Corporate Services, Inc. News (2017)

12/06/2017

If your company is worried about employees' abuse of opioid prescriptions, you are not alone....more

12/06/2017

If you get annoyed by your co-workers from time to time, you are not alone. In a recent survey, workers were asked if they ever get annoyed at work. One-hundred percent of res...more

11/29/2017

If you get a very convincing email from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) requesting information on your employees' I-9s, do not follow the instructions....more

11/27/2017

Open enrollment is an important time of year; it can also be confusing and a source of stress for employees....more

11/17/2017

Human resources professionals can be forgiven if they are a bit skeptical about the warnings from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to collect employer mandate penalties unde...more

11/16/2017

It is not uncommon for employers to have some type of company-wide policy requiring all employees on leave to get a doctor's certification that they are clear to come back to ...more

11/15/2017

With the multitude of issues human resources professionals face, it can be difficult to know under which circumstances legal assistance is necessary. Because, when it comes do...more

11/08/2017

When a government contractor fired an employee over a Facebook photo that showed her giving the middle finger to President Trump, it probably did not expect such a widespread ...more

11/02/2017

The Department of Labor (DOL) is not going to let a Texas judge simply toss out the Obama-era changes to the overtime rules under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The agen...more

10/27/2017

You have reason to believe that an employee, who has suddenly started showing increasingly erratic behavior, is struggling to do her job and negatively impacting her co-worker...more

10/13/2017

By now, most savvy companies know they cannot bar employees from discussing such things as salaries and working conditions....more

10/11/2017

There is no doubt the Trump administration's latest move will weaken the contraceptive coverage regulations under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). There is, however, some major ...more

10/03/2017

Employers are well aware pay discrepancies between genders could come back to haunt them. As a result, many are taking proactive steps to make sure they prevent or address any...more

10/02/2017

As in prior months, proposals concerning protected time off (e.g., family or paid sick leave) received a lot of fanfare from states across the country. This month's State of t...more

09/28/2017

On September 28, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases with labor and employment implications....more

09/28/2017

Any time the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) accuses your company of breaking federal pay laws, it is a major headache....more

09/27/2017

A new survey finds more than one-quarter of companies saying they allow employees to donate paid time off (PTO) to their colleagues. Experts see plenty of positives in leave d...more

09/27/2017

When Republicans decided not to vote on their latest incarnation of a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — the Graham-Cassidy bill — they effectively aba...more

09/26/2017

Sometimes employers feel the need to finesse the reason why an employee is leaving the company — to avoid damaging morale....more

09/22/2017

Thanks to a recent court ruling, it now may be even more difficult for employers to take any adverse action against an employee who is on — or has previously taken &mdas...more