The time to think about keeping company trade secrets and proprietary company data secure is today—and every day. HR professionals play an integral role in security—specifically during the hiring process and the new employee orientation program. New employee orientation is a good place to begin the educational process regarding security...
Mold and its effect on indoor air quality and human health are becoming a big workplace concern and litigation over the presence of mold is increasing. Aggressively handling potential and real mold problems now can save you future significant costs. In light of rapidly increasing public awareness and litigation, it...
The article describes that a basic rule of thumb in interviewing is to focus on job requirements,” says Josh Black, an attorney with law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn and Ferris, and he advised that interviewers “use caution” around questions that elicit information about protected classes. Black spoke at the second...
Professional employer organizations handle payroll and much more, selling a range of personnel administration services. They’re catching on fast as CPA firms and other types of businesses try to exert more control over the cost of employee benefits.
The article discusses that organizations are spending more time in collecting money from insurance companies than they were on actually focusing on what the patient needed to have done The better way was Whole Health Management, which creates and staffs on-site medical facilities for businesses across the country. There’s been...
The newly enacted corporate governance reform law includes provisions requiring notices of 401k blackout periods, bars directors and executives from trading employer stock during blackouts, increases criminal penalties for ERISA violations, and prohibits personal loans to directors and executives. The article says that administrator is required to provide a notice...
The United States has changed more dramatically during the past two years than in the previous 20 years combined. A falling stock market, terrorist attacks, and the subsequent war in Afghanistan, not to mention the Enron and Arthur Andersen scandals, have redefined our mental landscape regarding how we play, live,...
In Alaska, as everywhere else, small businesses struggle to provide health insurance. But the Anchorage Daily News reports that employers there who manage to provide it are getting a surprising response from many of their young employees: No thanks. These workers have two reasons for rejecting insurance. Read the article...
A sweeping legal decision involving 19 retailers is expected to have a positive impact on foreign workers employed on the U.S.-held Island of Saipan. Read the article to know how Settlement Should Improve Labor Conditions on Saipan.
Because of the recent terrorist attacks and an economic downturn, many employers are being required to cut costs by making a reduction in the workforce. Even if these layoffs are applied equally and without discrimination to both younger and older workers, the companies involved may still face unexpected legal actions...
The article says that any company, regardless of its business, has a single most valuable asset — its workforce. Without them, the organization ceases to exist. And yet, many companies fail to communicate as they should with the people on the payroll, especially when there is an important change within...
How can you be sure you protected your rights to products temporary employees have produced for you? Are your temporary employees developing products for your company? Sure they are. They may develop software or something less dramatic, such as a marketing plan. But once they leave your company, how can...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-11 July 2000-Ecult opens HR services centre in Glasgow C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Ecult Inc, a California-based provider of web-enabled human resources HR services, has officially opened its new client service centre in Glasgow, Scotland. The centre will focus on managing the HR...
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