HR Bartender

APRIL 20, 2017

I’ve worked at organizations that never called an employment lawyer because frankly, they didn’t want the expense. So I reached out to a couple of labor and employment attorneys to get their take on when organizations should consider engaging with an employment lawyer. She’s helped us before with reader questions.

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Achievers

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

With these kinds of numbers, it is clear that both employees and employers stand to benefit from a well-executed employee recognition program. As we approach the end of 2016, this is the perfect opportunity to define the tone for the New Year and reflect on the importance of employee recognition for businesses.

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HR Digest

JUNE 2, 2022

In a case of employee suing employer, a bored Frenchman sues his employer, Interparfums, for causing him to be depressed. He was with the company till 2015, before the Frenchman sues his employer in 2016. Under the French law, employers can be sued for “moral bullying.” How, you ask? Depression in the workplace.

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BerniePortal

JUNE 19, 2019

Employers able to reimburse for individual coverage in 2020. The IRS released a final rule last week expanding Health Reimbursement Arrangements, providing employers a new option in helping employees access healthcare and health coverage. Here are three things to know about the new regulations, which apply to employers of any size.

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PeopleKeep

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The traditional healthcare benefit options for employers remain group health insurance. But, group policies are difficult for small employers to offer. That’s why these business owners are turning to more cost-effective personalized benefits like the qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangement (QSEHRA).

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HR Bartender

OCTOBER 7, 2016

” The good news is that employers are listening to demands for better work/life balance with increased telecommuting, flextime and other accommodations. Benefits such as health care, retirement planning and employee assistance programs are offered to employees at the same level as in 1996.”

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HR Bartender

OCTOBER 16, 2015

As we start to think about 2016 strategies, organizations would be well served to review their employment brand and discuss how they will remain competitive when it comes to attracting and retaining talent. But it also shares some data that organizations need to notice.

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HR Bartender

APRIL 18, 2017

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is sponsored by Bright Horizons Family Solutions , a leading provider of high-quality child care, early education, and work/life solutions for employers. In addition, more than half of the employers on the FORTUNE list, including seven of the top ten, are Bright Horizons clients. Enjoy the post!).

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

An employment tribunal has ruled that stress can be considered disability without a formal mental health diagnosis from a doctor. Phillips said the dermatitis resulted from an allergic reaction to latex gloves at work in 2016, and after the incident she used vinyl gloves and suffered no further reaction.

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PeopleKeep

JUNE 27, 2024

As a church leader working with a tight budget, you may be wondering if the qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangement (QSEHRA) is the right choice for your organization. Congress created the QSEHRA in 2016 as a way to help small businesses and nonprofits, including churches, offer affordable health coverage to their employees.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 11, 2021

According to the lawsuit, Diaz worked for the company as an elevator operator at the Fremont factor for nine months, from June 2015 to March 2016. During his tenure, he and other Black workers faced racism in the form of racial slurs from other employers, while some even found racist drawings left on their desks.

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HR Bartender

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The new rules go into effect on December 1, 2016. I originally happened upon your site in looking for information about the 2016 FLSA overtime issue. The employer does not have to let the non-exempt, hourly employee work overtime-ever. Organizations are getting ready and making changes. That’s what today’s reader note is about.

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HR Bartender

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at HireRight , a leader in global background checks, drug testing, and employment verification services. More than 70 percent of the Fortune 100 use HireRight for their employment screening needs. Participate in HireRight’s annual employment screening benchmarking survey.

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Florida Workers' Comp

APRIL 14, 2024

As Sabrina Carpenter so poignantly reminds in Thumbs, EVOLution , 2016: It never ends till the end, then you start again That's just the way of the world Others with similar perceptions believe that the law firms in workers' compensation similarly stopped attracting young lawyers to after the 2001 and 2003 reforms.

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PeopleKeep

OCTOBER 23, 2020

When Congress created the qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangement (QSEHRA) in December 2016, legislators were careful to set it up as an exception from the Affordable Care Act.

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HR Bartender

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Case in point: According to the 2016 HireRight Employment Screening Benchmark Report , eighty-eight percent (88%) of companies surveyed uncovered a lie or misrepresentation on a resume that they wouldn’t have discovered if it hadn’t been for the background check process. In fact, one could argue it’s a case for strengthening them.

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PeopleKeep

JULY 2, 2021

By 2016, the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act was passed, creating the qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangement (QSEHRA). With the creation of the QSEHRA, employees of small and midsize businesses suddenly had another way to help pay for their health insurance premiums and qualifying medical expenses.

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WEX Inc.

JUNE 25, 2024

Employers are increasingly recognizing the importance of providing ample time off to their employees with more than 80% of U.S. employers planning to change their leave policies over the next two years. And employers are recognizing this more than ever. The percentage of U.S.

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Attorney Charlie Hall

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Attorney Charlie Hall founded his law firm on July 4, 2016, to meet a growing need in the market of a client-focused law firm that treats disabled clients with superior customer service and zealous advocacy. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is an independent agency of the US Federal government. It employs more than 60,000 individuals.

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Best Money Moves

APRIL 30, 2019

More employers are offering family-friendly benefits like paid maternity leave and fertility services to attract employees in today’s competitive labor market, according to a report from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. More than half of employers offer flexible work hours or compressed work weeks.

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Attorney Charlie Hall

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The Program Operations Manual System (POMS) defines services as “any activity in employment or self-employment that is performed or is normally performed for pay or profit.” [3]. TWP in employment. Service months are calculated differently in employment and self-employment service periods. TWP in SELF-EMPLOYMEnT.

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InterWest Insurance Services

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In fact, the average rates insurance companies are charging employers in California are the lowest they’ve been in more than two decades, according to the rate-making agency. A caveat: Rates will vary from employer to employer and those who have claims may see their rates increase instead of fall.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

JANUARY 27, 2023

Upon termination of his employment, the participant requested and received from the plan a disclosure estimating that his pension would be $6,225.24 By contrast, the participant in Kanefsky was fully vested and had already ceased employment, and the plan did not reach out to him to encourage early retirement. App’x 588 (6th Cir.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 20, 2024

Credit: dagma / Shutterstock.com West Midland Fire Service, UK Power Networks and Mott MacDonald have been named as some of the UK’s top inclusive employers for 2023/24. This is the second consecutive year that West Midland Fire Service has taken first place on the list, having participated since 2016.

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HR Bartender

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

I would like to know if I have the right to contact my employer regarding the outcome of an investigation. I was placed on suspension in November 2016. To offer some insights, I asked employment attorney Donna Ballman to help us out. You’re reading the title of this post and probably saying to yourself, “What the –?!”

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Achievers

OCTOBER 4, 2016

According to the Deloitte 2016 Millennial Survey, only 24% of millennials are satisfied with learning and development opportunities at their current job. Considering the aforementioned offerings are key contributors to millennial job satisfaction and loyalty, it’s clear that employers have a problem.

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Employee Benefits

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Glamorgan County Cricket Club has been accredited as a level one Disability Confident Committed employer. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) introduced the Disability Confident Committed scheme in 2016 in order to support businesses to make the most of the talents disabled people bring to a workplace.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 13, 2024

Workers are increasingly staying put in their current jobs and more employers are holding steady on staffing levels as the labour market slows, according to the CIPD’s latest Labour Market Outlook report. Based on the trends in our report, there’s likely to be further falls in both turnover and vacancy levels in 2024.

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HR Bartender

APRIL 13, 2018

One of the ways we were able to improve the candidate experience at my previous employers was by closing the loop with every person who applied. The good news for employers is that today’s technology solutions allow companies to create standardized responses with personalization options, so candidates aren’t left wondering.

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HR Bartender

JUNE 4, 2017

Former employees have always had the ability to talk about their past employers and refer others. Organizations need to realize that the employee/employer relationship lasts well beyond the time that the employee works for the company. It seems logical that a poor employee experience will do the same thing.

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HR Bartender

JULY 14, 2015

That amount is projected to be $970 per week in the first quarter of 2016, more than double the current minimum salary. On the other hand, the proposed automatic adjustments may be too much for some employers too afford. Why should employers care about the proposed changes to highly compensated employees (HCE)?

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Achievers

DECEMBER 1, 2016

To play an effective role in an organization’s success, a recognition program needs to serve a powerful strategic function for both employee and employer. It may be further refined to fit organizations shifting to more autonomous, team-based structures — a coming workplace shift identified by Deloitte’s 2016 human capital research.

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

An employment tribunal has ruled that Lancashire County Council must pay out more than £800,000 to a teacher who was made to reapply for her job while on sick leave with cancer and then sacked. Healey returned to work in May 2016 but required more treatment in 2017 as the cancer had returned, and was then off until early 2019.

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cipHR

JULY 8, 2019

FOI requests submitted by CIPHR also find more than half of EC1 notices submitted by councils to Acas between 2016 and 2018 progressed to employment tribunal. in relation to workplace disputes between 2016 and 2018, according to data obtained by HR systems provider CIPHR through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. 571,212.00.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

OCTOBER 6, 2022

In late 2016, the DOJ began its campaign to expand […]. Historically, government enforcement of alleged anticompetitive labor market practices occurred in the civil context, resulting in fines for companies and individuals found to have participated in inappropriate practices.

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HR Bartender

JANUARY 20, 2017

If you haven’t already seen it, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has published a 2016 Post-Election Overview. This guide addresses the main themes facing human resources such as labor and employment, workplace flexibility, and health care reform. Our organizations and our employees rely on us to do that.

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HR Bartender

JUNE 18, 2017

being at “ full employment ”. On the surface, full employment might sound like a good thing, right? Full employment can create a couple of challenges. However, too much competition can cause employers to throw money at their recruiting problems. We’ve all seen the headlines lately about the U.S. Well, not so fast.

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