After eight years in the making, OSHA has released a Final Rule setting out when an employer must pay for personal protective equipment. Read more »

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking at a conference about employee hiring, retention, and interpersonal communication based on behaviors. The audience was comprised of business owners and their... Read more »

Unions are using two long forgotten tools in their effort to turn around failing organizing efforts and declining membership?employee councils and minority bargaining. Read more »

What's common may not be what is accurate. Litigation and challenges to various aspects of wage and hour law continue to grow. Employers need to reconsider practices which are fairly common if... Read more »

On November 7, 2007, the United States House of Representatives approved the Employment Non-Discrimination Act by a vote of 235-184. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, H.R. 3685, is intended "to provide... Read more »

In a case of first impression, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that work holidays falling on days when an employee is out on intermittent Family and Medical Leave Act leave of one... Read more »

Human Resource Outsourcing organizations exist to support, extend, or replace the human resources functions for other companies. HRO's core business is finding the ways to make their clients’ HR functions more efficient and delivering them... Read more »

NLRB Modifies Voluntary Recognition Bar to Allow 45-Day Period for PetitionsNLRB Rules Strikers Lost Job to “At-Will Replacements” Read more »

If your business is environmentally conscious as so many are these days, you will be glad to know you no longer have to throw away laminated, nonbiodegradable posters every time the labor... Read more »