People Processes

People Processes


Latest Episodes

Benchmark: Employer Costs for Employee Compensation
June 18, 2018

Private-industry employers spent an average of $34.17 per hour worked for total employee compensation. Wages and salaries, which averaged $23.76 per hour,

New Supreme Court Ruling Affects Arbitration Agreements
June 15, 2018

What are the issues that arise when considering whether or not to offer alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to employees in the hope that they will use ADR in lieu of litigation?

New NLRB memo talks permissible vs. impermissible handbook rules
June 11, 2018

Rules categories. The memo provides instruction as to each of the three categories of rules set forth in Boeing: - Category 1: Rules that are generally lawful to maintain - Category 2: Rules warranting individualized scrutiny -

No more tax deductions for un-reimbursed business travel!
June 06, 2018

The standard mileage rate of 54.5 cents per mile cannot be used for taxpayers claiming unreimbursed employee travel expenses, with limited exceptions.

Special Notice: TN Employers – Unemployment Insurance
June 04, 2018

Every employer, and every person or organization who reports wages for employees on behalf of one or more subject employers, must file their wage and premium reports electronically

12 Employee Company hit with $550,000 in penalties for misclassifying interns!
June 01, 2018

A Boston private equity firm will pay more than half a million dollars in penalties and wages to 174 current and former employees in a settlement with the AG’s Office over the employer’s improper classification of employees as interns

People Processes: Best Practices for pay equity, and I-9’s
May 30, 2018

Law firm’s pay equity guidance points; The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is stepping up enforcement efforts of unauthorized workers by tripling its number of officers and quintupling the number of enforcement actions in 2018.

People Processes: Investing in Benefits Technology, Professionals can’t unplug
May 25, 2018

Interesting survey and research reports on benefits technology spending and outlooks, along with the rise of work check ins on vacation.

People Processes Q&A: FMLA part time, Pet Bereavement, and Garnishments
May 23, 2018

Issue: Six months ago, one of your full-time employees (working 40 hours per week) was granted intermittent leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). He has taken three weeks (or 120 hours) of leave. Last month,

People Processes: Open Workspaces, Short Term Incentives, and Background Checks
May 21, 2018

Workers value sense of community in the workplace About half (47 percent) of part- or full-time employees value a community atmosphere in the place where they work, according to a new survey by Clutch, a B2B research, ratings and reviews company.