Technology

Legal Static Over Issuing Smart Phones to Workers

A lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department is an example of a clear warning to emp...

Benefits

Reform Rule on Covering Adult Children Looms

In April, 66 health insurers agreed to a Department of Health and Human Services reques...

Workplace Culture

Social Work

To satisfy employees’ need to feel connected, a growing number of companies are develop...

Benefits

Survey Employees Pay Larger Share of Health Care Costs

The annual survey found that employee contributions for single coverage grew 15 percent...

Benefits

IRS Says Flexible Spending Accounts Cant Reimburse OTC Drugs Without Prescription

The rules issued September 3 involve a section of the health care reform law that sharp...

Legal

Staffing Firm Owner Accused of Forced Labor on Hawaii Farms

Workers had their passports confiscated and were allegedly threatened with arrest and b...

Staffing Management

Weighing the Risks of Social Networking

Doing research in advance and putting ground rules in place before launching a corporat...

HR Administration

Disability Disclosure vs. Privacy

As workers with ‘invisible disabilities’ struggle over whether to reveal their conditio...