Businesses are trying to cover a multitude of issues facing them, from managing an unwell workforce and resource management, to legislative leave changes being enforced, to creating furlough strategies, and keeping staff motivated and productive during a pandemic.
The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA), along with the Treasury Department (collectively, “the Departments”), issued several pieces of guidance over the last week affecting employer-sponsored benefit programs.
Employers with employees returning to work after a leave of absence, reduction in hours (e.g., furlough) or termination of employment (e.g., layoff) may have questions about the implications for medical benefit eligibility and the effect on the ACA’s employer shared responsibility rules.
Governments are making plans to re-start the economy and, in some parts of the country
President Trump signed into law on Friday, a $484 billion relief package to replenish a popular small business lending program and support hospitals and COVID-19 testing amid the coronavirus pandemic.
An employee says they’re sick, but your unstaffed. Can you make them come to work or discipline them if they don’t come in?
The new year introduces significant changes in the area of human resources law, on both the federal and local level. Rules are tightening, regulatory scrutiny is intensifying,
The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019 was signed into law on December 20, 2019. The law repeals a provision
Designate a quiet space in the building that employees can use to practice meditation and focus on their breathing.
How impactful are employee benefits and perks when workers are deciding on a potential employer? Various studies have shown that benefits do play a critical role with job seeker decision making and can even cause employed individuals to seek new opportunities.
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