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Employee Benefits: The Only Guide You Need

Achievers

The term “employee benefits” is used regularly, but often with a limited, traditional definition in mind. Federal and state mandated benefits include health insurance, worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, and required leave time for caring for family and/or personal medical purposes.

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Workplace boundaries: Examples to create a healthier work environment

Business Management Daily

Do not equate the act of setting boundaries at work with selfishness. Rather, understand how work boundaries assist with performance and job satisfaction. They promote better mental health and work-life balance. However, times exist when she really needs team members to leave her alone. Ask Patricia.

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New CDC guidelines affect return to work plans

Business Management Daily

New Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines offer an updated definition of “close contact.” For employers, the “close contact” definition comes into play when tracing contacts in the workplace. Alternatively, a previously symptomatic, employee may return to work after two negative tests at least 24 hours apart.

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What New Leave, Stimulus Legislation Mean for HR and Employee Communications

Flimp Communications

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the second piece of legislation, makes provision for paid sick or family leave for reasons related to the COVID-19 outbreak. Its focus is narrow , and the money affects only a few sectors of the medical and insurance business.

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Accommodating working parents during COVID-19

Business Management Daily

Each of these factors impacts the employer’s options under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The FFCRA provides two types of paid leave to working parents, emergency paid sick leave (EPSL) and paid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ).

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Mental health in the workplace: What HR needs to know

Business Management Daily

These laws include the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ). An employee with depression, for example, may also suffer from anxiety and/or PTSD. Get medical information to confirm that this is an employee with depression or other mental health issues.

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What employees expect from benefits packages

Business Management Daily

Someone definitely could view an employee benefits package that lacks health insurance or paid sick days as a reason to not accept an offer of employment. On the flip side, going beyond minimum expectations in such areas quickly separates your business from the crowd. According to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), U.S.