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How To Win the War for Talent: Navigate a Tight Labor Market
In the war for talent, the right HR practices can determine whether you can hire and retain the best workers or not. Thanks to changing demographic trends, finding top-quality workers isn’t as easy as it was a few decades ago. By making a few changes to the way you...
How To Win the War for Talent: Navigate a Tight Labor Market
In the war for talent, the right HR practices can determine whether you can hire and retain the best workers or not. Thanks to changing demographic trends, finding top-quality workers isn’t as easy as it was a few decades ago. By making a few changes to the way you...
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The Future of Work: How Small Businesses Can Compete in a Labor Shortage
“Everything that you can rethink and where you can be creative, I would encourage you to do so because first of all, it sets you apart from the rest. And secondly, it allows you to tap into underutilized parts of the workforce.” In episode #120 of Mission to Grow, the...
Important Notice Regarding New NC-4 Requirements for 2014
The North Carolina General Assembly recently enacted House Bill 998 which becomes effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014. Under this new law, taxpayers may no longer claim a personal exemption for themselves, their spouse, children, or any...
The NLRB Strikes Down Employer Policies on Social Media and the Confidentiality of Complaint Investigations
Many employers have been surprised by recent rulings that two common employment policies run afoul of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) even if their employees are not union members. Based on a legitimate interest in preserving confidentiality and privacy,...
Open Enrollment Applies to COBRA too . . .
January 1st is the busiest time of year for Benefit Renewals and changes. Just as the U.S. Department of Labor requires employers to notify their active employees of benefit changes timely in advance, this rule also applies to COBRA participants. COBRA...
Health FSA Use-It-Or-Lose-It Rule Modified
The IRS has modified the use-it-or-lose-it rule for flexible spending accounts that has long frustrated many employees who would like to participate in their employer’s plan. Up until November 2013 there were two options employers could choose from when setting up...
Tips for Employee File Maintenance
Purpose and Overview: It is vital to secure and retain new employee forms in compliance with state and federal regulations and employer’s personnel policies. Periodic review of personnel file contents should not be overseen.Some "Best Practices" for employee file...
Top Five HR-Related Concerns for Small Business Owners
Based on the feedback we hear from our small business clients on a daily basis, we have compiled a list of the top five fears that small business owners face going into 2014. Below are a few tips of the trade to assist employers in these areas.Finding the Right...
IRS Recognizes All Same-Sex Marriages for Pretax Benefits
9/23/2013 By Stephen Miller, CEBS | SHRMRuling extends pretax treatment to same-sex spouses' health insurance coverage in all 50 statesUnder a new Internal Revenue Service ruling, employees who pay for employer-provided health insurance for their same-sex spouse may...
San Antonio Adds Protections to Its Nondiscrimination Ordinance
9/27/2013 By Susan R. HeylmanThe City of San Antonio added sexual orientation and gender identity to the classes protected under its nondiscrimination ordinance. Before it enacted the new protections, San Antonio was the only major city in Texas that did not have...
Daylight Saving Time Pay – November 3rd
Most states participate in daylight savings time. Those employees working the graveyard shift when Daylight Savings Time begins work one hour less because the clocks are set ahead one hour. Those employees working the graveyard shift when Daylight Savings Time ends...
COBRA or State Continuation- Does it really matter?
How do you know if your Employer sponsored group plan is COBRA or State Continuation? With Savers it’s simple….It’s all in the details. COBRA Employer groups with 20 or more employees are regulated by Federal COBRA guidelines. COBRA eligible benefits include...
Mandatory arbitration agreement in employee handbook is found unenforceable
Employers want to compel employees to submit legal disputes to arbitration instead of a jury. Employers worry about the unpredictability of juries. Employers prefer to not air their dirty laundry with a public jury trial. So, employers ask employees to agree that...
Texas Files Suit to Strike Down EEOC Background Check Guidance
Don’t mess with Texas.The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) usually forces employers who are subject to Title VII to play defense. The State of Texas, however, has upended that approach. On November 4, 2013, Texas filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to...
IRS Guidance Provides An Alternative to the Current “Grace Period Rule” for FSA’s
The Internal Revenue Service recently released Notice 2013-71, which provides an alternative to the Grace Period Rule for health flexible spending arrangements (FSA). Under this alternative, cafeteria plans may now allow employees to carry over up to $500 of unused...
PPACA Notice Alert
Health Insurance Exchanges Reach One Month Anniversary - Open enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplaces (also known as Health Insurance Exchanges) commenced on 10/1/2013 in preparation for the January 1, 2014 mandate for individuals to be covered by health...
Holiday Parties and Alcohol
The holidays are approaching faster than the department stores can replace the summer final clearance items off the display racks with the holiday-themed merchandise that will engulf retailers’ locations for the immediate months to come. The rapidly approaching...
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Update
The U.S Treasury Department announced yesterday that it is making a change to the IRS Use-it-or-Lose-it Rule for FSA accounts. (This is the rule that says participants forfeit any unspent funds after a plan year ends.) This change will allow an employer to offer...
Fourth Circuit “Likes” First Amendment Protection for Social Media Speech
A Facebook "like" is speech protected by the First Amendment, the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, reversing a federal court decision that the form of social media communication was not eligible for constitutional protection.“On the most basic level,...
Should Employers Pay for Time taken to Vote?
Laws vary by state, post applies to Texas but use link below article to review other state's requirements.§ 276.004. Unlawfully Prohibiting Employee From Voting (a) A person commits an offense if, with respect to another person over whom the person has authority in...
Job Descriptions – Why Have Them?
Up-to-date and carefully written job descriptions are one of an employer’s most important communication tools. They explain the “who, what, when, why, and how”, defining essential functions and performance expectations for each position. Without job...
WHERE TO FIND EMPLOYER NOTICES AND FEDERAL EXCHANGE
<Notices Due October 1, 2013 - Affects all EmployersContent All employers are required to provide "Notice" to their employees about MarketPlace Exchanges available either through their state or provided through a federal exchange. Even if a company does not provide...
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