California Could Revive the Industrial Welfare Commission

?The budget bill currently under consideration in Sacramento contains a startling and momentous provision: reinstatement of the California Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC), which in the past had regulated the wages, hours and... Read more »

Employers Wary of New Florida Law Cracking Down on Illegal Immigration

?A new Florida law designed to crack down on illegal immigration has prompted workers to leave the state and left employers short-staffed. Manuel Lievano is chief executive officer of MCC USA Global... Read more »

Supreme Court Rules Employers Must Show More Than ‘de Minimis’ Cost to Refuse Accommodation

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that employers can only deny an employee’s request for a religious accommodation under federal law if they can prove it would result in substantial increased costs... Read more »

SCOTUS Strikes Down Affirmative Action in Higher Education

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday voted to end affirmative action in higher education, ruling that the practice violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The ruling came in response... Read more »

SCOTUS Strikes Down Affirmative Action

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday voted to end affirmative action in higher education, ruling that the practice violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The ruling came in response... Read more »

Inside KPMG’s Companywide Breaks: ‘Recharging Is Vital’

In 2014, consulting giant KPMG introduced a companywide winter break for its U.S. employees, shutting down offices from just before Christmas through the start of the new year—an idea which, unsurprisingly, was... Read more »

4 Ways to Boost Employee Satisfaction with HDHPs

High-deductible health plans (HDHPs) have become a mainstay of many employee benefits programs since their introduction in the early aughts. However, despite two decades of experience with these plans, employee satisfaction with... Read more »

Employers Wary of New Fla. Law Cracking Down on Illegal Immigration

?A new Florida law designed to crack down on illegal immigration has prompted workers to leave the state and left employers short-staffed. Manuel Lievano is chief executive officer of MCC USA Global... Read more »

Jobless Claims Fall for First Time Since May

?States reported that 239,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending June 24, a decrease of 26,000 from last week’s revised level. The drop in claims follows three weeks of slightly... Read more »

Court Rejects Class Certification Because Most Members Signed Class Waivers

?Takeaway: This decision provided further support for the option of adopting an arbitration program in California to help manage the risk of wage-and-hour class litigation.    ? A recent decision by a... Read more »
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