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Did you hear? Earlier this summer, 150 corporate executives from some of America’s largest companies formed a new alliance called CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion. Armed with some serious workplace goals, this initiative became—essentially overnight—the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the business community.
There are some real reasons to stop and consider whether you should include salaries in your job descriptions. Today we’ll look at the pros.
If you’re the proud recipient of one of the 1,200 questionnaires recently sent to some 401(k) plan sponsors by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), please don’t assume that it’s just routine and ask an inexperienced employee to complete it. Sandra Feingerts, a partner with Fisher & Phillips, LLP, worries that doing so could result in […]
The annual contribution limits for health savings accounts (HSAs) are going up in 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced May 10. The maximum out-of-pocket limits for an HSA-eligible high-deductible health plan (HDHP) also will be increased for inflation, according to Revenue Procedure 2018-30.
It’s unfortunate, but this winter many of us at BLR® have them, even though you don’t catch them from coworkers. And they can keep workers from coming into the office. They are “the flakes,” and your employees may have them, too. But don’t get out your Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) or infectious disease […]
The past three years have been an arduous journey for HR leaders to say the least, navigating the landscape of the pandemic, the loss of talent during the Great Resignation, and continued economic uncertainty. Amidst this, I’ve seen first-hand a significant shift emerging within the HR industry– a resounding rise in an employee-first mentality by […]
U.S. employers remain confident in their hiring plans as they embark on a new year, according to CareerBuilder’s annual job forecast. Thirty-six percent of employers plan to add full-time, permanent employees in 2016, the same as in 2015. Nearly one-half of employers (47%) plan to hire temporary or contract workers. Workers can also expect to […]
A Form I-9 is required for all new hires to verify their employment eligibility. Before March 2020, employers had to physically inspect original documents the new hires presented for I-9 purposes. After the COVID-19 pandemic started, however, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) relaxed the physical inspection requirement, provided the business had no employees reporting […]
Bullying in the workplace is an issue that 72 percent of Americans are aware of, according to a 2014 survey by the Workplace Bullying Institute. However, the institute believes not enough is being done to fight this problem because workplace bullying is not considered protected discrimination under federal employment law. So through its Healthy Workplace […]
Q: Can we uphold our employee handbook policy that states employees are eligible for sick leave after 90 days of employment, or must we adhere to state sick leave laws that say they should be eligible upon being hired? Generally, you must adhere to state sick leave laws requiring that employees be eligible for sick […]