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HR Rules and Regulations: A Guide to Compliance

HR Digest

It is essential for HR professionals to understand the various laws that safeguard protected classes of individuals, including the following: Age Discrimination in Employment Act: This law protects individuals aged 40 and above from age-based employment discrimination.

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Employee Benefits Guide for 2023: What Employers Need To Know

Vantage Circle

The organization pays specific amounts to cover an employee's medical care. Other types of medical care involve dental checkups, biometric screening, etc. Keeping this in mind, the organization offering to cover their employee's medical insurance is a huge load off of their shoulders.

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Chipotle Mexican Grill introduces financial and mental wellbeing benefits

Employee Benefits

These include a SupportLinc employee assistance programme, supplied by by CuraLinc Healthcare, which includes six free sessions with a licensed counsellor or mental health coach, as well as access to tools, resources and community support for legal, financial and family matters.

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Musab Hemsi: When it comes to baby loss, employers should not forget about fathers

Employee Benefits

Time off after a bereavement is not specifically catered for in law, but most employers do offer compassionate leave, although some only pay the statutory amount. If the psychological impact on a bereaved employee is prolonged or severe, they could be considered disabled, and that is when the Equality Act kicks in.

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The American Rescue Plan Act: COBRA Subsidies and Other Employee Benefit Changes

McNees

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “Act”) was signed into law on March 11, 2021. The Act increases the amount an employee can exclude from the employee’s income and contribute to a dependent care assistance plan from $5,000 to $10,500 for the year 2021 only. Credit for Paid Sick Leave and Paid Family Medical Leave.

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February 2024 HR Update

Higginbotham

Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule implementing a tougher analysis for worker classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Employers who reclassify workers as employees should consider how this change impacts their employee benefits, including their compliance obligations under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

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The UK workplace sector reacts to the Spring Budget 2023

Workplace Insight

The abolition of the cap on the amount people can accumulate in pensions savings over their lifetime before having to pay extra tax (currently £1.07m) Tax-free yearly allowance for pension pot to rise from £40,000 to £60,000. It is also critical that this new early-years funding doesn’t infringe on existing rights to parental leave.