How HR Can Help Their Workforce To Excel In A Digital World
Mandy Sebel, Chief People Officer, UiPath
Using HR Data The Right Way Is Our Responsibility
Raphael Crawford-Marks, Founder and CEO, Bonusly
The Independent Contractor-Employee Conundrum
Janette Levey Frisch, Employment/HR Attorney and the Founder, The EmpLAWyerologist Firm
How To Administer FFCRA’s Paid Leave Requirements
Eric Raphan, Labor/Employment Partner & Jamie Moelis, Law Clerk, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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Everyone wants to transform their business, and every business person who’s alive knows that transformation now primarily depends upon leveraging the right digital technology at the right time on the right processes and business models at the right cost.
Digital transformation (DT) is aspirational. Everyone wants to transform their business, and every business person who’s alive knows that transformation now primarily depends upon leveraging the right digital technology at the right time on the right processes and business models at the right cost.
With COVID-19 accelerating nearly every industry’s entry into a new, largely remote world of work, organizations have quickly learned just how valuable the digital investments that facilitate business continuity can be.
The amount of stored data in the world doubles every few years. Think about how that relates to your own use of data and how you’re tracking employees. As organizational leaders, data stewardship is an important and growing part of the job.
Here we are again, with the Burning Question: Are Uber and Lyft drivers employees or independent contractors? That depends on who you ask. A state court in California has ruled that they are employees and has issued a temporary injunction ordering Uber to re-classify its drivers as such.
On August 3, 2020, U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken issued a decision in State of New York v. U.S. Department of Labor, et al., No. 1:20-cv-03020 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 3, 2020), which vacated several portions of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) regulations concerning the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).
In July, the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor published new guidance for employers, focusing on compliance under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in the midst of the pandemic (See FLSA Q&A, FMLA Q&A, and FFCRA Q&A).
Hiring for diversity and inclusion training are a good start but they aren’t enough.
Featured in August 2020 Edition of HRIS & Payroll Excellence
Difficult economic times are ahead. Cash management and cost-cutting will be essential. Fraud protection—which is always a concern—will be even more important as criminals seek to capitalize on fear and confusion.