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What Is the PWFA?
While the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) went into effect in 2023, the final regulation wasn’t issued until April 15, 2024. By now, all employers should be in full compliance with the PWFA’s provisions. To learn more about what to expect from this...
What Is the PWFA?
While the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) went into effect in 2023, the final regulation wasn’t issued until April 15, 2024. By now, all employers should be in full compliance with the PWFA’s provisions. To learn more about what to expect from this...
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Understanding PWFA Accommodations: Insights for Employers
“So the goal of this was to put pregnant women in a place where they don't have to decide between economic security or health.” In episode #118 of Mission to Grow, the Asure podcast that serves as small business owners' guide to cash, compliance, and the War for...
Safety – Employment Law Update
Safety – Employment Law UpdateSAFETY & WORKERS’ COMPENSATIONSeveral bills relating to workers’ compensation were signed into law in 2017:AB 2883 Clarifies that owners or officers of businesses who receive pay from the business may be excluded from coverage under...
Avoiding Costly Payroll Mistakes
Avoiding Costly Payroll MistakesEveryone knows the business world isn’t perfect. And, business owners have learned the hard way that payroll management is not as simple as it appears. Managing a viable payroll system requires attention to detail as well as a sound...
Three Ways to Stand Out From the Crowd When All Benefit Plans Look Alike
Benefits play a crucial role in attracting and retaining employees. According to one study, 59% of employees reported that benefits were very important in their overall attitude toward their employer and 69% said that the benefits offered might cause them to choose...
New York State DOL Revokes Regulations Regarding the Payment of Wages by Direct Deposit and Debit Card
The New York State Department of Labor Revokes Regulations Regarding the Payment of Wages by Direct Deposit and Debit Card . In a decision issued February 17, 2017, the New York State Industrial Board of Appeals (IBA) revoked the regulations regarding payment of...
Getting the Most Out of Your Workforce in 2017
Worker productivity is a key health indicator for any organization and ultimately has an upstream impact on national and global economies. How much your employees are able to produce in terms of goods or services in a given hour, day or week can and does fluctuate. In...
ObamaCare Update & Latest Executive Order
ObamaCare Update & Latest Executive OrderLatest ObamaCare News Updates Helps You Keep Up On ObamaCare TodayOpen enrollment for 2017 started November 1st, 2016 and ended on January 31st, 2017.As of 2-10-17: Republicans presented several plans for review. President...
Responding to Tax Agency Notices: Best Practices
Tax agency communication can be very complex and difficult to understand, and that reality is further complicated by the fact that each agency notice is laid out differently and uses different language.The following are some common types of inquiries and how to handle...
The World of Work is Changing – Again!
Caroline Waters, OBE, Deputy Chair of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission and Vice President of Carers UKWe’ve talked about the changing nature of work for what seems like eons. That’s because work; what we do, where we do it and who we do it with has never...
Competing for Talent When Geography Does Not Matter
If your organization won a local chamber of commerce Best Place to Work award in the past year or so, congrats! Recognition as a top local employer can certainly be an advantage in recruiting talent, but if your nomination and selection were tied to worksite perks...
Immigration News – A Moving Target
As individuals and businesses weigh how best to respond to the immigration 'ban' and its effect, we are staying in close contact with our immigration legal experts. Here's a February 6th update from ALG Law Firm (shared with their kind permission): TRAVEL WARNING -...
Why HCM Reporting is still harder than it should be in 2017
It’s 2017, “Big Data” as we know it has been around for a decade, and yet, organizations still struggle to get actionable information from their HCM reporting. Valuable insights can be gained when reporting is effective. Workforce intelligence tools can and should...
Easing the Pain of New Benefit Plans
A new year often means benefit changes for your employees. Even if the plan an employee selected is the same named plan from a previous year, there can be changes to the plan itself that might impact coverage. If you’ve changed carriers or plan options, and most if...
Reminder: OSHA 300A Forms Must Be Posted by February 1
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandates that all employers who are required to maintain the OSHA 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses post a summary of the previous year’s log between February 1st and April 30th each year, even if...
How Technology is Impacting Recruiting in 2017
According to a recent survey conducted by CareerBuilder, the hiring outlook for 2017 is the strongest it has been in over a decade. Of the over 2000 hiring managers surveyed, 40% expect to hire full-time employees this year and a third expect to add part-time,...
H-1B Visa Season Starts NOW!! FREE H-1B Visa Mini-Seminar for HR & Business Professionals
As the April 1st H-1B work visa filing deadline rapidly approaches, join Immigration attorney Jason Finkelman for an in-depth discussion on the steps U.S. businesses can take to secure an H-1B visa and sponsor foreign professionals for employment. Jason will provide...
Five Low-cost Ways to Help Your Employees Keep Their New Year’s Resolutions
By mid-January, a third of your employees will have already abandoned their New Year’s resolutions, based on a recent survey by Statistic Brain. A month later, odds are that a little more than half of them will still be on track, and by year’s end, it is estimated...
Small Business Health Care Tax Credit
Federal law gives a tax credit to eligible small employers who provide health care coverage to their employees. Questions and answers provide information on the credit for tax years beginning in 2014. For additional information, refer to...
Affordable Care Act – 2017
Affordable Care Act – 2017Small business owners, employees and consumers are struggling to understand the coverage, networks, and costs in the new year. Below are the latest guidelines and three changes to coverage in 2017.Three Affordable Care Act Coverage Changes in...
I9 – New Form FAQ’s
We receive a lot of questions about the I-9—the form used to verify the identity and employment authorization of all individuals hired for employment in the United States. Here are some of the most common:1: Is The New Form Available Now?Yes. The new I-9 form was...
The Affordable Care Act is Changing In 2017
The Affordable Care Act is Changing In 2017The Affordable Care health insurance landscape may look completely different in 2017. It is highly unlikely that any material changes will happen for the 2017 coverage year (for which Open Enrollment is taking place now.) But...
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