Month: March 2012

How to Manage Your Attorney—and Your Legal Bills

In yesterday’s Advisor, we offered tips for lowering fees relates to charges and lawsuits. Today, more tips from the Holland & Hart LLC attorneys’ Nevada Employment Law Letter, plus an introduction to a great HR timesaver—SmartPolicies. The Nevada Employment Law Letter is one of 51 such newsletters written by members of the Employers Counsel Network, […]

Immigration Enforcement – Employer Obligations and Risks

When it comes to immigration enforcement, no employer is immune from immigration scrutiny. An organization that ignores problems with its procedures designed to keep a legal workforce is risking ruinous fines and penalties. Employers have an obligation to hire workers who are legally authorized to work in the United States. Even without the passage of […]

New Florida Law Allows Random Drug Testing of State Employees

by G. Thomas Harper Governor Rick Scott has signed into law controversial House Bill (HB) 1205, which will change the way state employers deal with drug testing their employees. What follows is a quick update on how HB 1205 will affect employers when it goes into effect at the beginning of July. In addition to […]

Wasting Time at Work: Do You Try to Stop the Madness or Just Go with It?

It’s March — the culmination of a long and productive season for the country’s top college basketball teams. It’s also the beginning of a less productive season in the workplace. March Madness may serve to sharpen the focus of the athletes playing in the college championship tournament, but the Big Dance often has the opposite […]

12 Tips for Lowering HR’s Legal Bills

What will you do if your business is served with a lawsuit or discrimination charge by a current or former employee? A few simple steps can help keep your legal costs reasonable, say the attorneys at Holland & Hart LLC, writing in the Nevada Employment Law Letter. If you follow their 12 suggestions below, you’ll […]

Responding to Employees’ Online Comp Data

Experts Terry Pasteris and Mark Lipis have an answer, but first, the rest of their focal points for 2012 from yesterday’s Advisor. (Pasteris is president of TLMP Consulting Group and Lipis is owner of Lipis Consulting Inc.) 2012 Focal Points for Private Companies Here’s what Lipis and Pasteris suggest you consider for 2012: IRS’s continued […]

Comp 2012: Smart Tactics for Uncertain Times

Pasteris is president of TLMP Consulting Group and Lipis is owner of Lipis Consulting Inc. Focal points: All Companies Since for most companies there’s not a lot of money to go around, the question is, how do you get the best bang for the buck? Here’s what WorldatWork’s 2012 survey projects: Actual 2010 Actual 2011 […]

Identifying Hi-Potentials for Succession Planning

In yesterday’s Advisor, we found key strategies for the new succession planning obligations. Today, identifying high potentials … and some meaningful help with the basis for all succession planning, job descriptions. Again, we’ve turned to BLR’s newly-published Top 10 Best Practices in HR Management for 2012 for guidance. Identifying Key Positions and Skills A critical […]