BerniePortal

JULY 27, 2020

Department of Labor (DOL) recently released new Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) return-to-work guidance for organizations to follow during the coronavirus pandemic, including paid leave requirements for covered employers through Dec. Here's what you need to know.

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Achievers

AUGUST 4, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic blindsided businesses and economies all around the world. Whether leaders took control over what they could or avoided anything pandemic-related, how did employees rate their company’s handling of COVID-19? Have workers changed how they think about their company since COVID-19’s onset?

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InterWest Insurance Services

APRIL 18, 2024

A recent study found that the number of mental health leave-of-absence requests has grown by a third since the COVID-19 pandemic. And, data from ComPsych , a provider of employee assistance programs (EAPs), shows that such leave requests have skyrocketed by more than 300% in the past six years.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 3, 2024

It has also removed the Working Time (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, which affect the accrual of Covid-19 carryover leave and has maintained the current rates of holiday pay where four weeks is paid at normal rate and 1.6 weeks paid at basic rate while retaining the two different types of leave.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The Family and Medical Leave Act came out with certain new provisions under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) for virus-related illnesses. Employers who employ 500 or more employees and fall outside the ambit of the FFCRA are still obliged to grant paid leave under the FMLA. Employers should be covered.

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Achievers

JULY 1, 2020

However, after the COVID-19 shutdowns, “back to the office” doesn’t necessarily mean “back to normal.” Another option to maintain safety is to reduce employee contact is staggered scheduling , which allows employees to arrive and leave at different hours to avoid congestion. COVID-19 infection readiness.

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InterWest Insurance Services

DECEMBER 20, 2022

7) Permanent COVID standard. As the year was drawing to a close, Cal/OSHA was working on a COVID-19 standard to replace the emergency standard that has been in place since 2020. 9) Bereavement leave. Starting Jan. The proposed language would require the methods of ventilation to be “effective.”. 8) CalSavers expanded.

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InterWest Insurance Services

JULY 20, 2022

The California State Supreme Court will take up a case to decide whether an employer can be sued for liability when a worker contracts COVID-19 at work and then passes it on to a family member. The 9 th U.S. The court’s opinion could have a profound effect on how these types of cases are handled in the future.

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Best Money Moves

APRIL 27, 2021

Workplace Vaccine Strategy for COVID-19. As COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available to Americans, workforces must decide how to handle vaccine strategies among their employees. As COVID-19 vaccines become more available, more and more employers are evaluating their role in the immunization program.

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Workplace Insight

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

External factors like the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis have had profound impacts on many people’s wellbeing. “It’s good to see that slightly more organisations are approaching health and wellbeing through a stand-alone strategy.

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Business Management Daily

MAY 5, 2021

Since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in earnest last March, the courts have been flooded with lawsuits. From risk to exposure and wrongful death claims to leave denial, the ADA, retaliation cases, and more, businesses find themselves in tricky legal situations. There have been 1280 lawsuits filed in the last six weeks alone.

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InterWest Insurance Services

MAY 6, 2022

Cal/OSHA has issued new language that amends its current COVID-19 emergency temporary standard and pushes back the expiration date of the ETS until the end of the year. The proposed ETS makes a number of changes to the existing version, but leaves most of it in place. Employers will not be required to test returned cases.

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Insperity

MARCH 17, 2020

News about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 or “the coronavirus”) pandemic understandably can be unsettling, but infectious disease outbreaks need not induce panic. With those needs in mind, here’s what you need to know to plan, prepare and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. How to help protect employees and customers.

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PeopleKeep

MARCH 8, 2023

No employer wants to see a good employee leave their company. Recent research 1 found that 43% of individuals who quit during the COVID-19 pandemic admitted they should have stayed at their old job. However, just because a worker resigns doesn’t mean they won’t be back.

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Employee Benefits

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The employee benefits technology firm’s study, released to mark World Mental Health Day (10 October), found that 19% of respondents currently offer employees a wellbeing allowance as part of their benefits package. Other popular options include bikes-for-work schemes (23%), mindfulness programmes (21%) and menopause support (17%).

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Insperity

APRIL 22, 2021

There’s a light at the end of the tunnel – COVID-19 vaccinations are ramping up and the pandemic may be over in the foreseeable future. But the question remains, how will COVID-19 change the workplace for the long haul? Some locations had laws of this nature already in place, often as part of a mandatory sick-leave law.

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Hireology

APRIL 9, 2020

Organizations across industries and around the world are facing unprecedented challenges as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A crisis such as the one happening now with COVID-19 leaves organizations, employees and job candidates with a lot of questions.

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Best Money Moves

AUGUST 19, 2020

The caregiver crisis at work during the COVID-19 pandemic. More than half of parents who quit their jobs and filed for unemployment benefits this spring said closures of schools and daycare facilities due to the developing COVID-19 pandemic forced them to quit, according to research by Morning Consult for the Bipartisan Policy Center.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2023

Have you ever wondered how COVID-19 has affected gender equality in the workplace ? A report titled “COVID-19 and gender equality: Countering the regressive effect” dives into this topic and provides some eye-opening insights. Women’s jobs are 1.8

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Business Management Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The CDC guidance provides a roadmap for employers allowing employees back into the workplace after recovering from COVID-19. The guidance provides an exception for employees who had a prior COVID diagnosis within the last three months. Employers should understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to COVID.

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Best Money Moves

AUGUST 11, 2021

Combat COVID-19 Burnout With These 3 PTO Strategies. Yet, even before the COVID-19 pandemic, American workers have a history of not taking full advantage of their PTO. Let’s break down three strategies to combat COVID-19 burnout by encouraging PTO. Try these three strategies to encourage PTO use.

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BerniePortal

MARCH 17, 2022

However, with the COVID-19 Pandemic creating new challenges, HR teams have more on their plates than ever. But how can you support HR and keep them from leaving your organization? HR teams keep an organization going and growing. As a result, HR is experiencing an increase in burnout and turnover.

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AssuredPartners

MARCH 25, 2020

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Best Money Moves

AUGUST 31, 2021

4 reasons employees are quitting post-COVID-19. has seen unprecedented numbers of employees leaving their jobs after the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a period of incredible change, and it’s not over yet – an unprecedented number of employees are quitting their jobs.

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InterWest Insurance Services

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Two bills wending their way through the state Legislature would increase the amount of sick days workers in the Golden State can take as well as expand — once again — the definition of “family” for the purposes of paid family leave. Employees could continue accruing sick leave at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked.

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Employee Benefits

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

It found that the top causes of short-term absence were minor illnesses (94%), musculoskeletal injuries (45%) and mental ill health (39%), with 37% of organisations reporting Covid-19 as still being a significant cause of short-term absence.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Most employees are still struggling in the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis Many people work from home and they face debts and difficult financial positions. People leave their workplaces because they are not satisfied with the retirement plan or they find better conditions somewhere else.

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Employee Benefits

MAY 16, 2023

The policy pre-dates the Covid-19 pandemic, but makes even more sense when people often work remotely, he adds. In practice, this means employees are responsible for coordinating periods of leave with their colleagues and managers, and for delivering on their objectives. “We

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Business Management Daily

MAY 26, 2021

Then Congress passed a series of laws designed to protect employees, provide limited paid leave, and help employers pay workers. Until the COVID-19 pandemic struck, there was no federal law requiring most private-sector employers to provide paid leave. The Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ) doesn’t either.

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Best Money Moves

MAY 20, 2020

Who qualifies for paid leave under the new coronavirus law? How to determine employee eligibility for paid sick leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The emergency paid leave program established by the FFCRA helps employees who don’t have paid leave benefits through their employer.

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Snell & Wilmer Benefits

JANUARY 24, 2023

IRS Notice 2020-15 – IRS made an exception allowing HDHPs to cover COVID-19 testing and treatment on a pre-deductible basis but did not provide any relief for waiving HDHP deductibles for telehealth visits that are not for COVID-19 testing or treatment. However, for non-calendar plan years, it may leave a gap in coverage.

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Employee Benefits

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Wells initially joined as office manager, but has since taken on responsibility for other areas, including HR, and has set about further developing the organisation’s culture in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. People don’t tend to leave us, and when they do they always say they love the culture,” says Wells.

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Higginbotham

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Agencies Issue FAQs on Coverage of COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing. 4, 2022, the Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury (Departments) jointly issued FAQs ( FAQs Part 52 ) regarding coverage of over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 tests. California Passes Supplemental COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave.

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Best Money Moves

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

3 tips for working from home during COVID-19. Seventy percent of full-time employees are working from home during COVID-19 and 75 percent of them say they’re equally or more productive now than they were at the office, according to research by Owl Labs. 3 Tips for Working From Home During COVID-19.

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BerniePortal

JUNE 7, 2021

Legislative responses to the COVID-19 pandemic introduced entirely new compliance requirements for small and mid-sized employers. And while many regulations helped keep team members on staff, many organizations can’t keep up with paid leave requirements and other employee assistance measures.

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PeopleStrategy

MAY 27, 2020

The uncertainties that the COVID-19 pandemic created regarding public health and the economy continue to linger and may for several months or longer. Returning to work post COVID-19 will involve its fair share of complications for HR leaders and their teams, but it can be done. Personnel and workspace considerations.

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Employee Benefits

JUNE 9, 2023

By Tracey Ward, Head of Business Development & Marketing at Generali UK Employee Benefits Over 2 million people in the UK with self-reported Long Covid have now had symptoms for at least a year. Obviously Long Covid has been a big, big part of that. This is the question we posed to our two experts as part of a recent podcast.*

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