Preventing Unemployment Claims

Preventing Unemployment Claims

Employers are often surprised at how easily a former employee can establish a successful unemployment claim.  With respect to unemployment claims, the largest misconception among employers is that terminating an employee for substandard performance will disqualify the...
Enforcing Rest Breaks and Meal Periods

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...
Social Security Benefit Increase for 2015

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

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...

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