Employers and administrators of employee benefits continue to be challenged by state and federal activity regarding domestic partner, civil union partner, and same-sex spouse issues. The implementation of employer-provided domestic partner benefits involves the intersection of state laws, the federal tax code, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).Join Gayle Skolnik, Partner, and Megan Hladilek, Associate, in Faegre Baker Daniels' Benefits and Executive Compensation group, as they address employer-provided benefits for domestic partners, civil union partners, and same-sex spouses.

When work schedules don’t work for employees, employers face the burden of recruiting, hiring, and training new employees. Two nationally recognized researchers maintain that there are more productive and cost-effective options for improving scheduling practices in hourly jobs than many employers think.

This webinar will provide attendees with an overview of the types of scheduling challenges faced by hourly workers, an organizational context for understanding these challenges and a set of solutions for reducing these challenges.

If you oversee a team of people, work in HR, or care about your colleagues and friends, you may have to enter into a tough conversation.  For example, you may be put into a position where an employee complains to you about a colleague with bad behavior, an unacceptable attitude or a lack of commitment. Are you up for the challenge?

The best feedback, although it may not be easy, is straightforward and simple. If you are uncomfortable with holding a tough conversation, you may want to start with the soft approach to alert the employee to a potentially embarrassing discussion. If you are uncomfortable in delivering an unwelcome message, you can say that too, as you get started.

Join author, speaker and senior HR professional Carol Hacker, of Hacker & Associates, as she discusses how to handle tough conversations.

Once pay ranges are created, pay must move through ranges to keep pace with the ever changing level of labor rates in the marketplace. This webinar will describe pay ranges in detail. Different pay strategies covered will include merit pay, general pay increases, automatic pay increases, skill-based pay, cost-of-living increases, and equity adjustments. The strengths and weaknesses of the various strategies will also be examined.

In business, as in sports, the source of team spirit has always been something of a mystery, but team spirit occurs when people team with others to solve problems, overcome obstacles, and achieve common goals. In short, Teamability is the ability to connect with others to form a productive team. There are many ways to measure skills, talents, and traits, but teaming metrics are unique. This webinar will examine the concepts and applications of Teamability, discuss recent and ongoing research, and will provide all participants with their own opportunity to have an online Teamability experience.

This webinar will cover the latest developments and focus areas that we have seen in the past year and a half with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Top financial settlements will be reviewed and best practices will be covered to help your organization stay compliant with EEO laws.

As corporate compensation professionals, how much of your employers' total compensation program design are you really directing, compared with people who don't work for your company, people whom you've never met, and people who may never have talked to anyone at your company? This webinar outlines what corporate compensation professionals need to do to get their programs back under their influence and control. Understanding these dynamics will help position you as a more competent and savvy compensation professional among internal peers, executive teams, and boards of directors.

In 2012, the boundaries of the workplace and employee work time continue to expand exponentially, leading to greater concerns for employers about employee productivity, work hours, and proper compensation. Due to a recent surge in government initiatives to crack down on employee compensation violations, it is imperative for employers of all size to understand and comply with wage and hour obligations on the federal and state levels.

Federal compensation law imposes strict requirements on how employers compensate and classify workers as exempt employees or as independent contractors, and New York State law provides specific requirements when it comes to the payment of employee wages. Recent developments in social media and technology have also impacted the scope of employer compensation requirements. It is now more important than ever that employers avoid unintended violations of these rules.