Some Interesting Stats…

Some interesting statistics… 42% of American companies that have eliminated or delayed salary raises in the past year. -2011 Aflac Workforce Report $67 Billion= Value of the vacation days that American workers were entitled to but did not take in 2010. –Expedia.com...

Save The Date…April 19th, 2012!

On April 19th, 2012 Alternative HR will be presenting an informative session on hiring and employment law basics every business Owner and/ or Manager should know. The presentation will take place in at the Summit Grove Camp in New Freedom. Cost is $20 and all proceeds...

Voluntary Classification Settlement Program

On September, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced an effort to “end the business practice of misclassifying employees” as independent contractors or subcontractors in order to reduce labor costs. The collaboration also...

EEOC Receives Record Claims in 2011

Is anyone really surprised by this headline? Probably not… In fiscall 2011 the EEOC received a record 99,947 claims and obtained $364.4 million in monetary benefits from these claims. On a good note, they only have 78,136 claims still pending…a nearly 10...

Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act

On October 26th, the House Education and Workforce Committee approved the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act, H.R. 3094. The highlight of this act is that it will delay Union representation votes for a minimum of 35 days after employees submit a petition to...