You Offered Her The Job, And, She’s Pregnant
Now, what?
What Does Trump's EEOC And OFCCP Merger Call For?
The way ahead
Cyborgs In The Workplace
How will HR create policies to protect them?
Ramadan At Work
HR best practices and policies
You Offered Her The Job, And, She’s Pregnant
Now, what?
What Does Trump's EEOC And OFCCP Merger Call For?
The way ahead
Cyborgs In The Workplace
How will HR create policies to protect them?
Ramadan At Work
HR best practices and policies
A day does not go by when we don’t see a new lawsuit targeting 401(k) plans. As an HR professional managing a business, the last thing you want to deal with is large, unexpected litigation costs.
A day does not go by when we don’t see a new lawsuit targeting 401(k) plans. Litigation appears to target some obvious weakness in how 401(k) plans have been managed in the past whether allowing overpriced investments or inappropriate proprietary options. And sadly many are being settled outside of the courts, a result that may encourage this litigious trend. Is there a better way to protect your plan from costly litigation?
Many employers have been in this very situation. You finally found a qualified candidate for a position that’s been open for a long time. So you offer her the job. She accepts. There’s only one problem: she tells you she’s pregnant. You are not happy. Now you’re back to square one because you have to start the whole process all over again.
On May 23, 2017, the White House released its proposed budget for the Fiscal Year of 2018. Included in the proposed budget was a proposal to merge the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) into the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and form a single organization by the end of the 2018 fiscal year.
George Orwell, who in his book “1984” predicted a future where individuals had no privacy rights, would likely not be shocked by how accurate his prediction was. What likely would shock him, however, would be the fact that so much privacy is being given up willingly.
Ramadan has just began in the Muslim world on 26th of May, 2017. 1.6 billion people, 23 percent of the world’s population will be greeting the holy month. Of these, the majority will be observing 30 days of fasting and religious practices.
In early May, after a couple of unsuccessful attempts, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the American Health Care Act (i.e. the GOP-sponsored, reconciliation bill to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act).
Employers often shy away from discharging employees for disciplinary reasons when those employees are receiving workers’ compensation benefits, such as in instances where the employee is working a modified duty assignment. However, such employees can and should be held to the same standards as other employees, including compliance with applicable policies and procedures.
Ever since the WannaCryptor ransomware attack, also known as WannaCry or Wcrypt, began wreaking havoc around the globe, we have received a flood of inquiries from policymakers, governments, and the private sector on how organizations can defend themselves.