03/17/2017

A new bill from the U.S. House of Representatives would give employers a lot more freedom with their wellness program requests — and essentially override the protections under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA).more

03/17/2017

Even though a federal bill aimed at preventing employers from asking job applicants to provide a salary history appears to have stalled, many finance departments may want to still avoid salary history questions.more

03/15/2017

As if you need another reason to double-check your managers' Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) training, a recent court ruling just gave employers a pretty big one.more

03/13/2017

Republicans just moved one step closer to fulfilling their promises to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act (ACA). How much further do they have to go?more

03/10/2017

On Thursday, March 9, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held long-awaited oral arguments in Browning-Ferris International v. NLRB. The case will be critical in defining joint employment under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and could have significant ramifications throughout the business community.more

03/08/2017

Republicans' legislative proposal to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has arrived and employers now have an idea what a future without the ACA might look like.more

03/03/2017

Afraid your interview process may be a little too easy — or does not dig deep enough? See how you stack up against these companies and their interview questions.more

03/03/2017

Ivanka Trump may not have any official position in her father's administration. But her paid family leave proposal is getting a lot of attention from Republicans trying to hammer out a new tax cut package.more

03/01/2017

President Trump continued his efforts to reduce government regulations with a Feb. 24 executive order that gives more teeth to an order he signed when he first took office.more

02/28/2017

The formal draft of a Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that was leaked to the public is likely to look a lot different when it is finalized. Still, it gives human resources professionals a good indication of what the GOP wants to do.more

02/26/2017

It is a common workplace scenario: A team is tasked with completing a project. One staffer thinks it should be handled one way, but his co-worker wants to go in another direction.more

02/23/2017

Employers who could be subject to the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) employer mandate penalties should be very interested in the latest move by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).more

02/22/2017

In the wake of President Trump's executive order instructing the federal government to do whatever was legally necessary to ease the burdens of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), little has been said about how long such a move will actually take — until now.more

02/20/2017

President Trump and congressional Republicans campaigned on the promise to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Littler Mendelson's Workplace Policy Institute (WPI) offers a glimpse into where we stand.more

02/17/2017

Do we forge ahead with the changes we put in place to comply with the new rule or do we simply revert back to what we were doing before the overtime changes issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)? That is a question employers everywhere are asking themselves as they wait for the fate of the DOL's overtime rule to be sealed.more

02/17/2017

As an increasing number of employees are being asked to make smarter healthcare spending decisions, communication is more important than ever. Unfortunately, it looks like many firms have a lot of room for improvement.more

02/15/2017

A U.S. District Court just gave employers a helpful example of when it is okay NOT to pay workers for the time they spend in training and still not run afoul of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).more

02/15/2017

President Trump and several Republican lawmakers have promised to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act (ACA). But it has not happened yet. Here is why, as well as a timeline for what is to come.more

02/09/2017

If you have a compensation and benefits plan that is set up similar to the one that just came under fire in this Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) suit, it is likely time for some alterations.more

02/09/2017

A number of bills related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have been introduced recently, but this particular piece of legislation has stood out from the rest for a number of reasons.more