The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s EEO-1 annual survey is now open. The survey should be uploaded to the EEOC’s web-based filing system by private employers with 100 or more employees, and federal
The percentage of workers who were members of unions in the United States remained at 10.7 percent in 2017, showing no change from the rate reported in 2016. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were a total
After the passage of the Tax Cuts Act, employers across the United States, including several in Hawaii, announced plans to direct gains from a reduced corporate tax rate and other significant business tax cuts toward
According to 72 percent of HR managers, the day after the Super Bowl should be a paid national holiday from work. OfficeTeam, a Robert Half company, further reports that more than one-quarter of employees (27 percent)
If benchmarking your organization's pay, benefits or HR practices with those of other Hawai'i organizations is at the top of your 2018 To-Do List, HEC is here to help! This year, the Council will publish host of valuable
The short answer to this question is that it depends. For example, allowing an employee to use paid time off and swap shifts with coworkers to cover Saturday absences due to religious observance may not be enough to fulfill
In a Field Assistance Bulletin issued earlier this month, the Department of Labor has announced its intention to apply a “primary beneficiary” test to determine whether interns and students at for-profit
Recent tragic mass shooting events cause many to ask, “What would I do?” Or, alternatively, “What should I do?” Active shooter situations are often over within 10 to 15 minutes, and what you do in