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• FLSA, overtime lawsuits just got a lot more expensive

  06-01-2017 21:55
  
  Employers now have even more incentive to make sure they abide by wage-and-hour laws. 
  Now, in addition to liquidated (a.k.a., double) damages and even jail time, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violators can be hit with emotional distress damages as well.
  That’s what the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit just ruled in a case involving Santiago Pineda, a maintenance worker, and his employer/landlord JTCH Apartments.
  Here’s what happened.
  Lawsuit filed, eviction n
  
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• EEOC: Yes, you have to protect employees from this too

  06-01-2017 21:10
  
  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) accused this employer of making a big mistake, and the employer is now paying $250,000 for it. 
  The employer? Costco, the Washington state-based international warehouse club.
  The mistake? Failing to intervene when it became known one of its employees was being harassed by a customer.
  As the EEOC pointed out in a press release about the Costco situation, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act requires an employer to protect employees from ha
  
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• There’s Beauty in a Company Rebranding

  06-01-2017 20:33
  
  H2O+ Beauty had quite the 2016. The 27-year-old skin care company closed the last of its brick-and-mortar stores, moved the corporate headquarters from Chicago to San Francisco and scrapped its old business model.
  Joy Chen
  For a company of just 50 employees, these are large changes to see through, but CEO Joy Chen led this overhaul by investing in the company culture. Chen, who has been with H2O+ Beauty since February 2015, knew that the entire team would need to feel empowered and motivated to
  
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• Feds pump out even more Obamacare instructions

  06-01-2017 19:52
  
  If you believe Republicans on Capitol Hill, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) isn’t long for this world. Still, the Obama administration continues to clarify how businesses are supposed to comply with the law’s many provisions. 
  The Department of Labor (DOL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) just put their heads together for the 35th time to address questions surrounding Obamacare reforms.
  The result? FAQs About Affo
  
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• YourForce: Workforce’s 95th Year

  06-01-2017 14:48
  
  By Mike Prokopeak
  It’s hard to believe but 2017 marks Workforce’s 95th year.
  That’s right. HR leaders like you have been flipping through this magazine since the days of President Warren G. Harding and the Teapot Dome scandal.
  You don’t make it that long without a dedicated group of readers. So thank you for continuing to take the journey with us. We look forward to continuing to serve you in 2017.
  You also don’t make it that long without some changes along the way.
  
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• Public Sector IR35 and the Apprenticeship Levy: Panic, Penalty or Progress? National Conference, 9th February 2017, London

  06-01-2017 14:29 via onrec.com
  2017 sees the introduction of some of the most radical changes to affect the recruitment and contracting sector in recent years.Posted inNews archiveon06 Jan 2017
  Company ProfileThe Association of Recruitment Consultancies - ARCView profile »As a result, the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC), the professional trade association representing recruitment consultancies across all sectors, is hosting a full day conference in London on 9th February, bringing together keynote speaker
  
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• Top Benefits of Video Clips in Online Conferences

  06-01-2017 14:13 via onrec.com
  Many companies have now made the switch over to a business video conferencing system such as BlueJeans to take their meetings online.Posted inNews archiveon06 Jan 2017
  Some are even using them for seminars, pitches, and sales events. But many people are still using the older methods of talking for hours on end or using long and boring slideshow presentations to bring their point across. These not only take up too much time and prevent colleagues from returning to their work but they quickly make
  
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• Nine Twenty Recruitment Secures White-Labelled 'Match-making' App for employers from Hiire

  06-01-2017 14:01 via onrec.com
  An app-based recruitment solution which matches job-seekers to employers by mobile phone in the style of a digital matching service has been launched by Glasgow-based recruitment group, Nine Twenty.Posted inNews archiveon06 Jan 2017
  The app, which has been secured by Nine Twenty as a “white-labelled” product from Scottish technology entrepreneur Mike Hughes, is aimed at revolutionising the world of recruitment, especially for businesses with small numbers of staff.
  The app, conceived
  
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• People Moves: January 2017

  06-01-2017 13:59
  Mary Slaughter
  Management consulting firm North Highland named Mary Slaughter as chief people officer. Slaughter will oversee training and development, performance management and talent retention. Slaughter has more than 25 years of HR experience in global organizations and has led cultural transformation efforts, talent retention and global training operations across several continents. Shannon Mashburn
  New York-based Alcott HR named Shannon Mashburn as director of human resources. With more t
  
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• DOL and IRS want a closer look at your retirement plan

  06-01-2017 13:11
  
  Two of the most-feared government agencies for employers — the DOL and IRS — have decided there’s a real problem with the way retirement plans are being run, and they’re ramping up their audits to find out why that is.In response to the many mistakes the agencies are seeing from retirement plan sponsors, the IRS and DOL will be increasing the frequency of their audits.
  What does that mean for you? According to experts, plan sponsors can expect the feds to dig deep into th
  
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• Demand for HR professional rises year on year, despite Brexit

  06-01-2017 11:49 via onrec.com
  Demand for HR professionals rose 8% year on year to October according to recent figures from The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).Posted inNews archiveon06 Jan 2017
  Company ProfileAPSCoView profile »Despite a minor post-referendum drop in demand, the number of openings per month exceeded figures from 2015 in both September and October of this year. The top sectors for HR openings over the past year were Accountancy, Retail and Software & Computer Services.
  The dat
  
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