Another reason to make sure your HR folks have airtight FMLA processes: If your company winds up guilty of an FMLA violation in court, you’ll most likely have to fork over double damages.  (more…)
Employment Law
Enforcing your company's call-in procedures is one of the few weapons you have to prevent employees from abusing their FMLA leave. (more…)
A financial wellness program can be to your company's health insurance what a safety program is to workers’ comp: a strategic way to control costs. (more…)
Do the Democrats have a backup plan for the DOL’s new overtime rule if it dies in court or at the hands of the Trump administration? You betcha. (more…)
There are a lot of Finance professionals who’d like the DOL’s new overtime rule to just die already. Well, they just got two pieces of good news from the Trump administration. (more…)
With the definition of earnings changing from one law to the next, it’s a relief to know that new information on the Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) provides a few answers for your Payroll staff.  (more…)
Employers across the country indirectly increased employees’ compensation recently and in many companies, it seemed like nobody noticed. Why? Because management was guilty of a big oversight.  (more…)
The Department of Labor (DOL) and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), for the second time in just six months, are raising the penalties for employment law violations. Â (more…)
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) controversial overtime rule is officially on hold. But other than that, not much else is certain with the rule — and that’s a problem for employers.   (more…)
President-elect Trump’s choice for the role of DOL labor secretary is big critic of overregulation, so will this type of DOL leadership be a welcome relief for finance pros? (more…)
A surprise preliminary injunction by a Texas federal court judge essentially puts the controversial new OT rule on hold right at the zero hour. Now Finance has a lot of questions to answer. (more…)
A Republican president isn't the only major change ushered in by the election. Several states will get a minimum wage bump as a result, too. (more…)
