Most companies are required to post their annual OSHA injury summary (300A) by February 1, 2014. The summary must be posted from 2/1/14 to 4/30/14 and it must be posted whether or not there were recorded injuries. If your company had ten (10) or fewer employees at all times during…
How To Attract Top Talent That Will Stay Is your strategy for finding and keeping good people more like a fishing net or a magnet? Sounds odd, but the analogy is truly illustrative of the changes that innovative companies, large and small, are making in 2014. Not only…
Important Changes Effective in 2014 While certainly not a complete list, here are several important changes to payroll/HR rules and regulations that may affect your business in 2014. And, many of them need to be paid attention to prior to your first payroll of January. HEALTH COVERAGE COST INFORMATION…
OVERVIEW A federal district court did not abuse its discretion by awarding almost $698,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs to a former United Parcel Service Inc. employee who won a $27,280 sex discrimination verdict under California law, but did not prevail on age discrimination, retaliation or state tort claims and…
If we can’t laugh at ourselves, then we are taking ourselves too seriously. Enjoy! e-mail one Attention: Human Resources Joe Smith, my assistant programmer, can always be found hard at work in his cubicle. Joe works independently, without wasting company time talking to colleagues. Joe never thinks twice about assisting…
MINDBODY Exchange Combining a nationwide corporate wellness network and innovative software solutions Healthier, happier employees work better and work smarter. MINDBODY Exchange helps YPP offer our clients’ employees preventive care through the world’s largest network of integrative healthcare practitioners (from acupuncture to yoga)! Today over 116 million Americans are affected…
There is good news and bad news for small businesses now that the ACA small group and individual exchanges are up and running. The good news is that there are more options for you to offer health insurance to your employees. These added benefits options can help you attract and…
Exchange Notices Due to All Employees by 10/1/2013 Employers keeping up with key dates under the Affordable Care Act have been busy preparing the Exchange Notices due to employees by October 1, 2013 and then ensuring a process to provide it to each new employee within 14 days of their hire…
A recent HR fundamentals training we provided emphasized the confusion regarding when and how you must provide final wages to terminating employees. When you terminate or lay off an employee: The final paycheck must be given to the employee at the time of termination or layoff. Employees who quit with…
What You Need to Know and Do As an employer, you have the responsibility under the Affordable Care Act to notify your employees of the existence of the Health Insurance Marketplace, or “Exchange”, no later than October 1, 2013. The notice must be provided to all employees whether or…
