Articles
at a Glance
Welcome to
Council’s HR Watch for January/February
2005. In this issue you will find valuable information on:
Breaking
News top
OSHA Reminds
Employers to Post Form 300A Beginning February 1
The Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently reminded employers that
beginning February 1, they must post a summary of the total number of
job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred last year. Read
More
New Labor
Regulation Will Affect Retirement Plans
A new DOL
regulation that becomes effective March 28, 2005, will affect how employers
may disburse certain 401(k) balances when an employee leaves the employer.
Read
More
Plan
Ahead for Your 2005 Training! top
Council has
the answers to your 2005 HR, employment law and workers' comp training
needs.
Click
here to download Council's New 2005 Comprehensive Training
Catalog.
Upcoming
Events in Your State
top
Below are
some of the seminars being held in your area! To find out more about upcoming
seminars (including 2005 seminars) in your area and for
full agenda information go to www.counciloned.com.
Upcoming
Annual Industry Events top
As
you make your plans for 2005 training and learning, be sure to put these
events on your calendar!
Catapult
you and your HR department to a whole new level with the strategies and
solutions you’ll learn at Complete HR Forum, coming
to Palm Springs February
16-18, 2005.
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27 leading
board certified employment law attorneys from around the nation, who
will reveal the things you must be doing to avoid legal liability;
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11 HR
executives from some of the nation’s highest-performing organizations,
who will share specific “how-to” strategies for reducing
costs and building motivation with your comp and benefits program
(you’ll learn them all!).
With three
conference tracks: Benefits & Comp; California Employment Law, and
Federal Employment law, Complete HR offers total solutions and knowledge
to build HR’s contribution to the bottom line.
Register
now--reserve your spot to get the complete answer to your most difficult
challenges in HR. Call toll free at 800-492-4494, or click here.
Are
you struggling to find new ways to contain
health care spending?
Focus
will provide you with the tools you need to create and implement a long-term
cost-reduction plan. You will discover an array of proven tactics, presented
by benefits executives who are using them successfully. Discover how organizations
across the country are coping with rising costs and which innovative strategies
have produced results. Find out more; click
here.
Read
an interview with Bradley Strunk, researcher with the Center
for Studying Health System Change and Keynote Speaker for Focus.
Texas
Workers’ Comp Update
September
21-23, 2005
The Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion
Dallas, TX
New,
better strategies for reducing medical costs of worker’s comp
More
sessions with top-notch workers’ comp executives
Your
best networking opportunity in 2005 - exchange ideas and best practices
with your workers’ comp colleagues
If your priorities
for 2005 include controlling the cost of workers’ comp for your
organization in the troubled Texas workers’ comp system, click
here to find out more.
Impartial
updates and proven solutions from attorneys, employers, and government
agencies. The information you need to navigate the tumultuous CA workers’
comp system.
In
2004 over 400 of your colleagues in California heard from Senator Chuck
Poochigian, Administrative Director of Workers’ Comp Andrea Lynn
Hoch, plus over 30 sessions presented by leading employers and workers’
comp attorneys. If reducing workers’ comp costs is on your
list of priorities in 2005, this is the can’t-miss event
of the year. Find out more; click
here.
Employment
Law Update
top
Time Is
of the Essence: Job Restoration Under the FMLA
The Sixth
Circuit recently upheld judgment for an employee on her claim that Honda
failed to timely restore her to work after her FMLA leave. The court found
that Honda’s failure to return the employee to work until 34 days
after she attempted (and was able) to return to work violated the FMLA.
Read More
USERRA
Provides No Right to “Rest Period” Between Conclusion of Military
Exercises and Return to Work
In a case
of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently
ruled that the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
of 1994 (USERRA) does not require an employer to provide an eight hour
“rest period” between the completion of military duty and
an employee’s return to work. Read
More
Barring
a Public School Teacher’s Participation in a Religious Club Held
to Violate the First Amendment
The Eighth
Circuit recently held that a public school’s policy prohibiting
a teacher from participating in a religious group meeting on school property
immediately after the school day ended violated the teacher’s First
Amendment rights. Read
More
On-Site
Training
 Is
your company ready to improve its team's performance and increase
ROI through effective training activities?
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HR
Tips From the Trenches top
Managing
Work-at-Home Employees
Most organizations
that have adopted a telecommuting strategy maintain that it increases
their employees’ productivity. Here are some issues you should keep
in mind when you implement a telecommuting policy. Read
More
Council's
Web Tip of the Month top
The Value
of Exit Interviews
Unfortunately,
all employers experience varying levels of turnover. In most cases, the
reasons behind an employee leaving are never known. Obviously, this information
could be valuable in taking action to make the employer more attractive
to future hires, as well as to current employees. Here are some tips for
conducting effective exit interviews. Read
More
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