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WEBINAR: Guidelines for Classifying Independent Contractors and Complying with the New NY FIFA Law
Finally, a clear distinction of who is an independent contractor vs. an employee! Join us for this free webinar and learn to classify workers with confidence and avoid the legal implications of misclassifying them.
Power At Work Blogcast #59: Labor Day 2024 – AFL-CIO’s Liz Shuler and Fred Redmond on the State of the Unions
On Tuesday, August 27, President Liz Shuler delivered her second State of the Unions address to a packed house of enthusiastic trade unionists and friends at AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was obvious to us that this was a speech Power At Work’s audience would want to hear. We
DOL: Indefinite Delay in FLAG System Update for New H-2A Farmworker Visa Rule
The Department of Labor (DOL) has decided to delay updating its Foreign Labor Application Gateway, or FLAG, case processing system to implement revised H-2A job order and application forms for the new 2024 Farmworkers Protection Final Rule until further notice. For now, H-2A job orders and applications will continue to
(Allegedly) Criminal Employees: How to Handle the Related HR Issues in the UK
How should an employer respond when an employee is accused, charged, or convicted of a crime?
Fortunately, this is not a day-to-day issue that HR teams tend to deal with, but when it does arise, it can raise complex employment law issues and employers may have a PR crisis on
USCIS Updates Guidance for F-1 Students on OPT and STEM OPT Eligibility
The F-1 nonimmigrant visa status allows noncitizens to study in the United States at U.S. colleges and universities. F-1 students may be eligible for off-campus employment under the following programs: Curricular Practical Training; Optional Practical Training (OPT); and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Optional Practical Training Extension (STEM OPT). General
Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute Releases 2024 Labor Day Report
Amid election uncertainty, employers face challenges that include a growing skills gap, an increasingly active labor movement, and legal complexity around corporate diversity efforts
Research: When Bonuses Backfire
How to rethink your incentive strategy and reward employees in ways that actually motivate them.
What to Do When You Know More Than Your Boss
How to communicate your expertise without undermining their authority.
The rise of the ‘hushed hybrid’ workplace
You’ve started a new job and you’re told you have to work in the office full-time.
This boss vowed to help his workers with child care. It hasn’t been easy
It was during the height of the pandemic that Sachin Shivaram realized the depth of his employees’ struggles with child care.
Why Middle Managers Are Unpopular – But Necessary
Middle managers used to command lots of respect.
Companies with emotionally intelligent managers make more money, research shows
Companies with emotionally intelligent managers are not only nicer places to work, but also make more money, new research says.
This Labor Day, The Back-To-Office Push Is Decidedly Quieter
Fewer workers are being called to return to the office this fall in what experts are calling a “stabilization” of the battle over remote work.