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The Family and Medical Leave Act and How Employer’s Can Be Compliant
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides certain employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year. It also requires that their group health benefits be maintained during the leave. FMLA is designed to help employees balance their work and family responsibilities by allowing them to take reasonable unpaid leave for certain family and medical reasons. It also seeks to accommodate ..
The Form 1042-S and W-8 Update –Complying with IRS Information Reporting for Nonresident Aliens
Do you have a plan to deal with IRS demands for backup withholding if you failed to deduct from payments to Nonresident Aliens' (NRAs)? The IRS is working hard to reduce the delinquent tax burden. They know companies are becoming relatively compliant with 1099 reporting, but they also understand that companies and their advisors are less sure when it comes to identifying and performing backup withholding on..
The FTC Ban on Non-Compete Agreements: What Employers Need to Know
The FTC estimates that 30 million people – one in five US workers – are bound by a noncompete clause in their current jobs. And for most of them, the agency asserts, such a clause restricts them from freely switching jobs, lowers wages, stifles innovation, blocks entrepreneurs from starting new businesses and undermines fair competition.The final rule is a somewhat narrower version of the proposed rule that..
The Good, Bad and Ugly of PTO in 2023 (and Why you Need to Ditch PTO as a Policy)
This program will explore PTO. We will examine the benefits and detriment of PTO policies, the procedural problems that arise with application of PTO, the legal compliance issues that arise with PTO, and the alternatives to a holistic PTO policy toward employee leave. Areas Covered Definitions of PTO The benefits of PTOThe detriments of PTOThe impact of the federal laws on PTO and the compliance concerns th..
The Keys to an Effective NPO Board of Directors : Legal and Management Roles and Responsibilities
Today's non-profit organizations, from large community hospitals to small community arts groups, must gear their operation to an atmosphere of rapid change, their chosen goals ever open to evaluation, their methods flexible, and their programs and services responsive to the needs of their constituencies. An effective and well-trained Board ofDirectors is an essential key for the long-term success of t..
The Magic of Engagement – Putting the WOW Factor into Creating Exceptional Customer Service
Accountability, with engagement, equals profitability. When everyone gets that they are the customer/client/patient experience, no matter what their function or degree of contact with the client is, they will connect at an accelerated level that will differentiate you from your competition. What do great managers know that average managers do not when it comes to employee training, retention, and motivation..
The Manager as Coach
Managing and motivating an increasingly diverse workforce, along with a blend of virtual, hybrid and distributed teams, poses unique challenges. To meet these challenges and positively influence employee performance, today’s managers must shift from traditional management approaches to more of a coaching role. When managers provide guidance and support through coaching, teams are more high-performing, colla..
The Monte Carlo Simulations in Excel for Risky Investments
This workshop is about understanding what is behind the Monte Carlo Simulation. First, you will find out who is using simulations and for what purposes (risk analysis, operations, investments.) The next part is about having fun applying simulations - rolling dice on a spreadsheet. Once you understand how it is done we can go into a couple of projects. One project is when we simulate a four years budget for ..
The New 80-20: Drug Testing and the Laws on Marijuana
This program will cover what you need to include for drug testing, why you need drug testing information, the significance of drug testing under SAMHSA, distinctions in testing that can emerge, and what you need to include in our handbook, as well as other critical issues in drug testing for prescriptions, interactions, and other hot testing issues. Areas CoveredGeneral understanding of the impo..
The New I9 – Mandated Requirements for Worker Verification and Authorization
In February 2020, the USCIS released its long-announced revision of the I9. Federal law requires that every employer who recruits, refers for a fee, or hires an individual for employment in the U.S. must complete Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. The Form I-9 process, managed by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, will help you verify your employee's identity and employment authoriza..
The New Overtime Rules: Get Yourself and Your Workforce Ready
Overtime rules are nothing new. We know that certain employees must be paid overtime rates when working more than forty hours per week. Other workers are not subject to overtime rules. What is very possibly changing, however, is the Department of Labor’s salary basis that contributes to the delineation between these groups. Currently, exemptions for workers of overtime rates under the Fair Labor Standards A..
The New USCIS Form I-9 and Remote Verification Option: How to Properly Complete, Retain, and Purge the I-9 and Avoid Fines
On August 1, 2023, the USCIS published a Revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, along with several rule changes. Employers were able to use the current form without penalty through the end of October, but starting on Nov. 1, 2023, the prior version of Form I-9 is obsolete and no longer valid for use.The USCIS states that “The newly updated Form I-9 contains myriad revisions to the form and i..
The New W4 - How to Help Your Employees Navigate the Sections for Accurate Withholdings
The newly designed W4 has five different, multi-part sections that go from simple to very complex. The idea is to have employees with multiple jobs, and/or significant other incomes anticipated in the year, have more withholding taken from their paychecks. What the IRS is trying to prevent is taxpayers from owing significant amounts at the end of a tax year.In 2021, the IRS significantly changed one..
The Pregnancy Fairness Act: New Regulations from the EEOC
This webinar will discuss the Guidance provided by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that is designed to assist employers in complying with the Pregnant Worker Fairness Act (PWFA). The PWFA requires a covered entity to make reasonable accommodations to a qualified employee’s or applicant’s known limitations related to, affected by, or arising out of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condit..
The Supervisor as Your Chief Retention Officer
Crisis at a small or large scale can bring about permanent changes in an organizations’ workplace. As new practices enter the work environment, remote work becomes the norm, social distancing shifts requirements, mask mandates, your frontline leaders, more than ever play an important part in retention practices.What is Retention?"The classic organization is characterized by the command-and-control style of ..