Miscellaneous

Quick Hits - May 15, 2015

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

He will . . . he won’t . . . now he will—employee must reimburse employer after winning a judgment in car accident: US Airways paid $66,866 in medical expenses for injuries suffered by plan participant McCutchen, who was involved in a car accident caused by a third party. US Airways’ plan entitled the company to reimbursement if the employee recovered money from a third party.

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Quick Hits - May 8, 2013

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

NLRB slapped down again by D.C. Circuit: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Monday invalidated the NLRB’s “poster rule,” which would require employers to hang posters informing employees of their right to organize and strike. This case started with NLRB’s requirement for this poster in 2011.

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Quick Hits - May 1, 2013

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Reminder--New I-9 required usage starting May 7: As previously reported in everythingpeople.™ This Week!, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a new Form I-9 (Rev. 03/08/13). According to the USCIS website, “improvements to Form I-9 include new fields, reformatting to reduce errors, and clearer instructions to both employees and employers

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Quick Hits - April 24, 2013

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

USDOL FY 2014 budget sends strong message to employers who wander from the straight and narrow: The Department of Labor (DOL) has requested $12.1 billion in discretionary budget authority (an increase $12.0 billion over the enacted 2013 budget) and 17,450 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) for FY 2014.

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Quick Hits-April 17, 2013

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Michigan House introduces bill to increase minimum wage to $10 per hour: Democratic lawmakers have introduced more legislation to raise Michigan's minimum wage to $10 an hour over three years. The current state minimum wage is $7.40 per hour.

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Special Focus: Fire Those Darn HR Professionals! Fire Them All!

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

I recently read an op/ed piece in the online version of Forbes magazine entitled, “It's Time For Companies To Fire Their Human Resource Departments.” Well, that sparked my interest for two reasons. First, I work for a trade association that represents the Human Resource profession, so the headline was a bit alarming to put it mildly. Second, like the author of that article, I too have been accused of writing articles with incendiary headlines for the sole purpose of getting more “clicks” and “opens” for our newsletter.

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Quick Hits: April 10, 2013

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Bird flu in China—are you prepared? A middle-aged man who transported poultry for a living and another (unidentified) person have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll to five among 14 confirmed cases in China, the government and state media reported last week.

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Quick Hits - April 3, 2013

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Great benefits translates to a great place to work: MetLife’s 11th annual Study of Employee Benefits Trends reveals that while only two out of five U.S. workers would strongly recommend their employer as a “great place to work,” those who do are three times more likely to be satisfied with their benefits.

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Quick Hits - March 27, 2013

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

H-1B season begins April 1: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the FY 2014 cap on Monday, April 1. Cases will be considered accepted on the date that USCIS receives a properly filed petition for which the correct fee has been submitted, not the date that the petition is postmarked, USCIS noted.

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