Q: An employee will be out for up to 6 weeks for a medical reason and has requested a leave of absence. Should the employee follow Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) guidelines and fill out paperwork as they were injured at a second job? How should we proceed? A: If...
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on a job applicant’s or employee’s religion. But did you know that federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws also require employers to provide religious accommodations in the workplace for...
The Affordable Care Act’s “employer mandate” is a requirement 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...
If not managed effectively, an employee’s absence from work – regardless of how short and temporary it may be – can strain resources and morale. Whenever an employee plans to or unexpectedly needs to take time off, these leave administration best...
The pace of Health Savings Account (HSA) formation has picked up. A survey by the industry group “America’s Health Insurance Plans” (AHIP) found 28 percent of the nearly 400,000 HSAs in existence at the end of 2012 were established that same year. In...