As the current economic crisis escalates and governmental plans to provide
billions of dollars to intervene in the capital markets take shape,
financial institutions and other businesses are being forced to
restructure their operations through... Read more »
On October 7, 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor published final
regulations, mandated by the Pension Protection Act of 2006, to implement
the new statutory exemption for cross trades of securities involving large
ERISA-governed employee... Read more »
The election of Barack Obama as President and the Democratic gains in
Congress mean that employers face a new legislative, regulatory, and
enforcement environment on labor and employment issues. Employers should
use the transition period... Read more »
On November 17, 2008, the U.S. Department of Labor published final
regulations implementing the 2008 amendments to the Family and Medical
Leave Act. Employers should act quickly to update their FMLA policies
before these regulations... Read more »
The United States Department of Labor has released final revised
regulations implementing the Family and Medical Leave Act. The
revised regulations are over 750 pages in length and adopt most of the
positions the DOL... Read more »
A recent decision provides some relief to employers over the
troubling issue of intermittent leave mandated, in some circumstances, by
the Family Medical Leave Act.The FMLA imposes
extraordinary burdens on employers to accommodate eligible employees... Read more »
Let's face it, there's a lot going on out there. Our economy is on the fritz and every news story tells us that one more multimillion dollar company needs a government bailout.... Read more »
Many business leaders and managers get frustrated when things don't go as planned. It hurts when you have worked every hour that god sends and you have usually been the last one... Read more »
I have read article after article regarding the importance of employee retention. I have also read in a recent survey the American Society of Training and Development that the following are ranked... Read more »
Everyone needs time away from work. Employers who provide time off benefits for their employees are showing them that they truly care for each employee's well-being. Having a work-life balance is hard... Read more »