A little-known portion of the Washington Bailout has retroactively changed the way fired or laid-off employees can continue to get insurance in their ex-employer’s health benefits. George’s Employment Blawg describes the new provisions here.
Many employers decide to settle out of court, sometimes for huge sums of money, rather than incur the even larger cost of winning.
Bloomberg reports on one of the larger such cases we’ve seen recently.
The New York Times reports on the continuing disintegration of the Detroit economy.
A California court has agreed to rehear a discrimination decision that went against WalMart. Here are the details.
The New York Times has followed up on the United Steelworkers union workforce that broke their employer ten months ago, and it’s not good. 60% do not have steady work or a steady paycheck.
In good times or bad, one of the most difficult tasks facing HR professionals is motivating people to make changes.
In today’s turbulent, often chaotic, environment, business success depends on employees using their full talents. Yet in spite of the myriad of available theories and practices, managers often view motivation as something of a mystery. In part this is because individuals are motivated by different things and in different ways.
Another blow to small business: LifeWise has quit.
Arizona small businesses looking for affordable health coverage solutions should contact Payroll Solutions ASAP!
Generally, the stimulus package misses the small business world, focusing largesse on very large businesses and people who are underemployed. However, in the face of questions like “Does this impact my employees and me in 2008? 2009?” the IRS has put together this list of frequently asked questions and answers.
More than one company has come undone through poor human resources documentation. It’s the subject of today’s posting at hr.BLR.com.
Failure to carefully document discipline remains one of the biggest legal problems that employers face, says attorney Jonathan Segal. Lawsuits that should never have been brought appear on your desk, and lawsuits that should have been dismissed become hard to fight.
The New York Times on how the recession is hurting the health care options of small business employees:
Even before the recession, owners of the smallest businesses had struggled to absorb the inexorable annual rise in health premiums. The share of firms with fewer than 10 workers that offer health benefits has declined by 16 percent since 2001, to 49 percent, according to an annual survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust, while the rate in larger firms essentially stayed flat.
The economic downturn has only accelerated the pressure on small-business owners to pinch every penny, and many feel they have few options but to go after employee health coverage.
