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7 Advantages to Providing Paid Time Off for Your Employees
It’s easy to see the attraction of paid time off (PTO) for your employees, but there are also important business benefits to PTO as well. In fact, fast-growth companies are more likely to provide this benefit to workers than zero-growth firms. By offering PTO,...
7 Advantages to Providing Paid Time Off for Your Employees
It’s easy to see the attraction of paid time off (PTO) for your employees, but there are also important business benefits to PTO as well. In fact, fast-growth companies are more likely to provide this benefit to workers than zero-growth firms. By offering PTO,...
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401(k)s Are More Common in Fast-Growth Companies
Fast-growth companies are known for being successful, but they have something else in common. At fast-growth companies, 401(k) retirement plans are more likely to be offered to employees.
Contraceptive Mandate Accommodation
Agencies Release New Accommodations from Contraceptive Mandate for Nonprofit Organizations and for Closely-Held, For-Profit Corporations Agencies Release New Accommodations from Contraceptive Mandate for Nonprofit Organizations and for Closely-Held, For-Profit...
New York City Earned Sick Time Act (Paid Sick Leave Law)
Effective April 1, 2014, under the New York City Earned Sick Time Act, certain employers with five or more employees who are hired to work more than 80 hours a calendar year in New York City must provide paid sick leave which employees can use for the care and...
Exempt & Non-Exempt – LinkedIn in the News
LinkedIn forks over $6 million in back wages, damages for unpaid overtimeLabor Department accused the company of shortchanging 359 workersIt doesn’t pay to short employees for working overtime. Just ask LinkedIn.The U.S. Labor Department announced on Monday that the...
Background Checks-When do they Cross the Line
Employers have become well-attuned to the importance of selecting job candidates that are qualified and will fit well with the organization’s culture. Prior to extending an offer of employment to a viable candidate, best practices in conducting a background check are...
Religion in the Workplace
We all know that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on a job applicant’s or employee’s religion. However, did you know that federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws also require employers to provide workplace accommodations to...
How Asure Software Views The Changing Business Climate
By Craig SeagerChannel Director for EMEA/APACIn my first Channel-focused blog post we discussed how important we view our Asure Software relationship with our Channel partners.Now I want to share our view of how the business world is evolving and the benefits we see...
California Employers Now Allowed to Impose 90 Day Waiting Period for Health Care Coverage
Governor Jerry Brown recently signed legislation that once again changes the health care landscape for California employers who offer health insurance to their employees. Previously, employers in California who offered group health plans could implement a maximum...
Tech Companies & Cool Cultures
Twitter tops all in culture and values, employees sayTech industry accounts for 11 out of 25 companies rated highest by employees, according to Glassdoor report.Roof-top meetings and friendly colleagues helped to make Twitter’s employees the happiest in the country,...
Multi-Generations in the Workplace: Making Differences a Workplace Asset
For the first time in recorded history, the workplace encompasses four distinctive generations. The Traditionalists, sometimes referred to as War Babies, Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y (also known as the Millennial Generation). Each generation was raised...
Executive Order for Federal Contractors Prohibiting Discrimination based on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
Yesterday (July 21, 2014), President Obama signed an Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating against employees based on gender identity and sexual orientation. Specifically, the Executive Order amends Executive Order 11246 to add gender...
Asure Channel Partners
By Craig SeagerChannel Director for EMEA/APAC The Ever-Changing Global Enterprise Is Ripe for Asure Software Solutions A recent report by IDC listed Alignment, Agility and Analytics as three of the key corporate challenges in 2014.These challenges and the current...
5 Ways LinkedIn Could Have Avoided Wage Violations
LinkedIn’s recent class action settlement cost $6 million in back wages and fines to the U.S. Department of Labor and added it to the over 30,000 cases that the Wage and Hours Division pursues each year. Annually, over a quarter million workers are impacted in cases...
Three Trends of Our Changing Workforce- Part 4
By Jennifer Roth, Vice President of MarketingIn recent weeks, I’ve blogged here, here and here about the trends of globalization, mobilization and technology. When thinking about today’s workforce and your own workspace, you must have your eye on all three because...
Supreme Court: Private employers need not provide contraception coverage
On June 30, in a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held that closely held for-profit corporations cannot be required to provide contraception coverage. The requirement is part of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) provision requiring private companies to include...
Why Tech Startups Struggle with Discrimination and Harassment Training
I get it – snooze-worthy, old-fashioned harassment and discrimination training isn’t in line with the vibe you’re trying to create at your hip tech startup. You want to be laid back, cut out all the corporate bull, build a community within your company that transcends...
Independent Contractors for Global Organizations
As the global market grows seemingly smaller, more and more companies are expanding their reach around the world. Some companies send U.S. employees overseas, while others hire locally, or even utilize local independent contractors. As in the United States, companies...
Facial Recognition, Jack Bauer, The FBI, and Time and Labor Management
A little while back, I was part of the millions of television viewers who tuned into the show ‘24’, where the hero Jack Bauer fights terrorism on a local and global scale. During one of the final episodes, Jack identifies one of the terrorists using biometric facial...
Three Trends of Our Changing Workforce- Part 3: Technology
By Jennifer Roth, Vice President of MarketingIf you’re reading this four-part series, you already know how any organization can think and act like a global company, and how to adapt to a mobilized workforce. Let The Technology Fuel The Mobile Movement In this third...
Changes Coming to Flexible Work Regulations in the UK
In the past we have looked at telework legislation in the US in the form of the Telework Enhancement Act, but the next great piece of telework legislation looks to be coming out of the UK. Amendment to Flexible Work Regulations On June 30, 2014 the Flexible Work...
IRS Reiterates Prohibition of and Penalty for Pre-Tax Employer Reimbursement for Health Premiums
Recently, the IRS issued a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list that reiterates earlier guidance disallowing pre-tax employer reimbursements for employee health care premiums. The FAQ also calls attention to the $100 per day, per employee penalty for...
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