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OSHA Winter Weather Safety and Legal Guidelines
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has much to say about how you need to keep employees safe when the winter winds are howling. Also, the Fair Labor Standards Act and state laws have spawned reams of rules on when you are obliged to pay workers...
New OSHA 300A Form Must be Posted by February 1st
Have you prepared your new OSHA 300A Form to be posted by February 1, 2015 yet? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandates that all employers who are required to maintain the OSHA 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses post a summary of...
Should Employers Provide Paid Sick Leave?
As noted by President Obama in his recent State of the Union Address, many employers do not provide paid sick leave. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 73 percent of U.S. employers provide paid sick leave to full-time workers, and 27 percent do so for...
Disabled Access Tax Credit
The disabled access tax credit is one of the tax breaks available from the IRS to businesses when they accommodate disabled individuals. Here is a brief summary of three key tax breaks: 1. The disabled access credit A small business may be entitled to a nonrefundable...
E-Verify and Form I-9
E-Verify, an internet-based system, helps employers accurately and quickly compare the information that a newly hired employee provides on the I-9 Form, regarding his or her Employment Eligibility Verification. This information is compared against millions of...
Affordable Care Act Reporting for Employers
The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Employer Mandate began on January 1st. The mandate requires that all businesses with over 50 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees provide health insurance for their full-time employees, or pay a per month “Employer Shared Responsibility...
Employee Break Schedule Issues
One of the most common questions we hear from our clients regarding employee break schedule issues is whether employers may give different break amounts and schedules to employees in different departments. You may have different rest and meal periods for employees...
New York Annual Wage Notice No Longer Required
At the end of 2014, Governor Cuomo signed the bill eliminating the New York annual wage notice requirement under the Wage Theft Prevention Act that employers in New York provide to their employees. The New York State Department of Labor has included the following...
