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Hiring Remote Workers in Other States: 3 Things You Need to Know

Insperity

Expanding your team across state lines by hiring remote workers is a smart business strategy for many companies. Whatever the case, staying compliant with labor laws when hiring remote workers in a new state can be challenging. This is the number one thing to consider before hiring remote workers in a new state. Paid sick time.

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Employee Benefits Guide for 2023: What Employers Need To Know

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Disability Insurance The employer pays the worker's salary if the worker becomes disabled or cannot work. Short-term covers the employee for up to 6 months, while long-term covers a worker's lifetime salary. Life Insurance Life insurance is another benefit that is an essential part of the benefits package.

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How to create, implement and enforce a time and attendance policy

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Keep in mind that overtime worked can increase the average or expected annual accrual. The following laws provide opportunities for you to encounter legal issues when creating, implementing and enforcing your time and attendance policy: Paid sick leave. Workers’ Compensation. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

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Employment law changes to watch in 2021

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The minimum wage for federal contract workers increases to $10.95 Many states have been updating their family and medical leave laws in recent years, and some long-planned changes will take effect in 2021. There are newer laws, too, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, to protect workers’ health and the safety of their co-workers.

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What comes after the pandemic’s peak? Six trends, three predictions and one sure thing

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

The workers’ compensation impacts are only just beginning to be felt. Direct COVID-19 work-related illness, disability, and death claims are rising in number; psychological injury claims for front-line healthcare and other essential workers are also on the rise. Will improvements in the built environment be enough?

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New employment laws to watch in 2020

Insperity

Updates to the so-called “white-collar exemption” to federal overtime rules have been in the works for a long time. 1, workers must earn at least $684 a week, or $35,568 per year, to be exempt from federal overtime rules. There are some big changes employers need to know about at the federal, state and local levels. As of Jan.