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Employee Benefits: The Only Guide You Need

Achievers

Federal and state mandated benefits include health insurance, worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, and required leave time for caring for family and/or personal medical purposes. Health insurance, and family and medical leave, are not required for all businesses. population is aging.

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Your 2025 benefits compliance checklist: What you need to know

WEX Inc.

ACA reporting deadlines The Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandates that employers file reports annually with the IRS and distribute 1095-C forms to employees. The IRS requires this testing for Section 125 plans, HRAs, FSAs, and self-insured medical plans. Act updates) The SECURE 2.0 Retirement plan compliance (SECURE 2.0

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How Does the FMLA Apply to a Remote Workforce?

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was enacted in 1993, a year when the idea of working a corporate job from a living room was rare. appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG. When the law was passed, the FMLA didn’t contemplate a remote workforce. sales representatives, healthcare […].

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Leave Protections Expanded for Employee Victims of Violence

InterWest Insurance Services

AB 2499 makes significant changes to California’s “jury, court and victim time off” law by expanding instances when a victim of a “qualifying act of violence” can take time off, and provides protections against retaliation for taking that paid time off. Obtain medical attention after a QAV.

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Core Company Values: 12 Inspiring Examples

Achievers

When you address the manner in which your company wants to interact with the outside world, it leaves employees feeling hopeful and inspires trust in your customers. leaves your business looking ordinary. Their guiding values include: Act with uncompromising honesty and integrity in everything we do. Make them unique.

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COVID-19 pandemic: How to prepare your business

Insperity

Adapt your sick leave and other attendance policies. This choice is as much about encouraging people to play it safe when sick by staying home as it is about being supportive of the local medical community. If an employee’s family member is sick, allow the employee to stay home to provide continuous care.

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New Guidance: Workers Can Take FMLA Leave in Hourly Increments

InterWest Insurance Services

Department of Labor recently issued new guidance on the federal Family Medical Leave Act that has upended the notion of what qualifies as leave under the statute. The takeaway It’s important to note how many hours of leave a worker is eligible for.