Many employers have asked employees to submit proof of a COVID-19 vaccination before returning to work in an office or other facility. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), it is permissible to do so if exceptions are allowed for people with disabilities...
In many industries, the job interview process has become a game of sorts. Books and websites are filled with tips for applicants on how to best answer common questions. Type the phrase “answers to job interview questions” into a search engine and you will instantly...
In a recent press release, the Social Security Administration (SSA) advised employers to use its Business Services Online (BSO) Portal to correct employee name and Social Security number (SSN) errors. Doing so will ensure accurate wage reporting for employees. In addition, the SSA announced that it...
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), signed into law earlier this year, amended and extended the tax credits available to eligible employers that provide paid sick and family leave. This relief is consistent with the COVID-related leave originally provided under the Families First Coronavirus Response...
As weather-related events continue to occur with great frequency and severity across the country, it is possible that one of your 401(k) participants might request a hardship distribution to pay for home repairs. Employers that sponsor 401(k) plans must be prepared to properly determine whether...
To keep up with the ever-changing nature and demands of the modern workplace, employers need to regularly identify, evaluate, and occasionally roll out well-executed human resources (HR) initiatives. Examples range from projects as ambitious as implementing a cloud-based HR portal for employees to the relatively...
Many employers have established Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) as a tax-advantaged way to allow employees to receive reimbursements for out-of-pocket medical expenses. What is often overlooked is that, under certain circumstances, HRAs can function as an investment and savings vehicle. For example, an employer establishes an...
Although optimism is high that the pandemic may be gradually drawing to a close in the United States, not everyone will be heading back to the office. Many employers intend to allow certain employees to continue working remotely and, in fact, some employees are demanding...
Vaccines for COVID-19 have been available for months now. Currently, about half of adults in the United States are fully vaccinated and many more than that have had at least one shot. Yet, in all this time, employers have not received much guidance from the U.S....
A health care plan with fewer than 50 participants that is administered by a sponsoring employer may have fewer compliance hassles. That is because it is excluded from the definition of a ‘group health plan’ under administrative simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and...