Federal agencies have until Jan. 19, 2021 to identify certain policy-making roles that may be excluded from civil-service job protections under an executive order.
We are a small machine shop that specializes in custom automotive parts and one of our employees recently requested a copy of our Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP). Is that required? What other non-COVID rule changes have occurred recently? […]
Employers can expect increased enforcement by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under the Biden administration and possibly emergency temporary standards to combat COVID-19.
A federal district court in California invalidated two new regulations that raised prevailing wages and eligibility criteria for foreign workers to receive H-1B visas.
The South African government introduced more stringent regulations on employers to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, as the worldwide pandemic continues.
On Monday, November 30, 2020, the Office of Administrative Law approved the new COVID-19 emergency regulation, which went into effect immediately. As previously reported, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) voted to adopt a comprehensive and complex COVID-19 […]
Having versatile and modern HR technology platforms paid off for organizations during the pandemic as they faced an array of talent management and workforce planning challenges.
The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving whether a person who is authorized to access information on a computer for certain purposes violates the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act if that person accesses the same information for unauthorized […]
Corporate recruitment strategy has a laser focus on economy, speed and value. Hiring and training a new employee can cost thousands of dollars, making the recruitment process ultra cost- and productivity-conscious. Understanding how hiring managers, HR and recruitment professionals try […]
A typical 401(k) plan offers fewer investments than a decade ago, while plan participants are now more likely to put all of their 401(k) account dollars into a single, diversified fund, tailored to their expected retirement date, new research shows.
