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Controlling Workers’ Comp Costs: The Three Key Drivers to Reduce Workers’ Comp Expenses
“ I think a really important thing to know is that the workers comp costs are a lot more controllable than business owners realize” In episode #116 of Mission to Grow, the Asure podcast that serves as small business owners' guide to cash, compliance, and the War for...
Controlling Workers’ Comp Costs: The Three Key Drivers to Reduce Workers’ Comp Expenses
“ I think a really important thing to know is that the workers comp costs are a lot more controllable than business owners realize” In episode #116 of Mission to Grow, the Asure podcast that serves as small business owners' guide to cash, compliance, and the War for...
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Why You Should Be Giving Your Workers Termination Letters
A termination letter is more than a simple legal formality. It is also an important way to let workers know about why they’re leaving the company and what they can expect to happen next. Like many important HR practices, termination letters are more popular at...
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...
President Obama to Sign Executive Order Prohibiting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination by Federal Contractors
This week, the White House announced that the President will issue an executive order that will forbid companies that contract with the federal government from discriminating against employees based on sexual orientation or gender identity. This executive order will...
Presidential Memorandum on Workplace Flexibility
White House Looks to Push Forward With Workplace Flexibility Previously on this blog we talked about new legislation in the UK focused on the expansion of flexible work rights of employees in the country. The amendment for flexible work regulations in the UK goes into...
HHS Finalizes Several SHOP Regulations
The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued final regulations in late May 2014 in which it proposed making two significant changes to the Small Business Health Options Plan (“SHOP”) requirements. First, the requirement for SHOPs to offer the employee...
Agencies Finalize Rules that Define How an Orientation Period Works with the 90-day Waiting Period
On June 20, 2014, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury (“Departments”) released final rules setting forth how an orientation period works with, and impacts, the requirement that employers cannot impose a waiting period of more than 90 days...
Health Care Reform (ACA) Compliance Information
Notice of Exchanges and Subsidies Virtually all employers, regardless of size, are required to distribute a Notice of Exchanges and Subsidies to each employee (regardless of part-time, full-time, or health plan enrollment status) by October 1, 2013. Additionally,...
California Minimum Wage Increases July 1, 2014; Massachusetts Pending
Effective July 1, California will raise its minimum hourly wage from $8.00 to $9.00. The increase will also affect the minimum salary requirement for several categories of employees that are exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements. The minimum salary of...
Introductory Periods Must Be Reconsidered in Light of Insurance Waiting Time Rules
Most employers have an “introductory” or “probationary” period for new full-time employees. This period is usually defined as a set period of time following the date of hire, usually 90 days in length, during which a new employee is considered to be on “introductory...
IRS Employers’ Obligations on ACA Mandated Medicare Surtax
What exactly are high earners? The monetary thresholds are defined in the IRS table below. Wages and self-employment earnings on which Medicare tax is charged, and which exceed the thresholds listed, are subject to the "additional Medicare tax," as the IRS calls it....
President Obama to Sign Executive Order Prohibiting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination by Federal Contractors
This week, the White House announced that the President will issue an executive order that will forbid companies that contract with the federal government from discriminating against employees based on sexual orientation or gender identity. This executive order will...
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