Eight in Ten Internet Users Go Online for Health Information

Eighty percent of American internet users, or some 113 million adults, have searched for information on at least one of seventeen health topics. Read more »

LA Times Article Highlights the Importance of Health Plans for Employees.

Make sure you are looking at all of your options: Health Savings Account - HSA, Health Reimbursement Arrangements - HRA, Flexible Spending Accounts - FSA and Health and Wellness Tools to develop... Read more »

Ohio Minimum Wage and No Smoking Ballot Issues to Have Impact on Ohio Employers

On November 7, Ohio voters passed two statewide issues that will have an impact on the vast majority of Ohio employers. The voters passed both Issue 2, a minimum wage issue, and... Read more »

View From The Trenches (….or what they wish you knew)

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in... Read more »

Survey Shows Health Insurance Premiums Continue To Rise Twice As Fast As Wages

If you havent taken the time to review the recent Kaiser/HRET Employer Health Benefits Survey, you should. Read more »

The Interactive Process

A company's greatest resource is the staff. Learn about how the Interactive Process Meeting can serve as a productive forum for branstorming working safer,smarter strategies. Read more »

DOL Issues Recent Opinion Letters Construing White Collar Exemptions Revealing Trend of Applying Principles In Place Before 2004 Amendments

Within the last few months, the United States Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division ("the DOL") has issued a number of opinion letters construing the executive, professional, and administrative overtime exemptions... Read more »

The Ties that Bind, part 2

We do not get to choose who ends up at the desk next to us. Therefore, with this in mind, it is essential that we develop tools to embrace each other's uniqueness,... Read more »

“On Call” Does Not Equal “On the Clock”

Often, job duties require employees to carry pagers or cell phones and be available in case of an emergency. Employees often feel as though their free time is restricted due to the... Read more »

Inspections By the U.S. Department of Labor

Employers may be investigated, inspected, audited, or visited by the United States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division ("WHD"), Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA"), or assigned state agencies.The WHD is... Read more »
Subscribe to our Newsletter