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Contractor v. Employee: Dept. of Labor Proposed Employee Classification Rule December 19, 2022; By Charles A. Krugel Contractor v. employee violations occur in every industry. This is in part due to the regulatory processes in wage rates, labor agreements, and exemptions defining who is and who isn’t an independent contractor. To paraphrase a genial and [...]
https://hrexecutive.com/the-hr-troubles-with-twitters-layoffs-and-how-to-avoid-them/ The HR troubles with Twitter’s layoffs—and how to avoid them By Tom Starner November 10, 2022 When new billionaire owner Elon Musk laid off roughly half of Twitter‘s employees last week using workers’ personal email addresses, HR’s reaction and advice was strong and swift—on and off the social media network. Clumsy, unprofessional, brutal, inhumane, [...]
How can caregivers who worked through the pandemic be sure they’re getting the hazard pay they are due? By Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace Updated: 23 hours ago 11/7/22 Question: I work as a caregiver. Unlike many employees able to switch to remote working, we caregivers traveled to our clients in their homes. They needed us [...]
Culling with kindness - the right way to go about making redundancies in the tech sector By Cath Everett; October 21, 2022 SUMMARY: As global recession looms, it appears the tech sector is not out of the woods yet in layoff terms. So if redundancies become necessary, how can employers ensure they avoid hitting the headlines [...]
The Food Institute Your Single Source for Food Industry News, Data and Trends Since 1928 Experts Predict ‘Striketober’ to Remember MARCY KREITER | SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 Slightly more than a month before the mid-term elections, thousands of U.S. workers are threatening to turn October into “Striketober,” with restaurant workers at the forefront of the bid to increase [...]
