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Will Salary Budgets Increase in 2022?

Organizations generally set their salary increase budgets in the fourth quarter, or earlier, of each year for the following year, e.g., 2021 for 2022. In 2021, salary increase budgets were projected to be between 3% and 3.2%. However, with the rising rates of inflation, employers are currently rethinking their 2022 salary increase budgets. What we … more »

Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans: Which One is a Good Fit for Your Organization?

In the midst of the Great Resignation, many employers are looking at benefit offerings that may be attractive to current and future employees.  As financial well-being is a high priority for those looking for jobs, a retirement savings plan could put employers in a place of advantage in hiring and retaining good employees. Employer-sponsored retirement … more »

Employer Health Plans Must Pay for COVID At-Home Tests and Other Information Employers Should Know

In the ongoing COVID-19 world, employers continue to face daily changes in lengths of quarantine, expectations of vaccinations and boosters, and availability and requirements for testing. In the midst of this, those employers who have over 100 employees have spent the last several months watching the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) Emergency Temporary Standard … more »

COVID-19 Vaccination Card Fraud on the Rise

As organizations implement COVID-19 vaccine mandates either requiring employees to be vaccinated, or creating a weekly testing regimen for those employees who are not vaccinated, COVID-19 vaccinations cards are being collected from employees as proof that they have received one of the COVID-19 vaccinations. This follows the November 5, 2021, and as upheld by the … more »

6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Lifts Stay on Vaccine-or-Testing Rule

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an emergency temporary standard (ETS), which was published in The Federal Register on November 5, 2021. (https://federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2021-23643/covid-19-vaccination-and-testing-emergency-temporary-standard) The rule requires businesses with at least 100 employees countrywide to mandate that their employees get vaccinated against COVID-19, or wear a mask and test for COVID-19 at a minimum, … more »

Vaccination Accommodations and Undue Hardships

Covered employers who are working on plans to implement the Occupational Safety and Health Administrations (OSHAs) emergency temporary standard (ETS), or those employers who may not be subject to the ETS and who have adopted their own COVID-19 vaccine mandates should have policies and procedures in place to handle medical and religious objections from their … more »

OSHA Issues COVID-19 Workplace Vaccine Mandate or Weekly Testing

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued is emergency temporary standard (ETS), which was published in The Federal Register on November 5, 2021. (https://federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2021-23643/covid-19-vaccination-and-testing-emergency-temporary-standard) The rule requires businesses with at least 100 employees countrywide to mandate that their employees get vaccinated against COVID-19, or wear a mask and test for COVID-19 at a … more »

Reasonable Accommodations Under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Its Amendments Act (ADAAA)

Reasonable accommodations have been in many employer conversations lately as they have navigated pandemic-related issues, such as wearing masks, working from home, and mandating or incentivizing vaccinations.  Under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Its Amendments Act (ADAAA), private employers and state and local governments must engage with qualified applicants and employees with disabilities in … more »

An Overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Its Amendments Act (ADAAA)

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became effective on January 1, 1991. While the ADA itself does not list all impairments that are covered, it prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, communications, public accommodations, and participating in government programs and services. The ADA provides a three-prong definition of disability as 1. a … more »

What is the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)?

In 1935, Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) to protect the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to curtail certain private sector labor and management practices which can harm the general welfare of workers, businesses and the U.S. economy. The NLRA protects most employees, whether their employer is unionized … more »

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