Employment

Employers and the Next Wave of Health Care Reform

On-Demand
Holland & Hart offers a complimentary on-demand webinar on the most important things employers should be doing now to prepare for health care reform during 2015.

L-1, H-1B, and PERM Compliance for Human Resources

On-Demand
Wolfsdorf Rosenthal presents a free webinar explaining President’s Obama’s executive immigration actions.

IRS ‘Safe Harbor’ Can Protect Labor Tax Cheats

NEWS
A decades-old loophole in federal law allows many companies to identify their workers as independent contractors for tax purposes even though the workers are, in fact, employees.

Court to Consider Equal Accommodation for Pregnant Workers

NEWS
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that asks whether a company discriminates by refusing to provide a simple accommodation to an expectant mother.

Understanding President Obama’s Immigration Plan

EVENT: Dec. 16, 12 p.m. CST
Equifax Workforce Solutions will present a complimentary webinar details on President Obama’s immigration plan and methods to help an organization gauge the potential impact on the hiring processes and procedures as well as retention procedures.

Study Sees Shortage of Skilled IT Talent

White Paper
Robert Half Technology has posted its 2015 “IT Hiring Forecast and Local Trend Report,” which was released Dec. 2.

Checking Social Media Can Help Employers, but Law Is Ambiguous

NEWS
There is little guidance about how much monitoring of an employee’s or job candidate’s social media activities is advisable or legal.

Companies Ignore Risks, Benefits of Whistleblowing

NEWS
A survey of more than 2,500 middle and senior managers in multinational companies reveals high levels of corporate complacency related to whistleblowing.

Bar Association Warns Corporations to Clean Up Supply Chains

NEWS
The president of the American Bar Association is set to urge chief executives at all of America’s Fortune 500 companies to commit to ending human-rights abuses in their supply chains.

Managing Your Global Payroll: Challenges and Solutions

On-Demand
Ceridian offers a free on-demand webinar on proper global payroll management techniques.

M&A Surge Could Cost In-House Lawyers, Accountants Their Jobs

NEWS
When a company buys another business, frequently the acquiring party sees some “overlapping general and administrative functions” in the company that was acquired.

California Peach Farmer, Union Slug It Out at Hearing

NEWS
An administrative law hearing that could determine whether more than 3,000 workers at the nation’s biggest peach farm are unionized got heated when a lawyer for Gerawan Farming accused the chief prosecutor in the case of playing “hide and seek” with evidence and witnesses.

UI Integrity Update: Effective Compliance, Effective Reporting

EVENT: Dec. 3, 12 p.m. CST
Equifax will present the next in a series of webinars detailing the recent legislation regarding UI Integrity (Unemployment Insurance Integrity) and its impact on employers.

Directly Sourcing Former Employees, Retirees and Other High-Talent Contractors

On-Demand
Staffing Industry Analysts offers a complimentary on-demand webinar presenting best practices for dealing with the growing demand for specialized high-talent contractors.

What’s New in the World of Trade Secrets and Non-Competes

EVENT: Dec. 16, 1 p.m. EST
Epstein Becker Green will present a complimentary webinar reviewing 2014 developments in noncompete contracts and what employers should expect and prepare for in 2015.

Dealing with ‘Ban the Box’ Job Application Rules

On-Demand
Employment Screening Resources has posted an on-demand webinar how “Ban the Box” laws that remove questions about criminal records of applicants from job applications are fast becoming a national standard that will soon affect all employers.