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Controlling Workers’ Comp Costs: Compliance Doesn’t Have to Be Costly
Workers’ compensation is a legal requirement that can quickly add up. If you have more workers’ comp claims, you can end up spending more on workers’ comp than other workplaces in your industry. Fortunately, there are a few important steps you can take to reduce your...
Controlling Workers’ Comp Costs: Compliance Doesn’t Have to Be Costly
Workers’ compensation is a legal requirement that can quickly add up. If you have more workers’ comp claims, you can end up spending more on workers’ comp than other workplaces in your industry. Fortunately, there are a few important steps you can take to reduce your...
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Common Payroll Deductions Explained: A Quick Guide for Employers
Understanding payroll deductions can feel overwhelming, whether you're running a business or simply managing your paycheck. Each pay period, employees see a portion of their earnings withheld for various reasons, and it’s important to know where that money is going....
Workplace safety top concern for businesses in 2014
Keeping employees safe at work is a top concern for small business owners, according to a survey sponsored by Employers Holdings, a national holding company for workers’ compensation insurance carriers.Workplace safety risks were cited as the source of greatest worry...
Employer To Do List for the New Year (2014)
As the new year is getting under way, employers should consider placing these developing issues at the top of their to do list:Social Media PoliciesEmployers should consider reviewing and updating social media policies in light of recent legislation and litigation....
IRS Issues Final Affordable Care Act “Pay Or Play” Regulations
On Monday, the IRS issued final regulations regarding the implementation of the employer shared responsibility provisions under the Affordable Care Act (the ACA), otherwise known as the “pay or play” rules. The final regulations provide some helpful guidance and...
Happy Valentine’s Day! Please Sign This Love Contract Before You Go To Lunch…
It’s Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air … and the office. And more often than not, that is NOT a good thing for everyone involved. So what can employers do to minimize the potentially disruptive effects of colleagues and coworkers canoodling? Here’s a good...
2014 Health Care Reform Update
2014 was anticipated to be a monumental year with respect to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. However, with the one-year delay of the employer mandate (the provision of Health Care Reform that fines certain businesses for failing to provide health...
White House relaxes Healthcare Reform Mandate for Employers with 50-99 employees
The White House is relaxing the employer mandate again. The Treasury Department on Monday rolled out more tweaks to the health-care law's requirement that all large employers--those with 50 or more workers--provide insurance coverage to their workers. This is the...
Employee or Independent Contractor? – If You Have the Right to Control Them, They’re Yours
Note: Article written referencing Connecticut Law; however, fundamentals around contractor definition applies in Texas as well. When we analyze the question whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor, we usually approach the issue from the point of...
2014 – Are you ready? Performance Management vs. Performance Review
FEBRUARY 7, 2014: AUSTIN, TX— NOW IS THE TIME FOR YOUR COMPANY TO ACT ON PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT: Will your managers and employees be thinking “performance review” or “performance management”? Your company may be poised to use the performance management process to...
If an employee calls his supervisor a nasty name on Facebook…..
If an employee calls his supervisor a “nasty motherf[**]ker” on Facebook, would the employee lose the protection that he would otherwise enjoy under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)? Probably not, according to National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) decisions...
2014 Minimum Wage Changes
Our federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, but many states choose to have their own minimum wage laws as well. Currently, 21 states have a rate higher than the federal rate, and 13 of those have made changes as of January 1, 2014. Our federal minimum wage is $7.25 an...
Employers not required to post NLRB’s notice of employee rights
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) posting rule has been laid to rest.The NLRB had issued a rule in 2011 requiring most private sector employers to post a notice telling employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).The requirement was...
Additional Health Care Reform FAQs Issued
This morning the Department of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury Department released additional Frequently Asked Questions relating to implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Among the topics discussed include administrative issues relating to out...
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An Employer’s “Top 5” Action Items for 2014
It's December, and human resources professionals and law departments are reflecting on the issues addressed in 2013 and giving thanks for incident-free holiday parties. But the big question is this: What issues should get priority attention for 2014 as part of a...
2013 Year End Benefits Checklist
2013 brought many changes to employee benefit plans, and several more are coming in 2014.What has recently changed or will change in the near future?Retirement Plans Required Individually Designed Plan Restatements: If you have an individually designed retirement plan...
Transgender Rights: A New Area of Focus for Employers
Currently, there is no explicit federal protection for sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression* but that may change soon. On November 7, 2013, the Senate passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 (ENDA) (S. 815), which was first introduced by the...
New Jersey Law Mandates Notices
DECEMBER 17, 2013--ON JANUARY 6, EQUAL PAY ACT POSTING REQUIREMENTS KICK IN FOR NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS. Implementing an amendment to the New Jersey Equal Pay Act, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) released the new mandatory gender...
2014 Minimum Wage Changes
There was an acceleration of activity oriented towards increasing minimum wages across the United States. This activity has been fueled by a number of developments, including inflation in the cost of food and fuel. Efforts targeted to the US Congress has been...
10 Ways HR Departments Violate the Law Without Realizing It
Employers of all varieties face lawsuits arising from claimed violations of employment laws. Often such violations are inadvertent and entirely avoidable. Here is a list of ten ways a company or even a human resources department may violate the law without realizing...
TOP HR Issues to Watch in 2014
Here is an overview of some of the most pressing and exciting employment law issues to watch in 2014, with an emphasis on issues that global companies in particular can expect to see.1. Implementation of Federal Health Care LawThe Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s “employer...
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