Worker Leave Rules to be Updated
The U.S. Department of Labor is expected to release updated regulations related to the Family and Medical Leave Act as early as next week. The prop... Read more
U.S. Department of Labor
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Work Injuries Decline
The latest report by the U.S. Labor Department shows that business-related injuries and ill... Read more
Ergonomics Standard Moves Forward
After long delays the U.S. Department of Labor finally published its national ergonomic proposal, whichwill cover more than 1.6 million work sites. It is ... Read more
What's Your Leave Policy?
The U.S. Department of Labor's Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) went into effect in 1993, but you still have to create your own leave policyby filling ... Read more
Naturalizing Foreign Workers
The three-step process of backing a foreign-born worker's bid for a green card. Read more
Free Help from Uncle Sam
Employee-skills testing programs available through the U.S. Department of Labor. Read more
Wall Postings
Available government labor law posters which display all federal regulations. Read more
Managing People: Helping care for the kids.
Survey showing nine work-schedule policies and the percentage of small companies that offer these benefits. Read more
Why I Avoid Government Contracts
The Davis-Bacon Act, a relic from the Depression, inflates costs on federal construction projects and discourages small builders from bidding on them. Read more
Minimum Wage
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) is in a sense the basic law controlling employment and compensation issues in the United States. FLSA mandates... Read more
What to Include In an Employee Handbook
Experts say that small businesses can use employee handbooks to avoid litigation and put staff members at ease by spelling out, in positive terms, the compan... Read more
Sounding the Sirens
With budget deficits growing, government-sponsored programs for small businesses are being cut back or altered. Yet many government resources are still av... Read more
THERE'LL BE LESS PAPERWORK for employers who offer membership in health maintenance organizations, thanks to recently adopted changes in reporting and dis... Read more
Business Birth and Death Rates
Chart showing combined business birth and death rates for 1982-1992. Read more
Career Planning and Changing
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, those born between 1957 and 1964 (the end of the baby boom generation) held 10.2 jobs on average during their f... Read more
Employee Compensation
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Layoffs, Downsizing, and Outsourcing
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Self-Employment
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How to Obtain an H1B Visa
As 2010 nears its end, the number of available H-1B visas is dwindling. Here's how to go about some last-minute shopping for one. Read more
Family and Medical Leave Act
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Workstation
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Employment of Minors
Businesses in some industries rarely utilize minors as employees, but in many other sectors teenagers comprise a large component of the total work force; ... Read more
Power to the People
CEO finds that relinquishing control often produces surprising results, but pluses outweigh the minuses. Read more
Census Data
The U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 2) mandates that a census ("enumeration") of the population be conducted at 10-year intervals. The first census ... Read more
Explore the Benefits of Alternative Dispute Resolution
QUESTION: I' ve been reading a lot about how employers can resolve internal employee complaints, such as sexual harassment complaints, without goi... Read more
Workplace Safety
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Red Tape: Are You Cheating Your Employees?
Litigation from wage-and-hour disputes is skyrocketing. And you may be breaking the law without even knowing it. Read more
Do You Have to Pay Employees for Snow Days?
You still need to hand over a paycheck for a snow day in most cases, according to the Labor Department. Read more
Health Maintenance Organizations and Preferred Provider Organizations
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Wholesaling
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Employee Strikes
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How to Handle Employees Who Are Called to Active Military Duty
Knowing the appropriate steps to take when an employee is deployed is crucial to making the transition easy for them and your company. Here are four tips tha... Read more
Hearing: Employers Rely on Immigrants
Immigration reform needs to balance national security issues with access to qualified employees to offset an expected labor shortage in the years ahead, s... Read more
Tools For Creating An Employee Handbook
If you are creating an employee handbook for the first time or updating your current one, this guide brings together all the tools you need. Read more
Affirmative Action
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Women Entrepreneurs
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Cutting OT Costs
The U.S. Department of Labor is suggesting ways to keep employers' overtime costs from going up. In an AP story, Read more
What the IRS Wants to Know
Is your independent contractor really an employee? Time to come clean. Read more
Tax Incentives for Hiring in a Tight Labor Market
Having trouble finding employees? The tax law provides incentives for hiring certain individuals you might not otherwise have considered. W... Read more
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