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Register Now for HR Boot Camp on May 2-3

HRWatchdog

Topics include: Hiring; Discipline and termination; Common wage-and-hour issues; Meal and rest break requirements; Paid sick leave; Vacation and holiday pay; Discrimination and harassment; and Many more. Please note: No recording will be associated with this virtual seminar so be sure to attend the live training.

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Attention on Deck: Register Now for HR Boot Camp

HRWatchdog

CalChamber’s HR Boot Camp is a comprehensive, two half-day training event that will cover many important aspects of the employment life cycle. CalChamber’s HR Boot Camp is a comprehensive, two half-day training event that will cover many important aspects of the employment life cycle. Common wage and hour issues.

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Is Hiring Teens a Good Alternative to a Tight Labor Market?

Stratus

With so many businesses struggling to keep up with a transient labor market, many industries are looking for ways to meet staffing shortages. Lower wages. Many people argue that minimum wage was never meant to be a livable wage, but rather an acceptable amount of money for someone new entering the workforce. Tech-savvy.

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How Serious are OFCCP Equal Pay Penalties? Very.

Trusaic

The Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) just won a significant equal pay victory against WMS Solutions, LLC, a staffing company focusing on asbestos abatement. As a condition of receipt of federal funds, contractors may be subject to an OFCCP audit, including a compensation analysis. WMS Solutions, LLC , DOJ ALJ, No.

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EEOC Busy: Focus on Sexual Harassment

HRWatchdog

The EEOC continues to collect money from employers in lawsuits and settlements for sexual harassment. The agency continues to focus on sexual harassment in America’s workplaces as recent press releases demonstrate: On June 13, 2018, the EEOC announced a multimillion-dollar sexual discrimination settlement against a transportation supplier.

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Guide to mandatory overtime: Can you force employees to work long hours?

Homebase

The fact is that employers can oblige employees to work overtime hours, and employees can be fired for refusing to work mandatory overtime. Learn more. Mandatory overtime occurs when employers require hourly employees to work more than 40 hours in a workweek. times, their hourly wage for every overtime hour.

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What the heck is ‘bleisure’ and how could your company get sued over it?

The Employer Handbook

It’s credited with helping to save the airline industry at a time of widespread flight cancellations and staffing shortages. Employees who work remotely should have strong passwords, avoid public wifi (and use VPNs), avoid unsafe websites, encrypt data, avoid phishing schemes, and receive training on other cybersecurity best practices.