The Department of Labor offers these nine tips to make office celebrations more enjoyable and much safer:
Welfare benefit plans must meet certain participant disclosure rules.
To keep potential company liability at a minimum when hosting social events for employees:
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Ask the following questions to evaluate whether actions that may intrude on employee privacy are supported by a legitimate business purpose:
Once a union becomes the bargaining representative of a unit of employees, the union and employer have a duty to bargain with one another.
When you attempt to check references supplied by a potential employee, you may find that many people and institutions will ask for a release before providing in
Ask yourself the following questions when considering whether or not a proposed course of action could violate an individual's right to privacy:
Formal grievance procedures typically establish the starting place for making an employee's complaint known.
The following questions are designed to guide employers in the initial steps of designing an effective employee complaint policy that will fit the company's cul
There are two possible areas of employee liability that may occur during office parties:
Your company contracts with a third-party administrator (TPA), which is responsible for sending out these notices.
According to IRS guidance, the value of employer-provided transit pass benefits provided via a smartcard purchased from a transit company is a qualified fringe
Outsourcing generally involves contracting with an independent third party provider (outsourcing firm) for the performance of certain functions that were previo
No permit is required to carry a deadly weapon within one's own dwelling or business premises or on real property one owns or leases.
Note: Any provision of state law concerning personal medical information that is determined by the Office of HIPAA Implementation to be preempted by HIPAA shal
A person who violates the Whistleblowers' Protection Act shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 for each violation (Sec.
Unlike garnishments, child support orders and other involuntary deductions from pay, wage assignments are a voluntary agreement by an employee to have wages wit
An employer who has violated the smoking discrimination in employment law may be required to cease and desist the unlawful activity, pay actual damages to the a