May, 2014 - HospitalityLawyer.com®

Practical Tips on Creating an Effective Unlawful Harassment Policy

by Kevin Donovan in Human Resources. Posted May 28, 2014

It has been a long time since the 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court confirmation hearings brought the issue of sexual harassment to the forefront of public consciousness. Hundreds of thousands of unlawful harassment claims later,most employers have policies in place announcing their opposition to harassment and providing employees with avenues to complain and seek redress.1 Yet ...

Captive Insurance: A Growing Trend For Financial Institutions Looking To Enhance Their Risk Management

by Marshall Gilinsky in Human Resources, Insurance & Loss Prevention. Posted May 20, 2014

For over a decade, more and more financial services companies have used captive insurance companies as part of their overall risk management strategy. In its simplest sense, a captive insurance company is a wholly owned subsidiary of a policyholder’s parent company that underwrites and sells insurance to the parent and its subsidiary companies. Captive insurance ...

Hospitality Workers’ Compensation Insurance Costs and Solutions

by Todd Seiders in Human Resources, Insurance & Loss Prevention. Posted May 19, 2014

The worst kind of pain is self-inflicted pain. Workers’ comp insurance rates have skyrocketed in the past 18 months. The higher rates are due to increased medical costs, the unknown factors of Obamacare, and employees making more claims due to the recession and their fear of being laid off or losing hours. Many companies have ...

Chinese Investment in the U.S. Hotel Industry

by Richard Gluck in Hotel Development, Lodging. Posted May 19, 2014

We have all seen the growth of Chinese investment in the U.S. hotel industry, but this is only the tip of the Chinese investment iceberg in acquiring U.S. management expertise and technology to fuel the growth of the hospitality and hotel industry in China itself. With the robust growth of its national economy and an ...

Globally Auditing Human Resources Compliance

by Don Dowling in Human Resources. Posted May 13, 2014

Globalization pushes multinationals to align more and more aspects of human resources across borders. Multinationals now routinely globalize many of their HR programs, policies, benefits and other “offerings” that, back in the old days, would have been purely local. But globalizing HR offerings causes ripple effects; a big ripple is that headquarters has to watch ...

Gender Expression in the Workplace: A Primer for Employers

by Victoria Slade in Human Resources. Posted May 12, 2014

As you may know, discrimination based on gender identity is unlawful in several states and many cities. This includes both the State of Washington and the City of Seattle. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has also taken the position that gender identity is protected under Title VII’s prohibition against discrimination based on sex. While the antidiscrimination laws that protect ...

In Flight Cameras Would Assist in Accident Reconstruction, Crew Training and Enhanced Passenger Safety

by Steve Cocco in Human Resources, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted May 8, 2014

With the final chapter on Malaysian Air flight #370 still unwritten, many aviation and security analysts seem to have attributed the tragedy to a sinister event, perhaps on the part of the pilot in command or the first officer. Some have speculated that another crew member might have been responsible or even a passenger or ...

I Did Not Care About Yoga Until It Changed My Life

by San San Lee in Human Resources. Posted May 4, 2014

Yoga Kicking up to a handstand at age 50? Five years ago, I would never have believed it. For years, while I provided lip service to the notion that I am able to learn at any age, I was in truth resigned to my then-current state of existence, with no real intention to acquire new knowledge ...

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