A natural anxiety evolves when an organization goes through personnel and cultural changes as a result of a merger or acquisition. These changes have a direct impact on employees and their families, and if not managed appropriately, can be disruptive to the organization. Senior level HR advisors can play a critical role in the management …
Tag Archives: hr compliance
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Oct
Oct
In a previously published blog, we discussed that by December 1, 2016, all businesses must comply with the changes made to the overtime regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). According to the rules, an estimated 4.2 million currently exempt employees will now be eligible for overtime pay. With just two months left to go …
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Jul
Jul
From “necessary evil” to business partner: seeing the value-add in HR Quick question: Is your human resources (HR) department considered overhead or a valuable business partner? If you answered overhead, then we need to talk. Is HR really overhead? The short answer to “is HR overhead?” is “yes” because HR is not a profit center. …
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Jun
Jun
The HR and business data disconnect—and what to do about it In HR, as in practically every realm of business, there are a lot of interesting discussions happening about how to use analytics and big data to improve decision making and business outcomes. Yes, the possibilities are exciting but they are often limited by business …
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Nov
Nov
It’s here! Q4 of 2015 is upon us, and for the very first time, companies with 50 or more employees are facing the administrative realities of the Affordable Care Act. Many companies are also addressing unexpected projects associated with the Affordable Care Act such as benefit plan overhauls, HRIS/technology upgrades, reorganization of staff and additional …
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Sep
Sep
What is the Affordable Care Act? The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly called Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is a US federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, it represents the most significant regulatory overhaul …
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Sep
Sep
The deadline for employers to file their EEO-1 report with the government is September 30, 2013. If you (or your employer) has a robust HR information system (“HRIS”) and you have been diligent about capturing the voluntary information from employees, then this exercise and reporting should be fairly simple. However, if you do not have …
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Apr
Apr
On March 8, 2013, USCIS released a new Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9. Employers should begin using the new Form I-9 with revision date 03/08/13 immediately for all new hires, as well as for reverifications or rehires. The revision date is on the lower left of the new form and looks like this: (Rev. 03/08/13)N. …
“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reached its highest number yet of companies audited for [unauthorized] immigrants on their payrolls this past fiscal year. Audits of employer I-9 forms increased from 250 in fiscal year 2007 to more than 3,000 in 2012. From fiscal years 2009 to 2012, the total amount of fines grew to nearly …