Healthcare Industry Employers Face New Challenges

Attorney Kevin Troutman recently posted an article over at laborlawyers.com that highlights the increasingly complex world of healthcare employment. The triple threat of new laws, court rulings, and administrative changes is placing additional pitfalls in the way of hospitals and other healthcare organizations. Troutman investigates the top 10 hazards in his informative article. Here are [...]

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How to Eat an Elephant

Just over 2 years ago, I had a very aggressive client project manager inform me that his organization was going to go live with a new ATS, onboarding application, an HRMS solution, and several interfaces flying between all systems by January 1st.   The only problem with this schedule was that it was early October when [...]

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South Carolina Penalizes Employers Who Hire Undocumented Workers

We’ve talked a lot about what ICE is doing to increase compliance levels with form I-9 processing for U.S. employers. But the fact is that even steep monetary penalties levied by USCIS pale in comparison to the hard line approach state governments can take. Recently, the South Carolina Department of Labor took the drastic step [...]

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Misclassification During Onboarding May Invalidate Agreements

The IRS and DOL have some pretty steep penalties in store for employers who misclassify workers as independent contractors when they are actually employees. But there are peripheral legal issues involved as well. A recent court case in Pennsylvania demonstrates what can happen in litigation. Categorization Impacts Enforceability A company that hired an independent sales [...]

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What's Up With The Chamber Of Commerce?

The United States Chamber of Commerce recently stepped up again to protest against the enforcement of immigration compliance. In 2008, the Chamber attempted to block the Department of Homeland Security from mandating the use of e-Verify for federal contractors. That approach failed at the federal level, so now the fight is taking place at the [...]

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Customization Matters in Hiring Software Tools

Although many businesses within a given industry have similar requirements for hiring and onboarding software, there's something to be said for having the ability to fine tune an application to precisely meet your company's needs. Workforce.com has an interesting article available about a major manufacturing and retail firm that discovered every cent spent on customized [...]

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Would You Participate In a Workplace Ranking Program?

Have you read the recent Workforce.com article about workplace ranking programs? It raises some interesting questions. How does entering this kind of contest benefit employers? How does it benefit employees? What are the downsides of participation, and what happens if you don’t win? Employers’ Perspective The benefits most employers hope to gain from entering a [...]

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Social Media Background Checks May Raise Litigation Risks

Workplace data privacy compliance is a big issue in HR right now. Chuck’s been talking a lot about this topic at his blog. Now, Workforce.com has published an article about another aspect of privacy in an age where transparency is increasing every day. Social media background checks are becoming more and more common. This isn’t [...]

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How Pending OSHA Program Updates May Impact Employers

OSHA is gearing up to create a new program for preventing injury and illness in the workplace. This I2P2 (Injury & Illness Protection Program) is still in the development and discussion stage, but employers should be aware that significant changes are probably on the way. The updated rules are likely to be based on common [...]

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DOL and Puerto Rico Join Forces

The Wage and Hour Division of the DOL has begun collaboration with the Department of Labor and Human Resources in Puerto Rico to boost employer compliance on the island. Although not a state, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico is subject to the same federal laws that govern the rest of the U.S. This means that [...]

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