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Conducting Panel Employment Interviews: Panel interviewing allows multiple people to interview a job candidate at the same time. A panel has two or more participants, which may include the direct manager for the role, human resources staff, department managers, and/or the candidate’s potential colleagues. Peer participants commonly participate when recruiting a new senior staff...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, BNET Editorial, job, communication skill, core competency, recruiting, Human Resources, technique; Articles 2007-10-11
Understanding the Minimum Wage: Every U.S. business must comply with the minimum wage laws of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA. This article shows the current national minimum hourly wage, explains whom it applies to, and lists the exceptions. It also describes which elements of workers’ pay are included in the minimum wage...; Tags: Benefits, BNET Editorial, salary, worker, secretary, compensation, payment; Articles 2007-09-28
Mass Layoffs in August 2006: In August 2006, employers took 1,193 mass layoff actions, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single establishment, and the number of...; Tags: Workforce management, U.S. Department of Labor, layoff, manufacturing, worker; White papers 2006-09-21
Strategies for Workforce Flexibility and Capability: The New Job Families at Boeing St. Louis: The IDS Integrated Defense Systems Boeing St. Louis plant is at the frontier of fostering workforce flexibility and new investment in skills. Pioneering systems for just-in-time delivery of training combine with high performance work systems, front-line quality inspection, and labor-management cooperation. This experience points the way toward a model of...; Tags: Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, U.S. Department of Labor, Boeing Co., workforce, JIT, high-performance, training, strategy; White papers 2004-08-17
Allocating Certain Plan Expenses To Individual Participants' Accounts In Profit Sharing, 401(K) And Other Defined Contribution Plans: The Department of Labor DOL has recently changed its longstanding position regarding the allocation of certain plan fees to the accounts of participants who utilize certain plan features. In Advisory Opinion 94-32A, the DOL concluded that imposing the costs of a Qualified Domestic Relations Order QDRO determination on the participant...; Tags: 401(k), Retirement plans, Benefits, Investment, Reed Elsevier Inc., defined contribution plan, profit sharing, U.S. Department of Labor, 401(k) plan, ERISA, allocation; White papers 2003-10-16

COBRA Continuation Coverage New Regulations Issued by Department of Labor on Notice Requirements Changes in COBRA Communication Materials/Procedures Required: The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act ("COBRA") requires most employer-sponsored group health plans to provide employees and their dependents the opportunity to continue their group health coverage for a limited period of time (such continued coverage is referred to as "COBRA Coverage") following the occurrence of certain events (called "Qualifying...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Reed Elsevier Inc., U.S. Department of Labor, regulation, health care; White papers 2003-09-11
Labor Rights Report: Chile: This paper on labor rights in Chile has been prepared pursuant to section 2102c (8) of the Trade Act of 2002 ("Trade Act") (Pub. L. No. 107-210). Section 2102c (8) provides that the President. In connection with any trade negotiations entered into under this Act, submit to the Committee of...; Tags: U.S. Department of Labor, Chile, president, negotiation, finance; White papers 2003-07-08
A Guide to Lead Exposure in the Construction Industry: Lead is a cumulative and toxic substance. People who swallow or inhale lead compounds may become ill or die from lead poisoning. Employers must be aware of workplace hazards facing their workers and must take appropriate action to minimize or eliminate exposure to these hazards. This paper discusses precautions that...; Tags: compound, worker, workplace, health care; White papers 2003-06-11
Charging Participants' Accounts for Plan Expenses: On May 19, the Department of Labor ("DOL") issued a Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB 2003-3) that significantly changes the DOL's position on charging participants' accounts for certain plan-related expenses. The DOL's new position, as expressed in the FAB, enables the plan to pass through charges relating to an individual participant...; Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., U.S. Department of Labor, allocation; White papers 2003-06-03
DOL Issues Proposed COBRA Notice Regulations: The United States Department of Labor DOL has proposed regulations that clarify the various notice requirements of the group health plan continuation mandates provided under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act COBRA. The new guidance comes 17 years after the enactment of COBRA and is intended to be effective for...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, regulation; White papers 2003-06-03
Analysis of the Department of Labor’s Proposed Changes Under the Fair Labor Standards Act: On March 31, 2003, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published proposed regulations that redefine the “white collar” exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA” or the “Act”). The proposed rules would substantially modify which employees are “exempt” from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the FLSA, and would...; Tags: Regulations, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, Fair Labor Standards Act, U.S. Department of Labor, liberalization, analysis; White papers 2003-06-01
8th Circuit Rules on Investment Manager Performance Fees: A recent decision by a federal court of appeals held that an investment manager's performance fees are permissible under ERISA as long as the fees are reasonable, even though the manger has the ability to affect the timing or amount of the fee. This novel decision is directly contrary to...; Tags: Performance management, Reed Elsevier Inc., investment manager, U.S. Department of Labor, ERISA, performance; White papers 2003-05-15
Department of Labor Issues Exemptions and Opinions on Fiduciary Transactions: The Employee Benefits Security Administration EBSA issued Field Assistance Bulletin 2002-3, outlining circumstances in which a party in interest to an employee benefit plan would be permitted to retain earnings resulting from the short-term investment of funds held in trust under such plans. Typically, this float results from holding monies...; Tags: Investment, U.S. Department of Labor, exemption, employee benefit plan, employee benefit, mutual fund, insurance, security; White papers 2003-04-01
Definition of the term ``employee stock ownership plan'': The employee stock ownership plan ESOP, a plan described in section 407d(6)A of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 the Act must meet the requirements of this section. To be an ESOP, a plan must be formally designated as such in the plan document. Read on to know...; Tags: Stock options, Regulations, Stock Options & Grants, U.S. Department of Labor, ESOP, employee stock option, ERISA; White papers 2003-01-01
Changes in Workers Compensation Laws, 2002: Changes in State compensation laws ranged from increasing death benefit and burial expense amounts, to revising the criteria for eligibility for disability benefits, to expanding coverage for rescue workers whose health was affected or whose life was terminated by the events. One of the more significant provisions included increasing the...; Tags: Benefits, U.S. Department of Labor, disability, workers compensation, accident, compensation, worker, health care, benefit; White papers 2003-01-01
Public Relations Specialists: From the executive summary: ‘An organization’s reputation, profitability, and even its continued existence can depend on the degree to which its targeted public supports its goals and policies. Public relations specialists, also referred to as communications specialists and media specialists, among other titles, serve as advocates for businesses, nonprofit associations,...; Tags: U.S. Department of Labor, public relations; White papers 2003-01-01
Partnering For Quality Under The Workforce Investment Act - Designing a System for the Delivery of Integrated Services: The objective of this presentation is to explain different partnering models, identify opportunities for collaboration to improve a typical function in a one-stop and reengineer the services offered by all partners in the selected function. It discusses that how the same tools can be applied to additional service functions. It...; Tags: Organizational structure, Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, U.S. Department of Labor, re-engineering, workforce, collaboration, tool; Presentations 2003-01-01
The Rules of Insuring Employee Benefits in Captives: The U.S. Department of Labor’s evolving interpretations of ERISA has spurred more contentious issues and provides for more dramatic changes in the future. ERISA was passed with the aim of addressing deficiencies and irregularities in the funding and operation of pension plans, thus protecting employees and their beneficiaries. Among its...; Tags: Regulations, Insurance, ERISA, employee benefit, reinsurance, employee benefit plan, pension plan; White papers 2003-01-01
Intermittent Leave Under the FMLA: This article outlines some of the basic requirements of the FMLA as they pertain to intermittent leave requests, and puts the administrative headaches into perspective. The FMLA guarantees the right of the employee to return to the same position or to an equivalent position after an FMLA leave. The Department...; Tags: Regulations, Crain Communications Inc., Family and Medical Leave Act, leave, precaution; White papers 2003-01-01
DOL Study Shows Improvements Still Needed In Employee Benefit Plan Audits: The U.S. Department of Labor continues to find deficient employee benefit plan audits, according to a recent study on the quality of employee benefit plan audits by the DOL's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration. The PWBA found many of the plan audits that it reviewed did not comply with generally...; Tags: Benefits, AICPA, employee benefit plan, employee benefit, audit, ERISA, auditing; White papers 2002-10-04