by Chris Schrader | Jul 23, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Blog
Two decisions regarding the permissibility of federal subsidies granted to ACA Federal Insurance Marketplace enrollees were released yesterday. The two courts arrived at opposite conclusions. The far more significant court, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, heard...
by Chris Schrader | Jul 22, 2014 | Blog, Human Resources
Why did a very successful Coca-Cola ever launch New Coke? Why did people invest their kids’ college funds in Beanie Babies? Surely anyone could have seen these efforts could only end in ruinous failure. Hind sight is 20/20 because human beings are, more often...
by Chris Schrader | Jul 21, 2014 | Blog, Human Resources, In The News
Lost in July’s Jobs Report celebration of the drop in the unemployment rate was the remorseless and grinding continuation of the destruction of full-time jobs. Nearly 800,000 part-time jobs were created while 523,000 full-time jobs were wiped out. A staggering 28...
by Chris Schrader | Jul 16, 2014 | Blog, Human Resources, In The News
Apparently unwilling to wait for a Supreme Court decision on the issue next term, and reasoning in direct conflict with prior federal courts of appeals decisions, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued guidance for employers with regards to pregnant...
by Chris Schrader | Jul 15, 2014 | Blog, Human Resources
Trust, and its byproduct confidence, is an absolutely essential element in any organization. Loyalty is on the extreme spectrum of trust, yet many organizations tend to expect both of their employees. I have come to believe that asking loyalty is too much for...
by Chris Schrader | Jul 14, 2014 | Blog, Human Resources
Far too many HR pros have had the experience of seeing a talented person leave the company, mouth non-committal platitudes during the exit interview and not speak to the real reasons for their departure. Sure, it may have been the recruiter that called out of the...
by Chris Schrader | Jul 10, 2014 | Blog, Human Resources
We long ago became accustomed to robots replacing human workers in factories (GM introduced the first robots in manufacturing in 1961). Although human workers were replaced, and some lost their jobs, the move was seen as a net gain since the work replaced was...
by Chris Schrader | Jul 9, 2014 | Blog, Human Resources, In The News
Most HR pros and experienced managers are comfortable with terminations involving egregious insubordination, particularly if the company has standing policies or practices that direct employees to treat one another with mutual respect and professional...
by Chris Schrader | Jul 8, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Blog, Human Resources, In The News
Judging from the hyperventilated responses from certain quarters in the wake of the Hobby Lobby decision one could conclude the SCOTUS codified the right of a private employer to compel certain religious observations by their employees. This is false. Let’s...
by Chris Schrader | Jul 7, 2014 | Blog, Human Resources, In The News
We have all heard the happy talk since the July jobs report rolled out last week. Job growth beat expectations! (As if expectations have been even halfway right for the last six years). There were 288,000 new jobs created in June. Unemployment fell to its...
