August 30, 2024

NLRB Posting Update

In 2011, the National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, under its notice posting rule, established a rule that would have required private employers to post a notice of employee rights under the National LaborRead More

September 13, 2021

Keeping Pace – What’s New in HR

Dr. Larry Phillips, SPHR Tuition Reimbursement – legislation passed on 1/1/13 to prevent the U. S. from going over the “fiscal cliff” made permanent Section 127 of the Internal Revenue Code which permitsRead More

September 6, 2012

The EEOC’s Hire a Criminal Program!

article by Dr. Larry Phillips, SPHR, management consultant, educator, and author; lwphilli44@gmail.com You are the sole owner of Jones Appliance Service, a small corporation providing home appliance repair with a workforce of 25.Read More

March 1, 2012

E Pluribus (Not!) Unum

E Pluribus Unum translates roughly to, “out of many, one.” This was considered our nation’s unofficial motto for almost 200 years. Though it was replaced in 1956, E Pluribus Unum still appears onRead More

November 14, 2011

Facebook, Unions, and You

Let me give you a hypothetical situation and ask you to determine the legality of actions taken. You are a small business owner with ten employees. The employees do not belong to aRead More