The words of Thomas Jefferson found in the Declaration of Independence never fail to stir my heart. So perfect was his work that the Committee of Five (among them Ben Franklin and Sam Adams) changed only 2 words. Jefferson then had to sit through editing by members...
The short answer is “yes.” The “how” is the hard part. Most all managers have had the experience of supervising a poor performer. The typical response is to adopt a “wait and see” approach in the hope the individual will self-correct. This hardly ever...
In its never ending quest to make the workplace virtually unmanageable, the Board has come out with another gem bound to vex human resources professionals. Naturally the decision applies to both non-union and unionized employers, throwing a wrench into...
The Supreme Court issued two decisions yesterday. One has implications for state governments as employers, and the other has implications for the Affordable Care Act. Harris v. Quinn involved the complaint of Harris, mother of a disabled son who, as his...
Judge Richard Young, a U.S. District Judge, found Indiana’s law forbidding same-sex marriage unconstitutional in a ruling issued on July 25. He joined a long line of jurists who have ruled similarly, most recently in Utah and Pennsylvania. What followed next was...
Based on the contours established over the last four months we now have enough information on the ambitious launch of the Affordable Care Act to begin to understand the shape of things to come. The intended objective of the Act (The practical elimination of uninsured...
Shoppers at Wal-Mart today may be treated to chanting people circling in front of the store and criticizing their labor practices. The likelihood that one of those people is, or even was, an actual employee of Wal-Mart will be slim to none. But that’s cool with the...
The Obama Administration announced changes last Friday in dates relevant to open enrollment in 2014; it also announced that 2013 enrollees will have until December 23rd to pay for insurance coverage beginning January 1, 2014 (the previous deadline was December 15)....
Last week President Obama stunned the state insurance commissioners and insurers with his announcement that he would not enforce ACA mandated requirements on private insurance policy holders and that they can keep that plans that have been or will shortly be...
The Supreme Court is back in session. Three cases of importance to Human Resources professionals bear watching: Lawson v. FMR LLC (Fidelity Investments) Lawson v. FMR LLC asks the Supreme Court to determine whether an employee of a privately-held contractor or...
