The Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2014-55 which allows employers to amend their Section 125 plans to recognize several new change in status events.

According to two studies by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), the vast majority of injured workers with long-term opioid use (opioids, such as morphine, oxycodone and hydrocodone, are effective pain relievers but can be highly addicti…

Managing leaves of absence is an ongoing issue for many employers. Several laws potentially apply to leaves — the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and workers’ compensation apply most often. Recent guidance under the …

Data breaches — such as those recently at Target, Home Depot, and Jimmy John’s — can result in identity and other theft, but Brian Hall, partner at the law firm Porter Wright, says there are key takeaways from employers.

On October 6, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to review seven cases in which the lower appeals court had ruled that a state law or constitutional provision that prohibited same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.

Wisdom Workplace Webinar: The FMLA Freight Train: How To Stay Ahead of It
Monday, October 27, 2014
11:00 a.m. ET / 8:00 a.m. PT

I have sat with hundreds of employers that want to make a difference. They want to make a difference in how their teams work, how productive the employees are, and better yet…in how they, as an employer, can attract, retain and engage the best and br…

Tuesday, October 14, 2014
2:00 p.m. EDT / 11:00 a.m. PDT

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is driving companies to look at many aspects of their organization more strategically.

A more meaningful attempt to manage absences can go a long way toward helping ease the staffing and morale challenges of small and midsize businesses that often feel the impact of absences more acutely than larger firms.