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Hawaii House Puts Civil Unions on Ice Articles Benefits And Leave, Domestic Partners Hawaii Employers in Hawaii will not have to modify their benefits programs to account for civil unions any time soon. .
Employer's Handbook: Complying with IRS Employee Benefits Rules Book Benefits And Leave The Employer's Handbook: Complying with IRS Employee Benefits Rules gives you step-by-step guidance and practical strategies that help you understand and comply with complex, overlapping employee benefit regulations.
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.
Confidence in Employer-based System Erodes in Face of Inflation, Recession News Benefits And Leave, Fringe Benefits In a National Business Group on Health/Towers Watson survey, employers expressed increased uncertainty about the future of employer-sponsored benefits. .
Tax Treatment of Same-sex Partner Coverage News Benefits And Leave, Domestic Partners, Health Care, Policies And Liability More employers provide benefits to the domestic partners of their employees, and that includes opposite-sex and same-sex partners. Employers that does so quickly discover providing such benefits can be complicated — and tax treatment of these benefits can be complex.
GSA Adjusts Mileage Rate to Match IRS’ for 2010 News Benefits And Leave When the IRS updates the standard mileage reimbursement rates for business use of an automobile, the General Services Administration (GSA) usually follows suit by amending the federal travel regulations (FTR) that govern federal employee travel.
‘Reasonable’ SPD Distribution Sinks Member Case Against Plan News Benefits And Leave, Policies And Liability, Self Insurance Satisfactory ERISA document distribution for summary plan descriptions (SPDs) saved a plan from one ex-employee’s allegations, because the process was “reasonably calculated” to ensure receipt by members, a federal district court in Pittsburgh ruled (Davis v.
Unlimited Sick Leave Is Not Subject to "Kin Care" Law, Calif. Supreme Court Holds News Benefits And Leave California An employer that allows employees to take unlimited paid sick leave to care for themselves is not obligated under the state's "kin care" law to allow them to use 1/2 of their accrued leave to care for a sick relative, the California Supreme Court ruled Feb.
Your Flexible Benefit Questions Answered Here News Benefits And Leave, Fringe Benefits, Health Care, Policies And Liability Every quarter, the Flex Plan Handbook gathers some of the questions we have received from subscribers and other sources, and provide the responses in the hope that readers who face similar circumstances may find them instructive.
DOL’s Electronic Filing System Ready to Receive Form 5500 Filings News Benefits And Leave, Fringe Benefits, Labor Government Agencies The Department of Labor’s (DOL) new online filing system — EFAST2 (the ERISA Filing Acceptance System II) — is operational and ready to receive and process Forms 5500. The DOL announced that it activated the new electronic filing system on Dec.