COVID-19 FAQ: Guidance in Keeping Your Business on Track Through the Pandemic
As the number of COVID-19 cases grows in the United States, the unemployment rate suffers — leading businesses to adopt a variety of employee-related measures to manage the effect of the pandemic. With...
View ArticleThe New Norm: Adjusting to COVID-19 and the Future of Remote Work
Remote work is now widely perceived as a temporary measure to COVID-19, but in the months to come it will become the new norm. Prior to this, most businesses weren’t remote, but as the seriousness of...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Employer Support: Revisit Your Discrimination Policy Before...
Despite the hesitation surrounding the reopening of businesses during COVID-19, companies are slowly returning to work, and now more than ever, employers should have plans to keep harassment and...
View ArticleReturning to Work? Secure Compliance by Revisiting Your Policies and Procedures
As states nationwide prepare to reopen their businesses for operation, it’s essential that business owners review current policies and procedures to instill consistency, structure, and compliance. As a...
View ArticleProtect Your Bottom Line by Simplifying the Compliance Management Process
Compliance management is a task that is ongoing — once you’re in compliance with one law, another standard arises and you’re called to make revisions and accommodations. Though compliance is by no...
View ArticleThe Need for Employee Handbooks Are Rising
Employee handbooks are a key component of a business’s ability to function properly. Communication is key, and having an employee handbook highlights essential information — from policies and...
View ArticleMost Effective Practices for Conducting Workplace Investigations
Employers should take immediate action steps when an employee files a complaint. Being both proactive and responsive to internal complaints helps gather information quicker and increases the...
View ArticleAre You Allowing Employees to Vacation Without a Safety Plan in Place Amid...
COVID-19 has affected the workplace in several complex ways, and will continue to do so as much uncertainty lies ahead. We’ve reached a point where a lot of people have recently decided to take...
View Article5 Reasons Your Team Should Recruit Temporary Employees
Temporary or contract jobs account for 21.5% of all online job openings, up from 17% in January. As uncertainty about the economy continues to shake up the nation, companies are hiring temporary...
View ArticleHR Compliance is Becoming Increasingly Harder to Maintain
Compliance is both a main area of concern and focus for employers. Compliance in the world of HR simply outlines the process of defining policies and procedures — but it is by no means simple. Staying...
View ArticleCOVID-19, racial injustice highlight need for focus on mental health awareness
After nearly a year, the world continues to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic that has caused over 1.3 million deaths. Nearly everyone has been affected — by the virus itself, its economic impact, or the...
View ArticleGet a head start on 2021 with updated employee handbooks.
Resolve to evaluate, improve employee handbooks for 2021 As 2020 draws to a close, employers should reflect on what went well, what didn’t, and how to improve going forward. COVID-19 and protests for...
View ArticleShould employers mandate COVID-19 vaccinations?
As the United States and the rest of the world wait for a full-scale rollout of vaccinations for COVID-19, employers are considering the issue of mandating that employees be vaccinated before returning...
View ArticleHR Affiliates’ partnership with GLI will save time and money
HR Affiliates is pleased to announce a new partnership with Greater Louisville Inc. (GLI) that will reduce costs of administrative and employee services for business in the area. HRSolutions by HR...
View ArticleEXECUTIVE ORDER ON PROTECTING WORKER HEALTH AND SAFETY – OSHA AND COVID-19
On January 21, 2021, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety,” which requires the Department of Labor (“DOL”), acting through its Occupational Safety and...
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Black History Month: Celebrating Diversity in the Workplace
Black History Month was first celebrated in 1970, following decades of Negro History Week and its slowly increasing acceptance across the United States. Now over 50 years later, as issues of racial...
View ArticleBE PROACTIVE TO FACE 2021’S NEW CHALLENGES
2020 was the year that HR was required to react to the unexpected, but it’s now time to plan for the known challenges in the coming year. 2021 is the year that HR will be on the front lines dealing...
View ArticleTHE BATTLE FOR THE $15 MINIMUM WAGE
On January 26, 2021, Democrats in the U.S. House reintroduced the Raise the Wage Act, H.R. 601 (the “Act”), a bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to gradually lift the federal minimum wage to...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Labor Clarifies Independent Contractor Status Under the FLSA
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently published a final rule on its interpretation of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) classification that determines whether a worker is an employee or an...
View ArticleFFCRA payroll tax credit extended through March
First passed in Congress in March 2020, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) payroll tax credit has been extended. Slated to end on December 31, 2020, the FFCRA can now provide employees...
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