In our latest installment of HEC TV, Mike Vasper, Senior HR Consultant at the Hawaii Employers Council, shares some valuable insight on how companies can host an enjoyable holiday party without running afoul of the law on
As you have all heard by now, a federal judge in Texas has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction prohibiting the Department of Labor ("DOL") from enforcing their new rules regarding the executive, administrative and
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced that it issued an updated enforcement guidance on national origin discrimination to replace its 2002 compliance manual on that subject. In addition, the EEOC
Earlier this year, we reported that a federal court in Texas issued a temporary nationwide injunction that prohibited the Department of Labor ("DOL") from enforcing its new persuader rule. In that injunctive order, the
According to a survey conducted by Xerox, employers will be shifting their priorities in 2017 from cost control to rewarding top performers. Specifically, 53% of survey participants stated that their highest priority in the
The 2016 Annual Meeting for the Hawaii Employers Council was a great success. The event was held at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel and featured two morning seminars by a distinguished panel of HR professionals, an annual report
In a controversial decision called Specialty Healthcare, 357 NLRB No. 83 (2011), the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or "Board") allowed for the formation of what is known as a "micro-union" in non-acute health care
Ceridian's VP of HR Programs, Kelly Allder, recently wrote an article espousing the benefits of having employees take "real vacations" from work. Allder's article begins by citing surveys and studies indicating that today's