• Why candidates and employers are ghosting—and what’s driving the trend.
• How to simplify your application process to reduce drop-off.
• Crafting job postings that clearly answer “What’s in it for me?”
• Best practices for using job boards to attract qualified candidates.
• Improving the interview experience—and getting managers fully engaged.
• Key steps before, during and after interviews to keep candidates connected.
Most employers are still committed to a diverse workforce even if they have made changes to how they believed they could legally achieve that goal. Now, they’re looking for ways to sustain their efforts without triggering undue legal risks.
Time off to bond with a new child must be equally provided to fathers and mothers, on the same terms and conditions and regardless of marital status.
• Figuring employees’ gross pay—what’s included and excluded from employees’ pay.
• What’s working time and what isn’t. Do you have to pay employees for their computer boot time in the morning? Two courts say yes.
• How to calculate the regular rate and overtime rate, and what’s reportable on employees’ W-2s.
• Getting from gross to net pay. W-4s are the key, but so are pay codes and pay profiles.
• Faulty benefits administration can lead to surprise taxable wages. Does your cafeteria plan hit all the right regulatory notes?
• Employees get married or divorced. Know when you can allow them to make midyear changes to their benefits.
• Payroll fraud: How to spot it and how to build defenses against it. Your employees’ self-service platform doesn’t have to be easy pickings for hackers.
As part of its efforts to reduce immigration both legal and illegal, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has instituted several policy changes that may affect how many employers can hire foreign nationals to work in the United States with valid visa-based work authorizations.
The Department of Labor has finally officially rescinded the overtime rules the Biden administration put in place.
Chick-fil-A is widely known as the fast-food restaurant chain that honors the Sunday Sabbath by closing all locations on Sundays. But what about making reasonable accommodations for other religions with different Sabbath days?
In a stunningly large settlement, the EEOC has made clear that it will insist on employers making reasonable accommodations for the religious needs of its employees.
The U.S. Supreme Court accepted a case in which it will decide if employees can sue their employers directly for sex discrimination under Title IX of a federal law that protects students and employees from sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs.
A new Department of Labor (DOL) opinion letter clarifies the conditions under which employees classified as exempt from overtime can perform work duties that commonly are performed by hourly employees
