On October 9, 2011, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 887 into law. This new California employment law, which goes into effect on January 1, 2012, amends California’s existing anti-discrimination laws as detailed in the Fair Employment and Housing Act. It defines both “gender identity” and “gender expression” as their own protected classes. The [...]
In a previous post, an Effective Approach to Managing Difficult Employees, we began looking at the challenges managers face when dealing with difficult employees. In this post, we review a few helpful techniques in communicating with these employees. Every manager encounters difficult employees. One element of a manager’s role is to meet and communicate with [...]
Labor law in California never rests! On October 10, 2011, Assembly Bill 22 was signed into law by Governor Brown. This new legislation prohibits employers from using an employee’s credit history in making employment decisions. This also applies to applicants interviewing for a job. Prior to the passing of the law, if an employer provided [...]
We are very proud to announce the release of our new corporate video! In contrast to many other company videos out there, we won’t be throwing any industry-babble, marketing-laden messages at you. Instead, we will take you on a personal, inside look at the real-life people behind CPEhr that have made us a Human Resources Outsourcing [...]
The Internal Revenue Service claims that millions of dollars in taxes go uncollected each year due to the mislabeling of workers as independent contractors or non-employees. In response, the Labor Department and the IRS are combining forces to crack down on independent contractor misclassification. Intensive Investigations The Labor Department is sharing information concerning businesses that [...]
The CPEhr Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan continues to experience substantial growth in assets and participants in spite of a volatile market. For the past nine years, Transamerica has been an excellent partner ensuring that CPEhr meets all its fiduciary responsibilities as Plan Sponsor. To further enhance plan administration, CPEhr is pleased to announce the addition [...]