In Hodge v. Aon Insurance Services, the California Court of Appeal held that claims adjusters were properly classified as exempt administrative employees. In doing so, the court limited the holding issued 10... Read more »

Building a corporate team is one of the most important facets of business today. Fostering teamwork, improving employee morale, and empowering employees are three key characteristics of the most successful... Read more »

Employers in Illinois may soon experience an increase in requests for benefit coverage for civil union partners now that a law legalizing civil unions for same-sex and opposites-sex partners will takes effect... Read more »

Employers increasingly are adopting social networking policies regulating employee communications on Facebook, Linkedin, Plaxo and other social medial sites.  While appropriate use of these and other similar policies can be a critical... Read more »

Managing creativity may seem an oxymoron, similar to an order to "be spontaneous!" Well, it doesn't have to be. Today's manager can use many methods and tools to set the stage or... Read more »

Recent testimony by Deputy Secretary of Labor Seth Harris recently highlights the growing scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Labor on perceived abuses by employers in the misclassification as workers as independent... Read more »

There are currently a number of theories dating back and developed from Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Gandhi, Marx and Freud, that influence our current understanding of leadership but not one of... Read more »

The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (DOL)'s announcement of two settlement agreements in less than a week signals the growing advisability for U.S. employers to audit and tighten overtime, worker classification and o... Read more »

Stipends paid to medical residents to provide on patient care and other medical services for 40 or more hours per week as part of a accredited graduate medical education program are wages... Read more »