Workplace Insight

APRIL 8, 2024

has seen a doubling of maternal mortality rates from 2002 to 2018, with a significant racial disparity affecting Black women. A question that often comes up is whether employers need to support women’s health and what role they should play. Nearly 30,000 US-based Amazon employees have benefited from family-building support so far.

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Genesis HR Solutions

JUNE 28, 2021

Parental leave is a hot topic in the United States. As many families juggle full-time work with raising families, tensions over the lack of required leave in the workplace continue to grow. The United States is the only developed country that doesn’t require paid parental leave.

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Genesis HR Solutions

JUNE 28, 2021

Parental leave is a hot topic in the United States. As many families juggle full-time work with raising families, tensions over the lack of required leave in the workplace continue to grow. The United States is the only developed country that doesn’t require paid parental leave.

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Genesis HR Solutions

JANUARY 31, 2019

Maternity leave is a hot topic in the United States. As many families juggle full-time work with raising families, tensions over the lack of required maternity leave in the workplace continue to grow. The United States is the only developed country that doesn’t require paid parental leave. Click To Tweet.

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Business Management Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

GINA, or the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, outlaws genetic discrimination. The federal law has been around for a decade, yet many employers still don’t know exactly how to comply. GINA essentially bars using genetic information in employment decisions and bars acquiring genetic information improperly.

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Workers' Compensation

JANUARY 5, 2022

A recent study provides a potential opportunity for employers and insurance companies to reduce their risk exposure through early sequencing and treatment proactively. The issues will include: evaluating temporary disability benefits, delivering medical treatment, and estimating the nature and extent of disability.

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Business Management Daily

JANUARY 6, 2020

Most deal with implementing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Guidance on the definition of “qualifying relative” for individual income tax purposes. This follows up on Notice 2018-76, which sets five criteria for corporate deductions for employees’ meals. Guidance on contributions to and benefits from paid family and medical leave programs.

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Business Management Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

When employees know they have to back up leave requests with appropriate medical information, FMLA leave abuse falls. While you don’t want to discourage appropriate leave – think containing a flu epidemic – encouraging calling-off-while-well isn’t a good strategy. What you should ask for depends on the reason for leave.

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Business Management Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

These laws include the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ). These four conditions are the most likely mental health conditions employers will encounter, sometimes in combination. How you as the employer handle that worker must comply with the ADA.

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cipHR

AUGUST 20, 2019

Paid parental bereavement leave is due to be introduced in April 2020. At the moment, there is no legal obligation for employers to provide paid time off for grieving parents, despite the prevalence of childhood deaths: around 7,600 babies, children and young people under the age of 18 died in 2017. What are employees entitled to?

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Business Management Daily

JANUARY 14, 2020

Employers may see increased productivity and reduced costs when they allow a remote work option. Plus, creating a telecommute option opens the door to Americans with Disability Act (ADA) accommodation requests to work at home. Allowing remote work during a Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ) leave requires careful management.

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HR Digest

APRIL 20, 2022

to pay $85,000 and to provide other relief to settle a federal pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged Cassone Leasing, Inc. Cassone Leasing, Inc. EEOC’s Lawsuit Against Pregnancy Discrimination. Know your rights .

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Genesis HR Solutions

OCTOBER 3, 2019

As an employer in the Commonwealth, you need to understand the complexities specific to Massachusetts salary laws, hiring, and employing workers. In some circumstances, the employer may pay these workers the service rate. 9 Various Massachusetts Wage & Hour Requirements For Employers. Parental Leave. Meal Breaks.

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cipHR

AUGUST 22, 2022

These costs might not be planned, but a fine of up to £20,000 could be issued each time you don’t conduct your employment background checks correctly. It’s your responsibility as a UK employer to carry out such checks before agreeing to hiring a new starter. It may even contribute to a financial penalty. Right to work checks.

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Business Management Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Employers and employees who are tempted to “fudge” the isolation and symptom data could be liable if contact tracing reveals the falsehood. Employers wishing to send an employee abroad must check all restrictions including quarantine requirements. Supervisors must recognize requests for leave and refer them to human resources.

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Benefit Resource Inc.

AUGUST 7, 2018

“FMLA” refers to the Family and Medical Leave Act. It is a federal law that guarantees certain employees up to 12 workweeks of unpaid leave each year with no threat of job loss. A qualifying leave arising from a spouse, child or parent as a “covered active duty” military member.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 4, 2024

I accept the following as a fundamental principle for workers’ compensation: If work is the cause of injury and disability, then the compensation and treatment should be funded by the employer. million workers (about 95% of the employed workforce) and 280,000 employers in a province of about 5.5 Data for 2018 is as of January 31, 2019.

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LACE Partners

JANUARY 9, 2023

Part of the plan to encourage this skilled workforce back into employment is to offer a “financial MOT” to help people understand if they really have enough to retire on. A key part of understanding the bigger picture for people when they leave the workforce for the golf course. . Particularly for men. So, it is true….

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Genesis HR Solutions

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

While these may seem like foundational components of HR, many businesses don’t have these things—as a result of these lacking hiring and training processes, their employees’ roles are unclear, goals are not achievable, and employees become dissatisfied and leave. Many states are enacting paid leave and other types of leave laws.

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Hppy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Bureau of Labor Statistics , only 35% of private-industry workers had access to employer-provided long-term disability insurance as of 2022. It’s a matter of understanding both the legal and human aspects of the situation, and acting as a bridge between the employee and the organization. According to the U.S.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 11, 2019

Requiring employers provide financial compensation to workers or their families for work-related injury, illness and death is central to achieving this objective. In exclusive state fund jurisdictions, the sole insurer must insurer all employers requiring (or qualified to opt in to) coverage. 1, columns (3) and (4)).

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Higginbotham

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Disgruntled Employee – Many acts of theft or data breach happen after a termination. Lost Sales – Multiple episodes of food poisoning in 2018 caused Chipotle’s sales to collapse. Consider the family situation of each worker. Confrontation – A takeover, merger or a struggle for management control can bring a crisis.

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Higginbotham

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The Risk Can Be Great Although it may seem that employment law violations would only occur in marginal operations, even the largest and most experienced enterprises are vulnerable to risks arising from regulatory compliance. During that year, 70,804 charges were resolved with non-compliant employers, with an average settlement of $40,000.

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The Workcomp Writer

AUGUST 15, 2023

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s decision to grant a mining employer summary judgment in a multi-count complaint filed against it by a former employee who was terminated because she could not pass a Fit for Duty Exam (“FFDE”) that included a requirement that she be able to lift 80 pounds above her head [ Lewis v.

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Empuls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

family-owned superstore chain, observed that increasing the frequency of employee rewards from twice a month to twice a week led to a 5% increase in customer satisfaction. When an employee leaves, the respective team needs to absorb the extra work, creating more unsatisfied, unwilling employees. And it directly means happy customers.

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Benefits Notes

MARCH 31, 2021

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “ARPA”) into law. Many of the provisions in this sweeping legislation bring changes to the employee benefits world of which employers should take note and which are summarized below. Subsidized COBRA. Plans Subject to the ARPA Rules.

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Business Management Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Soon, employees will begin calling off, often requesting FMLA leave. An estimated 79,000 Americans died of flu-related illnesses in the 2017-2018 season. Employers need a flu plan that covers every contingency. Three key laws affect how employers manage their workforce during a flu outbreak. Flu season is here.

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