March 15, 2020: the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) declared a limited HIPAA Privacy Rule waiver in response to the continuing battle to contain and reduce the spread of COVID-19, as a measure to help stave off the spread of…
Regardless of whether the COVID-19 is officially labeled a global pandemic or not, it has been big enough news to rock the stock market in recent days and cause upheaval in many places of work all over the world. You…
We’ve all heard the meme by now: “OK, boomer.” Way to trigger those baby boomers! But to be fair, other generations have their share of teasing — there’s a literal bingo board filled with millennial mockery on the internet. It’s…
Back in September, MyPayrollHR, a New York-based company that handled payroll for roughly 1,000 companies across the country, was caught in a bank fraud scheme that left $35 million in unpaid wages for the company’s clients as direct deposit payments…
[UPDATED: 6/15/20] As the Harvey Weinstein trial made headlines in the wake of the #MeToo movement, a lot was said and done in the name of diversity and inclusion. Unconscious bias training, in particular, has played a major role in…
Extend Your Employee Life Cycle in All 6 Phases When you hear the term “life cycle,” you probably think of biology before you think of human resources. Did you know that your talent pool has a life cycle, too? Lucky…
This column by Richard Lively was originally published online by Lehigh Valley Business on October 18, 2019. Family-owned businesses are part of our nation’s DNA and a testament to our entrepreneurial spirit. Take a look around…
Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) raised the salary threshold for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) exemptions cutoff from $455 a week to $684 a week ($35,568 annually) for workers classified as exempt from overtime pay, In…