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How to Conduct a Remote Termination
One of the many new challenges that employers are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic is conducting terminations. Traditionally, terminations happen in-person, in a private office with HR and any other relevant departments represented. Now that many employees are...
OSHA Clarifies COVID-19 Infection Reporting Requirements for Employers
As temperatures begin to drop with the arrival of the fall season, certain areas of the U.S. are beginning to see a rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases. With infection rates trending back upward, it’s important for employers to understand what their responsibilities are...
Managing Political Discussion in the Workplace
Managing civil political conversations in the workplace is always a challenge for employers and can often feel like navigating a minefield in an election year. Within an increasingly polarizing political environment, it can certainly be easy to let political...
Medicare Part D Notices – An Overview for Employers
Employers and their group health plan sponsors will want to mark October 15, 2020 on their calendars. This is the deadline for plan sponsors to disclose to individuals who are eligible for Medicare Part D and to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...
COVID-19 Vaccine Considerations for Employers
Individuals, economies, and health care systems around the globe have been anxiously waiting for a COVID-19 vaccine. Fortunately, news from the vaccine developers is promising, and most reliable medical professionals agree that a vaccine will become widely available...
How to Have a Successful Open Enrollment in 2020
Open Enrollment is one of the trickiest things to figure out as an HR professional. As the people behind the coordination of the open enrollment process, it’s easy to think that employees will take full advantage of the opportunity to add new benefits, update...
How Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Impact Your Employee Benefits Program?
Many HR professionals are awaiting key information from insurers on healthcare costs for 2021. Given all the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and how it will impact healthcare costs for 2021 and beyond, employers may be faced with difficult decisions very...
11 Ways to Make Remote Onboarding Successful
With the COVID-19 pandemic in full force, more people are working remotely than ever before. Companies of all sizes are being tasked with the challenges of having an ever-increasing number of employees work in a virtual and remote environment. During this crisis,...
U.S. Department of Labor Issues Important FFCRA Regulations
The moment we have all been awaiting over the last several weeks has finally arrived. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued important regulations that clarify and revise who can qualify for emergency paid sick leave under the Families First Coronavirus...
Key Considerations for Business Leaders as Schools Decide to Reopen or Stay Remote
As the COVID-19 situation continues to wear on, every school district in the country has been forced to make difficult decisions, many of which can easily be perceived as “lose-lose” due to the complexity of the ever-changing COVID regulations. Remote learning is...
Actionable Strategies to Combat the Healthcare Cost Problem Created by COVID
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created a new dynamic within the US healthcare system, leading to increased healthcare costs being passed onto employers. During this economically challenging time, it’s more important than ever before that employers are strategically...
Four Reasons Employers Should be Concerned About COVID Impacting Healthcare Costs
This post continues our ongoing series of articles on how COVID will impact employer healthcare costs. In today’s blog, we'll discuss four ways that COVID will likely lead to increased costs for employers. As healthcare providers begin to reopen and quarantines are...