Legal

103, 2016

Benefit Of Counsel: Employers Beware

By |March 1st, 2016|

A huge, federally mandated, change to compensation requirements is just around the corner. Last year, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking, the intent of which is to expand the federally mandated overtime protections to millions of new employees.

With the 60-day notice and comment period well behind us, all […]

2202, 2016

Benefit of Counsel: Mixed Messages

By |February 22nd, 2016|

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was established in 1971 to ensure employees’ health and safety. OSHA’s laws and regulations have been based on the traditional assumptions, quite prevalent at the time, that an employer is the one who hires its employees, who then work for the employer alone on a fulltime or […]

111, 2015

Benefit of Counsel: Optimizing Big Data

By |November 1st, 2015|

Use analytics to guide employment-related decisions

While humans have long used numbers to understand and influence behavior, the ability to access large amounts of complex data when making business decisions has expanded exponentially in recent years. There are five key areas where staffing firms and professional employer organizations (PEOs) can leverage big data — both to […]

1510, 2015

Pipe Dream?

By |October 15th, 2015|

Autumn 2015 Staffing Industry Review Europe / 9 A s the digital economy continues to grow, cyberattacks are increasing in frequency and magnitude. While some hackers infiltrate systems to prove a point, increasingly sophisticated criminals are targeting businesses that handle large quantities of personal data. These attacks result not just in the loss of data […]

110, 2015

Benefit of Counsel: On the Horizon

By and |October 1st, 2015|

What to do before selling your staffing business

Given the consolidation in the staffing industry of late, a sale transaction likely is on the horizon for many staffing business owners. If you are among them, here are some important things to keep in mind.

Retain professionals in advance. If you are contemplating a sale, the most important […]

110, 2015

Caught Between a Rock & the ACA

By |October 1st, 2015|

Why the pay or play decision leaves staffing firms with tricky choices

In the time since I last wrote about the “pay or play” decision (Staffing Industry Review, July/August 2014), the world of Affordable Care Act compliance has changed a lot. Many staffing firms settled on compliance strategies, only to see those strategies overtaken by events […]

109, 2015

Benefit Of Counsel: You’re Covered

By and |September 1st, 2015|

Navigating the ACA’s common employer rule

As staffing firms and their clients work to comply with the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer shared responsibility rules, one particular feature of the final regulations seems to be causing a good deal of confusion: the special rule governing offers of coverage on behalf of other entities. Under this special […]

107, 2015

Benefit of Counsel: Rules of Competition

By |July 1st, 2015|

Hiring competitors’ talent while avoiding legal risk

American laws promote competition. Legendary businessman Jack Welch has notably said, “Number one, cash is king… number two, communicate… number three, buy or bury the competition.” Unless an activity runs afoul of a legally valid contract provision or a vetted and adopted statute, competitive actions to “buy or bury […]

106, 2015

Avoid That Trap

By |June 1st, 2015|

Each day, a new challenge arrives at the doorsteps of staffing companies as they consciously work to respond to, and get ahead of, broader market trends, client expectations and financial pressures from all sides. With all these competing demands, it can be difficult to keep up with the ever-complex legal landscape. Staffing companies routinely ask: […]

105, 2015

Benefit of Counsel: Termination Pay

By |May 1st, 2015|

While severance payments to departing employees are not required under the law, they may be a useful means to make a separation easier for the employee and to avoid potential costly litigation. While they are a potential tool to protect the company, employers should not tread into this area without understanding what severance agreements can […]