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On Again, Off Again: Can you Control Intermittent Leave Under the FMLA? Recorded Training Benefits And Leave, FMLA, Policies And Liability One of the most difficult areas for HR professionals to deal with is intermittent leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Because the nature of the leave and the law, managers often feel handcuffed by employees who sometimes abuse the amount and time granted to them under the law, leaving employers short-handed.
W-2 for 2010 Smart Start: Ensure Compliance with Federal and State Requirements Recorded Training Compensation And Evaluation, Policies And Liability Every year, you have to know and respond to changes made in W-2 processing procedures.  And, with all the new employment and pay laws coming out of Washington, you can’t afford to get behind this year.
Taming the eDiscovery Beast: Proactive Measures to Slash Costs and Reduce Risks Recorded Training Policies And Liability Electronic document management and eDiscovery are extremely significant but often overlooked areas of corporate operations -- until litigation occurs and an organization has to scramble to preserve, collect, review and produce potentially vast quantities of electronic records.
Form 5500 Update -- Recent Rulings on Electronic Filing and Processing System Recorded Training Benefits And Leave, Policies And Liability, Retirement Plans It's been a long time coming, but the Department of Labor's mandatory electronic filing system for Form 5500s (known as EFAST2) is finally here!.
Can You Ask Hourly Employees to "Work" After Work: Paying for Cell Phone and Email Use Recorded Training Compensation And Evaluation, Minimum Wage, Overtime, Policies And Liability, Staffing And Contractors, Wage and Hour Laws With cell phone use and email accessibility virtually ubiquitous, what can be considered "working time?" If you require your hourly employees to be responsible for communicating via their cell phones and responding to emails after working hours, must you be compensating them for that time? What if it is just a few minutes or even seconds at a time and doesn't add up to even an hour's work, does that count? How do you calculate that time if responding to emails is expected but not explicitly dictated in company policy?.
New HIPAA Notification Rules for Breaches of Protected Health Information Recorded Training Health Care, Health IT, Policies And Liability, Privacy Group health plans must notify individuals of data breaches occurring on or after Sept. 23, now that federal rules have been issued on this new requirement added to HIPAA by February’s HITECH Act.
Religious Accommodations in the Workplace Recorded Training Discrimination, Policies And Liability, Reasonable Accommodation, Staffing And Contractors, Worker Rights All too often employers do not realize they have an affirmative obligation to accommodate their employee’s religious beliefs and practices.  Many immediately say “too difficult” or “if we accommodate you, we have to do it for everyone.
Workforce Analytics-Determining if it is Right for Your Organization Recorded Training Policies And Liability, Staffing And Contractors How much is turnover costing you? Are you worried upper management is measuring the wrong things when it comes to HR? Is your remote workforce cost effective and productive compared to employees who work in the office? If your answer to these questions is, "I haven't got a clue!" then perhaps it is time you began exploring the area of workforce analytics or metrics-based HR.
Effective Telecommuting-Ensuring Productivity While Balancing Corporate Needs and Avoiding Legal Liability Recorded Training Benefits And Leave, Compensation And Evaluation, Discipline and Discharge, Discrimination, FLSA, FMLA, Fringe Benefits, Health And Safety, Minimum Wage, New Hires, Overtime, Policies And Liability, Reasonable Accommodation, Staffing And Contractors, Wage and Hour Laws, Work Conditions Recently with economic pressure and other threats (like H1N1 flu) pressuring businesses to consolidate or eliminate office space, lots of employers are offering telecommuting as a relatively cost-effective alternative.
Payroll End of Year: Guidance for Closing Out 2009 and Opening 2010 Recorded Training Fringe Benefits, Minimum Wage, Policies And Liability, Wage and Hour Laws Year end is fast approaching, so once again it is time for the payroll department to close out and update information for 2009 to prepare for 2010.  In this busiest time of year for payroll professionals, you need help in navigating the complex compliance issues that affect year end and year beginning.