Local Minimum Wage Increases
California Law Alert The following changes to California employment laws will take effect on January 1, 2020: Minimum Wages California’s minimum wage for employers with 26 or more employees will…
Seven SHRM 2019 Takeaways for Small and Midsized Businesses
Nearly 20,000 HR professionals attended this year’s annual SHRM conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. If that sounds like a packed convention center, it was! The theme for the conference was…
Local Minimum Wage Increases
California Law Alert As usual on July 1, a number of cities across California will see an increase to their minimum wage. The new rates are as follows, with employee…
EEO-1 Reporting Requirements Finalized
The hotly contested issue of what exactly needs to be filed for EEO-1 reporting this year has been resolved—at least for now. Pay data for both 2017 and 2018 must…
Causes of Workplace Conflict
The recipe for workplace conflict is decidedly simple: bring two or more people together and assign them a task. Unless the stars have aligned in your favor, there’s going to…
What Is the Interactive Process, Anyway?
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to reasonably accommodate the disabilities of their employees and to engage in an interactive process when a request for accommodation is made.…
ACA Alert!
As your leading Third Party Administrator, we think it is important to alert you on federal health care legislation to ensure you are informed about whats to come in 2020!…
What You Need to Know Before Disciplining or Terminating an Employee
The prospect of corrective action or termination makes a lot of managers nervous. That’s understandable. For employees, being disciplined or losing their job can be anything from moderately embarrassing to…