HR Bartender

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

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Benefit Resource Inc.

APRIL 9, 2019

A rise in remote workers and denser city populations are also expected to impact how employers approach commuter programs. In 2016, 43% of Americans reported working remotely. With the rise of remote workers, commuter benefits – specifically, on-demand services – will increase in value. In 2005, 6.2 of the U.S.

Transportation 71

Transportation Employment 71

The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 22, 2022

In a complex case that saw the Court opine on the distinction between “judicial dictum” and “obiter dictum,” the Kansas Supreme Court held that a general contractor could be liable to the state’s Workers’ Compensation Fund as an “employer,” pursuant to K.S.A. 44-532a, contending it was an “employer” liable under the statute.

Workers’ Compensation 69

Workers’ Compensation Insurance Employment Construction 69

Employee Benefits

MARCH 25, 2024

A worker employed by London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham who was dismissed after taking sick leave for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been awarded £4.6 million by an employment tribunal for disability discrimination. She was diagnosed with PTSD in October 2017 and diagnosed with ADHD in 2016.

Hospitality 75

Hospitality Recruitment Employment Employee Benefits 75

The Workcomp Writer

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Where, after his work-related injury, a New York employee returned to light work for a different employer and then was laid off due to cutbacks related to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was not entitled to a reduced earnings award since his job loss was unrelated to his work-related disability, held a state appellate court [ Matter of Coll v.

Workers’ Compensation 78

Workers’ Compensation Salary Insurance Employment 78

Asure Software

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Take a look at the top workforce trends that are rising up in 2016. Employers need to realize that they cannot expect workers to constantly answer calls, messages and emails. More workers will want flex hours and telecommuting privileges this year. 2016 is the year where overtime costs will rise for some employers.

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cipHR

MAY 17, 2016

Online reviews can and are being used to great advantage by many businesses to sell products and services, but as employers now have to sell themselves to potential talent, what people are actively writing about them is more important than ever. Employer branding cannot be ignored.

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Best Money Moves

MARCH 26, 2024

The term “gig economy” refers to the collection of workers who receive income from short-term contracts, side hustles and freelancing. According to McKinsey’s American Opportunity Survey , 36% of respondents identified as independent workers, representing nearly 60 million Americans.

Pension 102

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Attorney Charlie Hall

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The SSA determines your RCF based on your medical records, opinions from doctors and specialists, and statements made by you, friends, family members, and co-workers. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is an independent agency of the US Federal government. It employs more than 60,000 individuals. How much can you lift. •

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cipHR

JANUARY 12, 2017

Covering everything from talent attraction strategies to personal branding, the CIPHR blog was very busy in 2016. Making the working environment more fun seems like the most logical path however, few employers make an effort to proactively ensure that their employees are happy and enjoy being in the office.

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Workers' Compensation

AUGUST 3, 2022

An employer need not control every facet of a person's responsibilities for that person to be deemed an employee. The NJ Supreme Court held that all sixteen workers in question are properly classified as employees, and it remands to the Department for calculation of the appropriate back-owed contributions.

Workers’ Compensation 59

Workers’ Compensation Transportation Insurance Employment 59

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. The luxury belief that was the so-called Great Resignation, appears to be over, even if you assume it ever existed.

Recruitment 111

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cipHR

OCTOBER 30, 2018

We explore everything HR needs to know about employer brands – from how yours might be harming your organisation, to how to improve it and communicate it to staff and candidates. But what exactly is an ‘employer brand’? What impact does it have on you as an employer? What is an ‘employer brand’? Is it a new concept?

Employment 65

Employment Recruitment Media Management 65

Achievers

JUNE 20, 2017

A stressed-out worker is usually not an efficient worker. We all know that a business must be profitable to survive, but without recognizing the danger of pushing workers too hard, you’ll end up spending more money than necessary to counter mistakes made by tired, depressed, and stressed-out individuals.

Health and Welfare 151

Health and Welfare Financial Counseling Human Resources Employee Retention 151

Achievers

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The higher a business’s level of employee engagement is, the higher their workers’ productivity and retention level will be. According to the Deloitte 2016 Millennial Survey, only 24% of millennials are satisfied with learning and development opportunities at their current job. Currently, only 31.5% employees are engaged at work.

Retail 164

Retail Employee Recognition Employment IT 164

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.

Medical 130

Medical Employment Deductions Deductible 130

Achievers

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Gallup research this year found that only 33 percent of US workers feel engaged at work (it’s a mere 13 percent worldwide!). 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. Why is this an issue?

IT 176

IT Employee Recognition Media Retail 176

Employee Benefits

APRIL 21, 2023

Its Low pay Britain 2023 report found that, among the world’s rich nations, only France, Korea and New Zealand currently have higher minimum wages, relative to median pay among full-time workers. Based on the current target path of the UK’s minimum wage, this is expected to surpass France and Korea’s minimum wage levels by 2024.

Retail 101

Retail Parental Leave Recruitment Employee Benefits 101

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

What can employers do to see that this workforce is given maximum benefits to enact the dual role efficiently and comfortably? Seeing how this role is going to be a big part of work-life, employers need to reconsider their human resource policies to work in this burgeoning need. billion per year. ?This

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Family and Medical Leave Act Employee Benefits Healthcare Paid Leave 105

Business Management Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

While the work-from-home lifestyle isn’t going anywhere, that doesn’t mean that it hasn’t presented many unique challenges for employers. According to Gallup’s State of the Workplace report, 85% of workers are NOT engaged at work, which includes both in-house and remote team members. Why is that? The good news?

Construction 75

Construction Work From Home Employee Retention Management 75

Hireology

DECEMBER 14, 2020

alone, car dealerships employ more than a million workers from coast to coast. As recently as 2016, turnover in the automotive industry was as high as 43%, according to an NADA workforce study. Investing in your employees comes at a high cost when you factor in low retention and large gaps in your employment structure.

Management 134

Management Retail Technology Human Resources 134

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)?

Overtime 152

Overtime Salary Deductions Deductible 152

Workers' Compensation

MAY 30, 2022

An employee may have dual employers but ultimately can only receive a single recovery from only one employer for work-related injuries. The “exclusivity doctrine,” permitting a complete recovery of damages against an employer, limits an injured worker’s benefit recovery to the compensation system, barring an intentional tort.

Workers’ Compensation 52

Workers’ Compensation Employment Compensation System Manufacturing 52

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.

Employment 59

Employment Pension Government Recruitment 59

Business Management Daily

JUNE 7, 2021

Employers cannot deny an eligible worker’s leave without severe legal consequences. Eligibility depends on whether the employer is large enough to be covered by the law — with 50 or more employees. It also depends on whether the employee has worked for the employer long enough — at least one year.

Family and Medical Leave Act 95

Family and Medical Leave Act Pharmaceutical Payroll Employment 95

Insperity

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The Department of Labor (DOL) is cracking down on businesses that either purposely or unintentionally misclassify their workers. Misclassification can also result in liability for unemployment taxes, violation of workers’ compensation laws and a host of other issues. Common mistakes when classifying. Simple enough, right?

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Achievers

JUNE 29, 2017

You may even need to improve your employer brand in your community if you don’t have a positive reputation as an employer in your area. Cara is a highly-sought-after national speaker and trainer, having conducted more than 100 engagements in 2016 alone.

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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 31, 2022

The exclusive remedy provisions of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act (Act)—820 ILCS 305/5(a), 11— do not extend to a general contractor who paid workers’ compensation insurance premiums and benefits for a subcontractor and its employees, held the Supreme Court of Illinois [ Munoz v. LEXIS 2 (Jan. 21, 2022)]. Background.

Workers’ Compensation 56

Workers’ Compensation Insurance Construction Employment 56

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 23, 2020

Regardless of the workers’ compensation model (private insurance, competitive state fund, exclusive state fund), every insurer has to prepare for the unexpected. As noted in my last post, the COVID-19 event most certainly is a rare event and just as assuredly will result in accepted workers’ compensation claims.

Workers’ Compensation 52

Workers’ Compensation Compensation System Family and Medical Leave Act Insurance 52

Insperity

JANUARY 11, 2018

Employment laws continue to evolve, and 2018 will usher in some big changes in two of our most populous states, California and New York. The law was signed in 2016, giving employers a little over a year to accommodate this new requirement. Employers are required to obtain paid family leave insurance. Paid family leave.

Family and Medical Leave Act 67

Family and Medical Leave Act Employment Deductions Deductible 67

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that drivers employed by Uber are workers and not contractors or self-employed and entitled to minimum wages and holiday pay. The ruling is a significant landmark in employment cases. In the UK, there are two types of employment statuses — “employees” and “workers”.

Consulting 52

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Achievers

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Yet, according to Gallup’s 15-year study , the percentage of American workers that are “actively engaged” at the workplace remains fairly stagnant, with an average of just around 32%. Designing an engaging office culture requires more than just planning birthday parties or patting a worker on the back for a job well done. Source: IBM.

Employee Recognition 121

Employee Recognition Consulting Technology Recruitment 121

The Workcomp Writer

AUGUST 10, 2023

The record reveals that in 2016, a year prior to the stabbing in this case, Thomas threatened two of his elderly relatives with a nine-inch kitchen knife. However, where a physical confrontation between two employees is purely personal in nature, the resulting injuries cannot be said to have arisen out of the employment. 317, 106 S.

Food 52

Food Workers’ Compensation Employment 52

Business Management Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Immigration and Customs Enforcement opened 6,812 new investigations into employers suspected of violating immigration laws—everything from hiring undocumented workers to making errors on their I-9 Forms. That’s a 14% increase from 2018, but a whopping 400% jump from the number of investigations filed in 2016 and 2017.

Employment 52

Employment Electronics Taxes Construction 52

15Five

JUNE 14, 2018

Gallup reports that employees working remotely at least part-time grew from 39% in 2012 to 43% in 2016. The willingness to leave employers for others who offer this option is even larger. According to Softchoice’s 2017 study Collaboration Unleashed , 74% of workers would switch jobs for the opportunity to work off site more often.

Technology 108

Technology Software Health Work From Home 108

HR Bartender

OCTOBER 23, 2018

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Recruitment 121

Recruitment Media Technology Employment 121

Achievers

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Yet, according to Gallup’s 15-year study , the percentage of American workers that are “actively engaged” at the workplace remains fairly stagnant, with an average of just around 32%. Designing an engaging office culture requires more than just planning birthday parties or patting a worker on the back for a job well done. Source: IBM.

Employee Recognition 118

Employee Recognition Consulting Technology Recruitment 118