Top 10 Facts About Right To Work Laws
What right to work laws do is simply take away the ability of a union to force an employer to fire an employee if the employee does not want to pay the union the costs of union dues and/or initiation fees. In non-right to work states, Federal labor law permits unions...
Final Forms and Instructions for Employers to Report Health Coverage and ACA Compliance
The IRS has released finalized forms and instructions for employers subject to the new information reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act (ACA): Forms 1094-C and 1095-C will be used by large employers (generally those with at least 50 full-time...
FMLA Protections Extended to All Eligible Employees in Same-Sex Marriages
Effective March 27, 2015, a final rule from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will extend the protections of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to all eligible employees in legal same-sex marriages, regardless of where they live. Under the FMLA, an...
The 10 Things You Should Not Include in Employee Documentation
If an organization is ever faced with litigation involving an action that it took—or failed to take—the written account of the incident will carry much weight. The written documentation is critical in defending the company’s position and action taken. Be accurate,...
Survey Says…..College Graduates Are Not Prepared for the Workplace!
The Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) released a report Falling Short? College Learning and Careers Success, conducted by Hart Research Associates summarizes key findings of two national surveys. The key findings of the report are:...
Does Your Workplace Have An Emergency Plan?
First of all, what kind of emergency plans do you need in the workplace? In the 21st century, there are many such as: Weather (hurricanes, earthquakes, blizzards, fires, Evacuations from every facility Terrorism or Workplace Violence Contagious Diseases (pandemic flu...
Looking Towards the Future: The Workplace of 2020
Nobody can dispute that the landscape of the workplace has been shifting and changing, but what might our workplaces look like in five years? What changes can we expect to see coming about by 2020? According to Dr. Di Ann Sanchez, a leading voice in organizational...
The Top 10 High Tech Companies and Diversity Statistics
The following ten High Tech companies have released workforce diversity reports. Here’s how they compare. Google – Google employees are 70% male and 30% female. Google’s ethnicity data refers to US employees only, and indicates 61% white, 30% Asian,...
