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As a small business owner, your workforce is the backbone of your strategic goals for 2025. Keeping employees motivated, aligned, and equipped to meet your objectives can feel like a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be. By leveraging outsourced HR compliance...
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HR Compliance Update | December 16, 2024
FEDERAL UPDATES OSHA – PPE for Construction Workers. Beginning in January, OSHA will require that construction employers ensure that appropriate PPE is provided (hard hats, safety harnesses, vests, gloves, protective footwear, respiratory protection, etc.) and that...
Tax Impound Account Best Practices
When it comes to payroll taxes, the margin for getting it wrong is, well, none. And yet some risky practices persist, perhaps in the mistaken belief that high-profile cases of disaster are the result of practices so egregious that anyone with a little common sense can...
When is it appropriate to use a performance improvement plan (PIP) as opposed to a disciplinary action notice or a record of employee conversation?
Performance improvement plans (PIPs) are best suited for performance issues, such as an employee not hitting their required sales goals or failing to complete projects on time. PIPs are put in place for a pre-determined period (often 90—120 days) and involve regular...
Ban the Box and Employee Background Checks
Fair chance laws impact candidate background screening Pre-employment background screening, including criminal and credit histories, resume verification, and drug testing, is an important tool in the hiring process for most organizations. These tests help employers...
Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Requirements by May 25, 2018
Employers doing business in the European Union (EU) or who have employees who are EU residents need to comply with the Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which takes effect May 25. Employees will be requesting copies of their employee data, and these businesses...
ACA Rate Change Season Upon Us
ACA Rate Change Season Upon UsState if VA Insurers Forecast Big Price Jumps – Other States In Same FixInitial filings from several insurers aiming to participate on the state’s ACA marketplace in 2019 show double-digit rate hikes.According to Documents Filed with...
HHS Releases Plans – Deregulation With Focus on Financial Risk … Non-ACA Plans
HHS Releases Plans – Deregulation With Focus on Financial Risk … Non-ACA PlansProviders, insurers and pharmacies can expect a major regulatory overhaul later this year.The administration’s spring 2018 unified agenda, released on Wednesday, offered a preview into...
Administration Unveils ‘American Patients First’ Plan on Drug Costs
Administration Unveils ‘American Patients First’ Plan on Drug CostsThe administration unveiled it’s policy plan to tackle the rising cost of drugs. The "American Patients First" blueprint builds on the administration’s 2019 budget proposal and calls for changes in...
The ACA Health Plan Draft Labor Rule Needs Rewrite
The ACA Health Plan Draft Labor Rule Needs RewriteThe administration has been looking for lifeboats for Americans trapped in old ACA exchanges. One project is to expand “association health plans,” on Association Health Plan (AHPs), that let employers team up to offer...
Why Healthcare Needs to Invest in Consumer Journeys
Why Healthcare Needs to Invest in Consumer JourneysFor healthcare organizations to improve their consumer experience, they need to emphatically understand their experience from start to finish. A proven way to do that is by mapping the consumer journey.As healthcare...
Affordable Health Care Gallup Poll Results
Affordable Health Care Gallup Poll ResultsHigher than in past surveys, fifty-five percent of Americans worry a “great deal” about affordable health care, according to a recent Gallup poll. With numerous problems facing the country, health care is most noted and...
How Gender Bias Creeps into Performance Reviews
Women still haven’t caught up to men in the workplace According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Pay Gap Report, the average pay for men in 2017 was $21,000, but for women it was only $12,000. There hasn’t been meaningful improvement in closing this gap in...
Technology For Agile Workers
Should the company provide tech devices? In most cases, a business does not owe remote employees any office furnishings, supplies, or technology as a matter of law. That’s because the ability to work from home is generally viewed as an employee benefit. Ask your...
Protecting Employee Personal Information with GDPR
Data privacy under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most sweeping data privacy regulation in decades. It protects personally identifying information (PII) for EU citizens that is collected, used,...
Workplace Wellness: How You Can Minimize the Costs of Employee Illness
Learn the most expensive medical conditions impacting your company’s healthcare plan — and bottom line According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), sick employees cost U.S. employers billions of dollars each year. Illnesses range from colds, flu,...
Can I ask an employee if she’s pregnant?
We recommend you not ask an employee if she’s pregnant. Generally, employers may not inquire about an employee's private health information unless an employee has requested an accommodation or leave. It’s understandable that you will need to plan for her absence;...
Reimbursement, Quality Scores & Risk Adjustment Improve HCC Practices
Reimbursement, Quality Scores & Risk Adjustment Improve HCC PracticesHierarchical condition categories (HCCs) reveal the severity, complexity and interaction of member conditions. They are used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to adjust risk...
Advanced Bill Allowing Veterans to See More Private Health Providers
Advanced Bill Allowing Veterans to See More Private Health ProvidersA US House of Representatives panel has advanced legislation to allows more veterans to see doctors outside the Veterans Affairs system. The bill, the VA MISSION Act, passed the House Veterans Affairs...
Kicking Grunt Work to the Curb
How AI will transform the workplace Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has grown exponentially over the last decade as data volumes increase and computing power and storage continues to improve.According to SAS, “AI makes it possible for machines to learn from...
Four Payroll Challenges Facing Global Businesses
Global payroll management simplifies a very complex process Over the last three decades, trade has become increasingly international. In the search for new streams of revenue, more companies seek to expand their global footprint. In the past, only large Fortune 500...
Simplified Health Policies Cheaper but Riskier Than ACA Plans
Simplified Health Policies Cheaper but Riskier Than ACA PlansInsurance agents say individuals are buying indemnity plans instead of ACA coverage, which has become far more costlySales are growing for a type of limited health policy offering a cheaper alternative to...
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