by Brandon Laws | Dec 20, 2007 | Employment Law
(Thanks to Barran Liebman for sharing their Electronic Alert on this subject.) A longstanding Washington court battle has ended with a cautionary ruling for employers. Hegwine v. Longview Fibre involved a claim that the employer had discriminated on the basis of an...
by Brandon Laws | Dec 20, 2007 | Benefits
According to a recent survey conducted by the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO), after pay, health insurance is the most important inducement small businesses use to recruit and keep workers. Yet more than half the 365 small...
by Brandon Laws | Dec 20, 2007 | Human Resources
A 2005 study by Thomas Garman, an employee debt expert at Virginia Tech University, showed that 30 percent of U.S. employees feel substantial financial stress that affects their job performance. In another survey, 28 percent of workers said they were not only worse...