Employee relations

As the Department of Labor’s proposed “white-collar” rules move closer to becoming final this summer, with an effective date 60 days later, we take the opportunity to explain further what these new regulations will mean for employers.

Education and training efforts are poised for significant growth this year as organizations recognize the value of alternative rewards to keep and grow their workforces.

For labor unions, the death of Justice Antoin Scalia is is truly an instance of deus ex machina — a miraculous ending that doesn’t fit the rest of the play.

Many women want to work abroad during their career, new research finds, but many aren’t given the opportunity.

A report released on Wednesday by salary website Glassdoor found that that women are paid, on average, five cents less on the dollar than men in the same position who are equally qualified and work at the same company.

The method was designed to help plan sponsors allocate annual raises and promotions but has evolved into a stressful process, says Rajeev Behara, CEO of Reflektive.

This month, the agency filed its first two lawsuits accusing employers of gender bias for discriminating against employees on the basis of sexual orientation.

For employers, complying with the FMLA may feel like balancing on a tightrope. Here’s how advisers can assist their clients in managing the process.

Why advisers and their clients should be stepping up efforts to provide benefits that help support employees’ desire for equilibrium.

An increased focus on health, combined with unprecedented access to information, has this group of workers more interested in workplace wellness and more likely to stay at their jobs because of it.

Clients are often willing to provide contacts, but too busy to respond. How advisers can get past the ‘no’ by offering to do the work for them.

Employee productivity, absenteeism and retention rates are among the larger business concerns that benefit professionals need to address, according to the Integrated Benefits Institute.

The market for wearable wellness is growing but workers are still reluctant to share the data from the devices with their employers.

But when it comes to sharing the medical data collected by these technologies, they are keeping their employers at arm’s length.

With dozens of state and federal agencies enforcing hundreds of employment and benefits-related laws, advisers can help new employers avoid common administrative missteps.

Employee productivity, absenteeism and retention rates are among the larger business concerns that advisers need to address, according to the Integrated Benefits Institute.

Why some organizations are focusing their benefit efforts on helping staff manage career and home.a

When it comes to producing documents in employment litigation, the deck is usually stacked in favor of the employee, except in unusual situations when an employee is squirreling away documents in an effort to build a case against the employer.

With dozens of state and federal agencies enforcing hundreds of employment and benefits-related laws, the administrative burden of running a company can be overwhelming.

While millennials are the focus of many attraction and retention conversations, some C-suite and benefit executives forget an important generation still in the workforce: the baby boomers.