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14 May 2012 at 14 : 38 PM
When Leaders Lie About Education on their Résumés
Last week it was discovered that Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson lied about his education on his résumé. Apparently, Scott does not have bachelor's degrees in accounting and computer science as he has claimed. He has a bachelor of science degree in business administration with a major in accounting, but no degree in computer science at all. This revelation makes ...
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24 April 2012 at 14 : 52 PM
Delta Signs Agreement with OSHA on Seat Belt Compliance
Delta Air Lines Inc. has agreed to put seat belts on its baggage handling vehicles as part of a settlement with OSHA. OSHA refers to the Occupational Safety and Health Act (http://www.osha.gov), under which employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. This agreement came after Delta was issued a ...
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16 April 2012 at 16 : 31 PM
California Supreme Court Sides with Employers
The California Supreme Court has ruled in Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court that companies are not obligated to make sure that their employees take legally mandated lunch breaks. Companies must give nonexempt workers 30-minute meal breaks, but do not need to ensure their workers actually stop working during the breaks. Companies must give a meal ...
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26 March 2012 at 19 : 52 PM
Employers Forcing Job Applicants to Hand Over Facebook Passwords
What Employers Are Doing In the past few months, an increasing number of employers have been demanding access to job candidate’s social media pages as a requirement in the application process. Facebook has seen what it calls a “distressing increase” in the number of people being asked to give employers their passwords over the past few ...
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19 September 2011 at 21 : 03 PM
Groupon’s Trouble With FLSA
On the heels of G&A Partners’ latest webinar, “Understanding FLSA (Federal Labor Standards Act) and Employee Eligibility”, comes a real-world example of the damage misclassification can do to a company’s reputation and bottom line. Groupon, the online daily deals site, is facing a class-action suit from 1000 former sales employees, alleging ...
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13 September 2011 at 19 : 47 PM
How the “Million Dollar Employee” Demonstrates G&A Partners’ Value Proposition
For someone unfamiliar with how a PEO works (or what PEO even stands for), understanding the concept at first can be confusing. G&A Partners recently introduced a new spokesman for the company that makes it easier for others to quickly grasp what a PEO (Professional Employer Organization) is all about. The “Million Dollar Employee” has over 15 ...
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29 March 2011 at 18 : 05 PM
When mistweets take a turn for the… better?
Red Cross #gettingslizzerd? Not too long ago, a rather inappropriate and strange tweet came from the world renowned organization, the American Red Cross. It read: Um…did the Red Cross, one of the most selfless, passionate, and serving organizations, really just “drunk tweet”? As it turns out, the tweet was meant for a personal ...
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29 November 2010 at 19 : 21 PM
G&A HR Blog re-design – new face, but same great content
Notice something different? A new haircut? A new pair of shoes? Nah, it's our new G&A Partners HR blog re-design! G&A Partners is re-vamping our online blog space to focus on relevant HR topics, business growth practices and industry news. As always, our blog will serve as a go-to resource for businesses wanting to stay informed ...
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18 November 2010 at 17 : 04 PM
Legislative Amendment to Grandfathered Status
On November 15, the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services jointly announced an amendment to the original “grandfather” regulations that were published last June under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) concerning how employers can maintain grandfathered health plan status. The amendment “allows all ...
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9 June 2010 at 21 : 38 PM
Introducing the G&A Partners blog
For most who work in a professional workplace environment, 'human resources' means the department upstairs that handles hiring, firing, benefits and 401(k)s. But the broader definition of human resources, much closer to the true meaning of the two words, is simple: human resources are the people who comprise the workforce in an organization. The common idea ...
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