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In early January, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) proposed extensive regulations on the employer mandate, commonly known as the play or pay feature of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). We asked benefits expert Sheldon J. Blumling, a partner in Fisher & Phillips’ Irvine, California, office to discuss them.
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Benefits expert Sheldon Blumling shared with us several of the IRS's transition rules that employers can follow as they move toward implementing the core of the Affordable Care Act on January 1, 2014. Here are the three that he feels are most important.
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The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear an important case involving donning and doffing and the meaning of the term 'changing clothes' under the Fair Labor Standards Act. In the latest installment of BLR's HR Compliance News Update video series, legal editor Susan Prince provides background on the issue and details about the case--and explains why it's important to employers.
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It may be tempting to assume that employees dealing with depression and work-related stresses could pose an imminent safety threat for themselves or other employees. However, employers need to be careful to stay within the ADA's legal guidelines when interacting with depressed employees. How can employers walk that fine line?
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According to new research by the School Improvement Network, 91.6 percent of the teachers said they feel safe at their workplace.
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A supervisor frequently made vulgar comments toward male workers and occasionally grabbed their genitals. If the supervisor wasn’t making sexual overtures, could his conduct be considered sexual harassment?
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In workplaces across the United States,many employees will be participating in a 'bracket' or office pool. In this video, Mary Drexler, Executive Director for the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling, explains m why employers should care if their employees participate in an office pool or if they suspect that an employee has a potential gambling problem.
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