Workplace Culture

Ex-Convicts in Workforce Pose Liability Problems

Nationally, all employers must contend with myriad state laws limiting how they may use...

Legal

Court Cites Ledbetter Law in Reversing Its Prior Decision in Equal Pay Case

An employer’s refusal to respond to an employee’s request for a pay raise can be a viol...

Benefits

Cost of Health Benefits Still Accelerating Faster Than Inflation

The survey of more than 2,000 non-federal private and public employers tracks the cost ...

Benefits

Granting Equity Incentives to Employees

The grant of equity to employees implicates issues across several areas of the law, inc...

Legal

A Small Government With Big Training Goals

Amid government cutbacks, Chesterfield County, Virginia, relies more than ever on corpo...

Benefits

Employers Seek to Limit 2010 Health Cost Increases, Survey Finds

Although employers try to reduce their projected cost increases every year, survey resp...

Benefits

Risk Dominates Conversations Around Retirement Plan Investing

Employers with both 401(k) and defined-benefit plans are taking a closer look at those ...

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Cultivating Knowledge Transfer

A central goal of any comprehensive workforce planning strategy must be to focus on ‘kn...