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January 26, 2012 - The Department of Labor has written a comprehensive set of regulations to help 401(k) plan participants understand plan fees. The rules for fee disclosure are due to become effective April 1st. If you’re a plan sponsor and don’t know about, or haven’t done anything about, these regulations, now is the time to act.
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January 27, 2012 - This week, the HR Daily Advisor discussed FMLA, the EEOC, and sexual harassment charges.
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January 27, 2012 - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Case Farms Processing Inc., which operates Case Farms Chicken in Winesburg, for 61 safety violations. OSHA alleged that the company’s neglect of process safety management standards resulted in an ammonia release at the facility. Proposed fines total $288,000.
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January 25, 2012 - In a move that surprised many, the National Transportation Safety Board recently urged states to ban all drivers from using cellular technology—including hands-free and Bluetooth sets. The board can neither pass such a law nor compel states to do so. But it raises a big question: How could employers communicate with mobile workers with no cell phones?
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January 20, 2012 - In the opinion of ERISA Risk Management Consultant Rick Unser, the traditional view of retirement planning needs to change. Plan sponsors may feel they are doing everything possible to help employees save: they offer a plan and they try get employees to join it. In many cases, a few employees save a lot – and most of them don’t. That’s when the old saying about horses and water takes hold.
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