosses seem to fall victim to each year. It’s the condition where eager new managers say or do things in an effort to get to know or connect with their staffs, and then inadvertently cross the lines of privacy, discrimination, harassment or some combination of the three. Saying or doing the wrong thing, even with the intent of being a concerned and attentive leader, can set your company up for some expensive and damaging litigation.

The IRS Is Making Its Move on PPACA…(Cue “Jaws” theme song)

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has begun to circle the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and 2014 is still a year and a half away. That is the year when the federal legislation is supposed to go into affect and will require employers with more than 50 employees to offer minimal essential health coverage to their workers or be subject to a penalty.

Don’t Overlook This Essential Employee Handbook Detail

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Your employee handbook is the road map for how to navigate working at your organization. It is your opportunity to clearly explain your procedures and policies, so do your company an enormous favor and make sure you have every new-hire sign an acknowledgment of receipt for it. –Tina Hamilton, President & CEO of hireVision Group, Inc.

Keeping Up With the Hiring Trends: Fashionably Hip Edition

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

Riding out the economic downturn has not been easy. People and businesses (even the many famous and successful ones) have cut back on their spending, learning to prioritize and make due with what they have until things looked up again. That said, is your company using the latest, best hiring techniques to locate and attract the best talent from the current sea of applicants looking for work?

(What? This is a human resources blog. What did you expect? Kardashian updates?)

Think Working From Home Is OK for FMLA? Don’t Make the DOL LOL!

Friday, April 13th, 2012

We’ve said it before, and we will say it again: Make sure you understand the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) before one of your employees uses it, or you could find yourself in a heap of trouble. The Department of Labor (DOL) does not take kindly to businesses that don’t comply.

Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la…huh? Same Rules Apply for Seasonal Employees.

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

We’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 [...]