by Brandon Laws | Oct 26, 2012 | Wellness
With all the health and wellness trends out there, one that tends to be overlooked by many is simply standing. In addition the exercise ball, standing desks are peaking their way into the home and office. Why? The health benefits are immense. Below is a snippet from a...
by Brandon Laws | Oct 25, 2012 | Employment Law
In a recent electronic alert from Barran Liebman, Laura Salerno Owens writes that employers in the state of California must be aware of a couple new discrimination laws. One of these applies to the notion of religious freedom. The author writes that while employers...
by Brandon Laws | Oct 24, 2012 | Employment Law
On October 18, 2012, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) provided the following update on the wage limits subject to the FICA tax: “…some employees may see their take-home pay shrink in 2013 due to higher Social Security and Medicare taxes. The...
by Brandon Laws | Oct 24, 2012 | Compensation
There are some new stats out about hourly workers. The study, by John P. Robinson of the University of Maryland, is gaining some popularity in the media. Conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the study found that the “respondents tend to overestimate...
by Brandon Laws | Oct 23, 2012 | Hiring Practices
In my perusal of trending HR and business topics, I somehow stumbled across a more dated article by the team over at Glassdoor’s blog listing the “Top 25 Oddball Questions.” It has some timeless entertainment value for HR professionals and business...
