5.5.17 President Trump signed an executive order on religious liberty yesterday to commemorate the National Day of Prayer. Like many before it, the exact contents of this order were hotly anticipated, fueled by White House leaks and presidential tweets, with many speculating that the order would greatly affect employment and other civil rights laws. Once …read more
Month: May 2017
Viewpoint: How to Fire Someone for Poor—but Undocumented—Performance
Marilyn is a human resources director at a large construction company and is faced with an almost impossible task: Fire a director of operations with 13 years of tenure and no record of prior corrective action or negative performance reviews. The reason for this untenable situation? The division general manager and the vice president of …read more
New Law Lets Small Employers Use Stand-Alone Health Reimbursement Arrangements
updated on Feb. 28, 2017 President Barack Obama on Dec. 13 signed into law the 21st Century Cures Act, which will let small businesses use health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) to fund employees who purchase individual health plans on the open market. The bipartisan bill, which Congress passed Dec. 7, focuses primarily on speeding up drug …read more