HR Compliance

Last month, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced it would be changing the long-standing Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations for minimum salary requirements for “white collar” exempt employee status and overtime pay. While the goal to provide more workers...

The SEC has taken an aggressive stance against the use of employee confidentiality agreements that may discourage whistleblowers. While the agency has only brought one enforcement action based solely on such an agreement, the message is clear: Employers should think...

The new overtime rules were meant to simplify the longstanding exempt/nonexempt payroll construct of the Fair Labor Standards Act. But are they simple? Not so much. With the December 1 deadline approaching, U.S. employers are on the clock to comply...

A recent flurry of multimillion-dollar awards from the SEC and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) illustrates the increased significance of so-called “bounty programs” rewarding whistleblowers for proving information to help the government regulate trading and recover stolen funds. Take...

Organizations may face a host of hurdles during the onboarding process, but perhaps none quite as challenging as maintaining compliance with state-specific new hire notification requirements. These mandates are often ambiguous and difficult to track, yet following them to the...

With the latest ACA regulation now in place, organizations must furnish the IRS Form 1095-C to their employees by March 31. Without a doubt, your employees will have many questions. Kristin Lewis, Senior Director of ACA Product Management at Equifax...

If walking employees through the code of conduct involves sitting them down in front of a 50-page document, armed with a fresh pot of coffee, then you're doing it wrong. How much of that massive missive do you think they're...

The costs can really add up when internal investigations get underway, but cutting corners is generally a bad idea. Particularly during the interview process. If you're serious about uncovering the truth, the important interviews should be handled by experienced attorneys,...

While the ADA has been in effect for nearly 25 years, many employers still have questions about what qualifies as a disability and what reasonable accommodations must be made for affected employees. For instance, where does FMLA end and ADA...

Damage to the company’s reputation. The costs of replacing employees who did not have the qualifications stated on their resumes. Risk to the safety and security of fellow employees and customers. These are just some of the many problems that...

For the most part, a company’s standards of conduct serve as the central component of its integrity management program. Jason Lunday describes some typical weaknesses of such codes and how companies can overcome them.