DOMA Ruling Will Change FMLA Administration

7/2/2013 by Allen Smith Coordination of state leave-law requirements with the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has never been a piece of cake, and it’s just gotten harder after the Supreme Court’s June 26, 2013, ruling that struck down the Defense of...

Health Care Law’s Employer Mandate Delayed Until January 2015

  7/3/2013 By Stephen Miller, CEBS The Obama administration caught the U.S. business community by surprise when it announced a one-year delay, until Jan. 1, 2015, in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) mandate that employers with 50 or more...

Sexual Harassment – Quick Refresh

Since we get quite a few calls on this subject, we thought it would be worthwhile to share the following as a quick refresh?Sexual harassment is, by definition, a type of discrimination which includes gender-based harassment, bullying, or coercion of a sexual nature. ...

Healthcare Reform – Notice of Exchanges

Notice of Exchanges and Subsidies: Deadline Published Employers have an important and far-reaching compliance deadline on the horizon.   Virtually all organizations, regardless of size, are required to distribute a Notice of Exchanges and Subsidies to each employee...

Senate Passes Immigration Reform Bill

Senate Passes Immigration Reform Bill; Now Heads to the U.S. House of Representatives SHRM UPDATE On Thursday, (June 27, 2013), by a vote of 68-to-32 the Senate passed its immigration reform bill, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration...

Q&A – Non-Discretionary Bonuses – include them in OT?

Non-Discretionary Bonuses for OT Q:  I heard that we have to include overtime in our bonuses payments for nonexempt employees.  Is this true?A:  Yes, this is true if the bonus is a non-discretionary bonus in accordance with the federal definition contained in the Fair...