http://www.bna.com/rss.aspx?fid=3583http://www.bna.com/health-care-payroll-p17179873253/ The implementation of employer-provided health and accident insurance plans increasingly involves payroll operations, and this trend continues in the wake of the need to implement sweeping federal... Joshua FeuersteinTue, 09 Apr 2013 21:05:07 GMThttp://www.bna.com/nonstandard-work-schedules-p17179872920/ As the economy continues to recover from the recent recession, employers face challenges with employee retention and controlling employment-related costs. Some employers are addressing these issues... Joshua FeuersteinMon, 25 Mar 2013 20:32:24 GMThttp://www.bna.com/worker-status-enforcement-p17179872918/ The issue of who is an independent contractor and who is an employee is getting more attention from cash-starved states. While the federal government has taken some initiative to address a perceived... Joshua FeuersteinMon, 25 Mar 2013 20:34:23 GMThttp://www.bna.com/voting-time-leave-p17179872916/ When it comes to voting, leave for employees can sometimes be a grey area. Although few employers go as far as to give their employees the entire day off with pay on Election Day, many will allow... Joshua FeuersteinMon, 25 Mar 2013 20:33:14 GMThttp://www.bna.com/additional-medicare-tax-p17179872770/ In 2013, payroll departments are to implement a key tax increase provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Internal Revenue Service calls this provision the Additional... Joshua FeuersteinMon, 25 Mar 2013 15:13:26 GMThttp://www.bna.com/payroll-trust-fund-p17179872768/ Federal taxes that employers are required to withhold from employees' pay—income, Social Security, Medicare, and railroad retirement taxes—are known as trust fund taxes because the employer holds... Joshua FeuersteinMon, 25 Mar 2013 15:12:50 GMThttp://www.bna.com/california-meal-rest-p17179872766/ Issues surrounding the requirements to provide meal and rest periods have challenged employers throughout the state of California. Meal and rest periods are an entitlement, enforced by the state... Joshua FeuersteinMon, 25 Mar 2013 15:11:35 GMThttp://www.bna.com/severance-agreements-securing-p17179872020/ Deciding whether to offer an individual employee or groups of employees a severance agreement requires an in-depth analysis of each circumstance and careful consideration of numerous factors. While... Joshua FeuersteinThu, 24 Jan 2013 19:12:43 GMThttp://www.bna.com/disaster-recovery-ensuring-p17179872018/ Weather-related emergencies, bomb threats, fire, labor strikes, protests, and acts of terrorism present policy and procedural questions for HR managers. For example, organizations affected by... Joshua FeuersteinThu, 31 Jan 2013 15:27:07 GMThttp://www.bna.com/progressive-discipline-ensuring-p17179872015/ Progressive discipline imposes increasingly severe penalties against employees who commit repeated offenses against employer work rules. For several decades, union contracts obligated employers to... Joshua FeuersteinThu, 24 Jan 2013 19:04:29 GMThttp://www.bna.com/trust-fund-recovery-p17179871791/ The Internal Revenue Service is deadly serious about collecting all the employment taxes it is due. HR professionals and their payroll counterparts need to ensure that there is an effective system in place to calculate, withhold, and remit employee payroll taxes, because if there isn't, there's no telling whose door that IRS agent might be knocking on. <br /><br /> Joshua FeuersteinWed, 16 Jan 2013 14:44:49 GMThttp://www.bna.com/whistleblowing-effectively-addressing-p17179871539/ This issue of <em><strong>Workforce Strategies</strong></em> offers a number of practical strategies for a CEO, senior management team, and a board of directors to consider. There is no doubt that the Whistleblower Program, created in July 2010 by the Dodd-Frank Act, which offers whistleblowers potential financial rewards and protection from retaliation, will lead to an increase in whistleblower activity. Joshua FeuersteinThu, 10 Jan 2013 16:09:21 GMThttp://www.bna.com/bullyfree-zone-creating-p17179871538/ This issue of Workforce Strategies explores the nature and causes of workplace bullying, details the damage bullying can do both to the employees who must endure it and to the employers that tolerate it, and provides practical solutions employers can apply to eliminate workplace bullying without constraining the “constructive confrontation” that fuels workplace innovation. Joshua FeuersteinThu, 20 Dec 2012 18:40:52 GMThttp://www.bna.com/performance-reviews-36097/ <p>This issue of <strong><em>Workforce Strategies</em> </strong>examines the performance review process as part of an overall corporate strategy and provides practical advice from experts in the field on how managers can use the evaluation process to motivate employees and to better integrate their individual activities with overall departmental and corporate goals. A case study of the performance management system developed by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts gives a specific example of how this advice can be put into practice.</p> Joshua FeuersteinThu, 13 Dec 2012 14:26:46 GMThttp://www.bna.com/sexual-harassment-36107/ <p>This <em><strong>Workforce Strategies</strong></em> report examines cultural changes affecting the workplace, the challenges of hostile work environments, consequences for management, and HR's role in providing a safe and professional work environment. The report provides best practices for managers in the form of clear definitions and procedures when creating an effective sexual harassment policy.</p> Krista FisherMon, 23 Jul 2012 15:22:44 GMThttp://www.bna.com/social-media-36117/ <p>This issue of <strong><em>Workforce Strategies</em></strong> examines social media use during the hiring process, including pros and cons, risk and rewards, and legal considerations for employers. The report also offers best practices and policies for to help protect employers.</p> Joshua FeuersteinThu, 20 Dec 2012 18:38:45 GMThttp://www.bna.com/wellness-plans-26197/ <p>This issue of <strong><em>Workforce Strategies </em></strong>sets forth a practical approach for employers to reorient their strategy toward building a healthy workforce, rather than simply tweaking components of their health plan, such as wellness offerings or plan design. It outlines the business case for a healthy workforce, drawing upon data which demonstrate the potential impact of implementing the right programs. It also summarizes common initiatives seen today in the employer community. The issue concludes with five key strategies for enhancing current initiatives.</p> Krista FisherMon, 02 Apr 2012 20:41:28 GMThttp://www.bna.com/de-minimis-26187/ <p>This issue of <strong><em>Workforce Strategies </em></strong>provides practical guidance for employers in determining what is (and what is not) a de minimis fringe benefit for employment tax purposes and in avoiding potential pitfalls in accounting for the benefits. The appendix presents a case study in IRS's fact-specific approach to determining the actual status of a benefit defined by an employer as de minimis and how subjective (or fluid) that judgment can be.</p> Krista FisherMon, 02 Apr 2012 20:30:43 GMThttp://www.bna.com/Muslim-employees-17402/ Since the events of September 11^{<font size="2">th</font>}, 2001, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has seen a steady increase in charges of religious discrimination by Muslim workers. As a result, the EEOC has filed several prominent lawsuits on behalf of Muslim workers complaining of interruption of prayer breaks and discrimination based on their attire. This issue of <strong><em>Workforce Strategies </em></strong>examines the challenges for HR departments and offers strategies for reasonable accommodations. Krista FisherTue, 04 Oct 2011 19:50:09 GMThttp://www.bna.com/Aging-Workforce-17321/ This issue of <em>Workforce Strategies </em>examines OSHA recordkeeping with an aging workforce, ergonomic enforcement, and other trends with this growing segment of the labor force. Krista FisherThu, 29 Sep 2011 15:18:23 GMT