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Think #Workflex – A Win for Both Employers and Employees

HR Bartender

I think I’ve mentioned to you before that I’m a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Advocacy Team (aka the A-Team). As a human resources professional, it can be a challenge to keep up with legislation and compliance matters much less stay on top of the ones being discussed by our legislators.

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FMLA leave is complicated by sunsetting COVID relief act

Business Management Daily

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act’s (FFCRA) pending sunset creates challenges for employers and employees seeking FMLA leave for COVID related reasons. The FFCRA expanded Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ) rights and funded paid leave for many pandemic-related reasons. FMLA leave applies to mental health.

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Benchmarking Employee Benefits: How Do You Compare?

Stratus.HR

A number of states have also added paid sick leave to their list of required benefit offerings, making compliance easier to track when sick leave is separated from vacation. Benchmarking Employee Benefits: Recruiting and Retention. Benchmarking Takeaway.

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California HR law update — what employers everywhere need to know

Business Management Daily

New laws and court rulings have changed the already complicated Human Resource landscape for California employers. These cover the gamut from paid sick leave and medical leave, occupational safety rules, and expanded coverage for more family members like parents-in-law. Workplace whistleblowers.

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New employment laws to watch in 2020

Insperity

Changes at the state and local level: Paid leave policies. The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires that qualified employers grant up to 12 weeks per year of unpaid leave to eligible employees who need to care for family members or themselves. Set up an RSS feed or newsletter subscription for updates.

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Handbook revisions you can’t do without for 2021

Business Management Daily

Department of Labor (DOL) enforcement action on the new temporary paid leave provisions. And the first piece of evidence cited in litigation over FFCRA leave or sexual orientation discrimination? Your organization will need handbook rules that educate workers about their paid leave rights.

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Tracy Layney Makes Way for Her Vision

HR Digest

For example, over the past several years, we’ve implemented paid family leave and paid parental leave, as well as extended paid sick leave to part-time retail employees so our employees never have to choose between work and taking care of their own health, a new child, or a sick parent or spouse.

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