Illinois employers should prepare for an increase to the state’s minimum wage that will be implemented in phases starting on Jan. 1, 2020. Read more »
HR professionals' jobs are more dangerous than many realize. An HR manager and an HR intern were among five employees killed at a warehouse in Aurora, Ill., on Feb. 15 by a... Read more »
An employer that failed to keep accurate time records should have used its employee's calculations to determine the unpaid overtime owed to him, a California appellate court ruled. Read more »
BuzzFeed—a digital media company headquartered in New York City—should have paid recently laid-off workers the vacation time they earned but didn't use due to the demands of the job, according to a... Read more »
While unlimited paid-time-off policies are not as simple as they seem on their face, the complications and risks associated with such policies can generally be managed through careful planning and implementation. Read more »
More states are considering bills that would provide employees with paid parental leave and paid leave to care for relatives with serious health conditions. Read more »
During or after the government shutdown, employers should not expect extensions of reporting deadlines for their health or other benefit plans, and they shouldn’t risk future penalties by missing them.
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Have questions about maintaining your SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP? In every issue, the SHRM Certification team will answer some of the frequently asked questions they receive from credential-holders. This week they tackle planning... Read more »
Even when unemployment falls to record-low levels, wages continue to rise only gradually, new research shows, so employers may not feel pressured to significantly hike wages despite U.S. labor market tightening. Read more »
Companies’ budgets for 2019 bonus payouts may have been set months ago when the continued strength of the economy was uncertain. Employees, however, expect to receive larger bonuses this year than they... Read more »
