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Intermittent leave: A comprehensive guide for employers and employees

Business Management Daily

Leave of absence, such as FMLA, allows employees to take extra time off to care for their health and family without worrying about losing their jobs. However, administering these leaves can be challenging for employers. One of the most complex leave types for employers to manage and track is intermittent leave.

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Clarifying pay issues around COVID infections & vaccinations

Business Management Daily

But issues regarding the circumstances under which you must pay employees and whether you must extend FMLA leave continue to linger. Shots or not, the principal laws controlling pay issues are the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Portal-to-Portal Act, which is an amendment to the FLSA. Leave issues.

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5 Must Have Employee Benefits and Perks for 2022

Best Money Moves

Accessible paid leave. In 2021, the White House introduced the American Families Plan, which includes a comprehensive parental, medical and family leave program. Remote work flexibility. According to MetLife, 37 percent of employees polled felt stressed while working more than half the time.

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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. Flexible work schedules .

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How to identify and support a depressed employee

Business Management Daily

Or, maybe allowing the depressed employee to work from home on particularly trying days could help. Note: Managers should hesitate to seek assistance from human resources or upper management as necessary. It provides certain employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year.

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Paid parental leave options: Understanding your rights

Business Management Daily

Balancing demanding work obligations and a growing family can be a big challenge for employees, especially when they have just welcomed a new child. However, limited parental leave options in the United States often hinder them. Paid Parental Leave is what? Paid Parental Leave is what?

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The Juggling Act of the COVID Circus

HR Digest

This article is a guide for Employers on the application of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FCCRA”) as related to managing work and leave options for Employees who have children at home who would ordinarily be in school or in daycare. Emergency Family and Medical Leave for Virtual School.