As Minimum Wages Rise, Prepare for Pay Compression Issues
For many employers, their biggest concern about raising minimum pay levels is making sure they still differentiate pay between new hires and long tenured employees, which can cascade into pay structure adjustments all the way up the job track.
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Beaumont Suspends 370 Workers For Missing Vaccine Requirement
Beaumont Suspends 370 Workers For Missing Vaccine Requirement – Royal Oak, MI – The health system announced in July that workers had until Oct. 18 to meet the deadline.
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This warehouse worker became the face of a union push at Amazon. She’s still bracing for the fallout
When Amazon opened a sprawling warehouse in her community in March 2020, Jennifer Bates never guessed she’d find herself testifying before members of Congress one year later about the “grueling” conditions she experienced working inside it.
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Is Asking an Employee if They’re Vaccinated a HIPAA Violation? What Employers Need to Know
“Are you fully vaccinated?” This seems to have become a million-dollar question that employers want to pose to their workers, but confusion abounds regarding the legal contours of this deceptively dangerous question. Many employers continue to wonder about the legal implications of asking an employee’s vaccination status. While the EEOC has confirmed that you can lawfully ask employees their vaccination status without violating federal anti-discrimination laws (provided the question is limited to a yes-or-no response), what about other privacy laws? Specifically, what about the often-misunderstood HIPAA, seemingly cited by anyone who disagrees with any sort of COVID-19 safety protocols? This Insight will untangle the myths from reality and provide employers with practical – and legally correct – guidance on this subject.
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McDonald’s in the United States is willing to pay $ 21 an hour for staff shortages
At least that is what an image that has gone viral on social networks shows.
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Universal Logistics illegally fired union truckers, judge rules
Mere weeks after a group of port truck drivers voted to unionize, they opened their mailboxes to find termination notices from their employer. That letter was a violation of federal labor law, a judge ruled Tuesday.
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Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of October 12 – 15, 2021 | National Labor Relations Board
The Summary of NLRB Decisions is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to substitute for the opinions of the NLRB. Inquiries should be directed to the Office of the Executive Secretary at 202‑273‑1940.
Summarized Board Decisions
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IATSE Tells Members They Can Engage In “Sympathy Strikes,” Honor Picket Lines Even If Their Shows Are Not On Strike –
With contract negotiations coming down to the wire, IATSE says that members not directly involved in a threatened work stoppage can still engage in “sympathy strikes.” Members can refus…
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Farmers and John Deere suppliers worry about strike’s impact
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Farmers and Deere & Co. suppliers are worried about what the strike at the tractor maker’s factories will mean for their livelihoods. More than 10,000 Deere employees went on strike last week at 14 Deere factories in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado and Georgia after the United Auto Workers union rejected a contract offer. The longer the strike continues, the greater the impact will be on the communities around th
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Why More American Workers Are Quitting
Since the pandemic’s start, Americans seem to be rethinking their lives.
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