a person or organization that pays people to perform specified activities. An employer usually contracts an employee to fill a permanent or temporary position to...
Good personnel records can be an employer's front line against many sorts of legal actions an employee can bring against the employer. Here’s an overview of what record employers need to keep and maintain—for their own good. Keeping employee records is a chore a lot of employers don't like to...
Employers prefer to receive resumes from job hunters electronically rather than in hard copy format, according to the respondents of a new survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers NACE. Employers are always searching for ways to become more efficient Accepting resumes through electronic means allows them...
An organization whose members include the U.S. Chamber Commerce wants employers around the country to take a more active role in political campaigns by letting employees know their preferences. The group is working on the assumption that, in most cases, employers have a high level of credibility with their employees....
In a case that illustrates the importance of having clear, written workplace policies, an employer convinced a California appellate court that it had the right to confiscate and inspect a computer that it had given to one of its employees to use for work-related purposes at home. Read the article...
Employers complained that under a scenario like that allowed by the appeals court, they could be required to hire employees with serious illness or disability and could, in turn, be sued if the employees were injured or killed on the job. During oral argument, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy told lawyers...
Besides accepting more personal responsibility to plan their own aging, the employees need to become much more proactive in preparing for their aging parents–and so will their employers. Why should employers consider this their problem? Because middle-aged workers, particularly women age 40 and above, are faced with increased responsibilities to...
Every employer needs clear business/legal strategies to navigate through the myriad of today’s complex employment issues. While many employers believe that employment laws impose regulatory and compliance requirements that cost too much and actually impede good business practices, the fact is that many of the same strategies that keep businesses...
An employer’s pension plan language was its own undoing in a recent court case where it was determined that the employer was wrong to deny a former employee’s claim for disability retirement benefits. Read the article to know the jurisdiction wherein the pension plan language comes back to bite the...
Sep 16, 2002 (Benchmarking HR - ABIX via COMTEX) A report called "Agreement making in Australia under the Workplace Relations Act 2000 and 2001" has been released. It is available from the Department of Employment & Workplace Relations' web site. Tony Abbott, Australian...
M2 PRESSWIRE-5 June 2001-CRONER: Croner.CCH puts its reputation online with launch of new HR web centre C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05062001 Croner.CCH, the UK's leading provider of subscription management information, has launched a range of web centres that can be...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-24 January 2001-William M. Mercer becomes Authoria's implementation partner C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Authoria Inc, a Massachusetts-based provider of web-based human resource HR communication applications, and the New York-based HR consulting firm William M. Mercer Inc have teamed up to jointly deliver personalised HR...
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