Back in October 2017, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Deputy Director Thomas Homan provided a glimpse of the Trump Administration’s position on worksite...
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Is How We Calculate Overtime Going to Change?
Earlier this month, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“DOL”) released its Spring 2018 Agenda which sheds some light on what the DOL...
Thumbs Up for Class Action Waivers
Earlier this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major victory for employers hoping to continue to take advantage of class action waivers through individual...
Drug Policies: To Update or Not to Update?
Marijuana legalization and the opioid epidemic have led many employers in recent months to question whether their drug policies need to be updated. Common questions...
HSA Limits Revert to Previous Levels
On March 2, 2018, it was announced that the Health Savings Account (HSA) limit for family plans would be reduced by $50 to $6,850, from...
A Primer on Religious Discrimination
On April 26, 2018, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a press release in which it announced that it obtained a $5.1 million verdict...
Severance Agreements: Are They Working For or Against You?
We at Employers Council regularly get requests from members to review or prepare severance and release agreements when the member company finds itself in the...
You Need to Know: The General Data Protection Regulation
You may have already seen updates from social media giants and online retailers providing more transparency into how data is collected and used. The question...
Human Resources and Big Data
Are you leveraging your company’s data to help you make decisions in your human resources (HR) role? Research shows a shift from traditional HR models to...
Immigration: Honduras Temporary Protected Status to Terminate
Hondurans were granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in 1999 due to Hurricane Mitch, the storm that devastated the country, creating dangerous living conditions and preventing...