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According to a Connecticut appeals court, an employer can terminate an at-will employment relationship at any time—even before an employee's first day of work.

Severing the employment relationship with the assurance that everyone will "shake hands and have a nice life" is becoming more difficult. Agreements that attempt to release employers from all claims arising from the employment relationship and that will withstand judicial scrutiny are proving to be elusive.

If you are a sole proprietor (that is, you own your own business), you have to pay estimated taxes if you expect to owe at least $1,000 in federal tax for the year.

A recent LRN Ethics Study on Employee Engagement discovered that 94 percent of employees surveyed said it’s “critical” (57 percent) or “important” (37 percent) that they work for an ethical company.

Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Federal Trade Commission enforces the “Safeguards Rule,” requiring financial institutions to, among other things, identify one or more individuals to coordinate the institution’s information security program, identify and assess the risks to personal information in the financial institution’s possession, evaluate the effectiveness of safeguards for controlling those risks and select service providers that can maintain appropriate safeguards. 

The following checklist describes things an employer should consider when contracting with providers.

Are selection criteria for participation in training uniformly applied?

If you are a sole proprietor (that is, you own your own business), you have to pay estimated taxes if you expect to owe at least $1,000 in federal tax for the year.

A recent LRN Ethics Study on Employee Engagement discovered that 94 percent of employees surveyed said it’s “critical” (57 percent) or “important” (37 percent) that they work for an ethical company.

Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) is a type of insurance created in the early 1990s designed to cover a company’s liability resulting from actual or alleged sexual harassment, wrongful termination or discrimination against employees.

Under IRC Sec. 4980G if an employer fails to make comparable contributions to the HSAs of its employees during a calendar year, an excise tax equal to 35 percent of the aggregate amount contributed by the employer to the HSAs of its employees during that calendar year is imposed on the employer.

As you are reading this article, the issue of political discussions in the workplace is reaching its zenith and its fallout will continue for the next couple of months. So, what is an employer to do about it?

The following checklist describes things an employer should consider when contracting with providers.

A ten-step guide developed by the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor (April 2, 1998) to assist employers in analyzing their own wage-setting policies and establishing consistent and fair pay practices.

According to a 2005 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management, the HR top trends include: