December 2, 2024 | Benefits, Compliance, Health & Safety, Personnel/HR Records
How much time did you spend on HR tasks last month instead of growing your business? As we approach 2025, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face mounting challenges in managing their workforce while staying competitive. Many HR teams spend half their weeks processing payroll, fielding benefit questions, and managing workplace policies—time that could be spent […]
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March 11, 2022 | Health & Safety
According to the National Safety Council, every seven seconds a worker is injured on the job. As an employer, you have countless priorities to juggle each and every day – the safety of your workforce is likely right there at the top of the list. To achieve a safe workplace, you spend hours developing […]
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June 6, 2021 | Employee Relations, Health & Safety
In early May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated their public health recommendations for fully vaccinated people. According to the new guidance, those who are fully vaccinated will no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance themselves in most indoor and outdoor settings. However, exceptions to the CDC’s guidance remain, including settings […]
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February 15, 2021 | Benefits, Employee Relations, Health & Safety
Exploring the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and New York State Paid Sick Leave The Families First Coronavirus Response Act known as the FFCRA, which required employers to provide employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19, ended on December 31, 2020. The FFCRA had provided […]
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May 1, 2019 | Benefits, Compensation, Employee Relations, Health & Safety, HR Services, Personnel/HR Records, Recruiting & Employment, Training & Development
There’s a reason your job gets you out of bed in the morning, and it’s not the paperwork and other back-office tasks. As a business owner and leader, you’re driven to grow your revenue, improve your product or service, and collaborate with other talented people. And yet, those administrative tasks are calling your name […]
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March 14, 2019 | Health & Safety, Training & Development
We all want smooth workplace experiences, where everyone has the information they need and works well with everyone else to get the job done. But real-life workplaces feature employees with conflicting personalities, imperfect communication skills, and external pressures from financial or medical issues. If left unchecked, these stressors can surface as employee aggression in […]
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January 10, 2019 | Employee Relations, Health & Safety
Employers are facing more disability discrimination lawsuits than ever – despite their best compliance efforts. In the past year alone, over 25,000 ADA charges were filed by the EEOC. The right way to accommodate One area that’s often a point of contention? The accommodation process. Workers and employers can have a very different idea of […]
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March 16, 2015 | Benefits, Compensation, Employee Relations, Health & Safety
The Affordable Care Act has left many companies trying to balance the requirements of the law without significantly impacting their bottom line. The ACA requires all companies to provide health insurance if they have 100 or more full-time employees in 2015, while that number drops to 50 or more full-time employees in 2016. For […]
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