Category: HR Management & Compliance

There are dozens of details to take care of in the day-to-day operation of your department and your company. We give you case studies, news updates, best practices and training tips that keep your organization fully in compliance with ever-changing employment law, and you fully aware of emerging HR trends.

Ask the Expert: Under the FCRA, can a company do annual and/or random background checks on current employees if it has their consent on file?

December 20, 2010 As you are aware, the ability to do a background check on current employees will depend on whether such a check is authorized by the consent for signed by the employees. Under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), credit reporting and other investigative agencies may provide background financial and personal information […]

Hot List: Wall Street Journal’s Bestselling Hardcover Business Books

The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the Wall Street Journal with data from Nielsen BookScan. 1. StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup’s Now, Discover Your Strengths by Tom Rath. Are you unsure where your true talents lie? Do you feel […]

Workers’ Comp: New Notices Required

Late last year, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation finalized its amendments to regulations on medical provider networks (MPNs) and the information employers must provide employees.

Why Do Employees Turn To Unions, and What Can You Do to Prevent It?

Employees become interested in unions for many reasons, and money isn’t the most important one, says attorney Mark Ricciardi. Ricciardi is a partner in the Las Vegas office of law firm Fisher & Phillips, LLP. His remarks came at BLR®‘s recent National Employment Law Update in Las Vegas. Ricciardi offers the following as the most […]

Travel and Relo—Critical or Cuttable? Your Responses

By Stephen D. Bruce, PHR Editor, HR Daily Advisor Just My E-pinion Travel is critical for conducting business, or is it? We surveyed our readers to see what they have done with their travel and relocation budgets during the economic crunch. We found, for example, that two thirds of respondents have reduced travel, and half […]

House Passes Health Care Reform Repeal Legislation

On Wednesday, January 19, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act (H.R. 2), a largely symbolic bill that would repeal the health care reform legislation enacted last year, in a 245-189 vote. The new legislation, backed unanimously by House Republicans, would repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care […]

Supreme Court: Background Investigations on Federal Contract Employees OK

Wednesday, in NASA v. Nelson, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the government didn’t violate federal contract employees’ constitutional rights by using certain background investigations. In this case, contract employees at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory sued NASA, alleging that the background checks it was using violated their constitutional rights to informational privacy. The background […]

1000’s of HR Tools and Resources — Available 24/7

Week in Review—January 21, 2011 Note to Readers: This newsletter appears daily, but we know some of you don’t always have the time to read it everyday. For your convenience, here’s a re-publication of what we covered this past week. Daily, weekly, or anything in between, we’re pleased to keep you informed with the latest […]

CT Employer with 75+ Employees? Don’t Forget to File That FMLA Report …Now that it’s Updated

If you’re a Connecticut employer with more than 75 employees, you’ll have to fill out an FMLA Report with the Department of Labor this year. But if you planned on downloading the form from the CT DOL page early, you may have noticed that the dates on the Annual Family & Medical Leave Experience Report […]