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Employees Speaking a Foreign Language at Work
Question: We have some employees who regularly converse in their native Spanish language. This creates an issue because other employees are worried they are being talked about but can’t understand it. How should we handle employees speaking a foreign language at work?...
Enforcing Rest Breaks and Meal Periods
Restaurants, coffee shops, hair salons, call centers, and customer-focused offices often have “just enough” staffing on hand at any given time. Limited staffing makes it challenging to relieve an employee for a rest period or meal break. An employee who leaves the...
Health Insurance Marketplace Open Enrollment Begins Nov. 15
The Health Insurance Marketplace open enrollment begins on November 15 for individuals to enroll in non-employer sponsored plans for 2015. While employers are generally not greatly impacted by open enrollment for individual plans, there are a few reasons why employers...
2014 Best Places to Work – 7th Year in a Row!
GTM is excited to once again be named to the Business Review's list of the 2014 Best Places to Work - our 7th consecutive year to be on the list! We are honored to be among so many important, successful businesses in the region. Read more about this, and see the full...
Why Your Business Should Have Employee Dishonesty Insurance
Employers should always be thorough in screening potential employees. Reference checks, background and drug screenings, as well as employment verification are all critical to the hiring process for any business, but sometimes, even when an employer makes the best...
Non-Compete Agreements: Should Your Company Have One?
A recent news story discussed a sandwich restaurant chain requiring its workers to sign non-compete agreements, which essentially state that if a worker leaves, they cannot get a new job at another sandwich restaurant chain within 3 miles of the restaurant for two...
Social Security Benefit Increase for 2015
The Social Security Administration announced today a 1.7% Social Security benefit increase for 2015. From the Social Security Administration’s press release: Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for nearly 64 million Americans will...
Affordable Care Act Upcoming Deadlines
Just around the corner is an immediate Affordable Care Act upcoming deadline - November 5, 2014. Fortunately that is not a difficult one to fulfill. The requirement is to get a "health plan identifier number," or HPID. Small plans -- those through which less than $5...
