Nan Palmero from San Antonio, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons I know a guy. (Ok, I got a press release.) In December, I blogged here about how the U.S. Department of Labor planned to update the rules for tipped employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. (By…
Image Credit: Legends Diner Denton on Facebook During the last The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hour on Friday, which you can view here on The Employer Handbook YouTube channel, we discussed how employers could expect OSHA to be a lot more aggressive about COVID-19 workplace inspections in 2021. Do not…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Let’s give a shout-out to my special guest, David Miklas, and to everyone who attended The Employer Handbook Zoom Office Hour this past Friday. I had a great time discussing FFCRA, OSHA, and the new CDC COVID-19 guidance. Did you enjoy it too? Don’t worry. If you…
Micthev, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons If you haven’t done so already, click here to register to join David Miklas and me on Zoom at Noon ET. Here’s what we’re covering: The Emergency Paid Leave provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act On top of a general overview to…
Child Thinking by Gan Khoon Lay from the Noun Project The Centers for Control and Disease Prevention (CDC) just released a new seven-page resource to get you started. Here the four things in the new CDC release that caught my attention. 1. Not only should vaccinations be at no charge,…
health insurance by Arafat Uddin from the Noun Project I didn’t … until I read this WSJ.com article from Anne Tergesen on Saturday. Under the new American Rescue Plan, long-story-short, starting April 1, COBRA-eligible individuals can get COBRA continuation coverage for themselves and their families through September 30, 2021. Check…
Photo by Words as Pictures from StockSnap On Friday, OSHA announced that it had launched a “national emphasis program” to protect high-risk workers from COVID-19 hazards. Ok, OSHA, you have our attention. According to OSHA’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor, “This program seeks to substantially reduce or eliminate coronavirus…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay A high school basketball announcer was caught on a live microphone uttering a racial slur about the girls of the Norman basketball team, who had taken a knee during the national anthem. “They’re kneeling? F*** them,” one of the men said. “I hope Norman…
Heart Monitor by habione 404 from the Noun Project Oh, how embarrassing! Let me fix that blog post title. In a move that no one anyone with half a brain or a faint pulse saw coming, the Biden DOL will eliminate the joint employer and proposed independent contractor rules. There,…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com Spoiler Alert: Not much. But, since President Biden’s signature later this week will be the finishing touch on making his American Rescue Plan law, I’ll break it down for you anyway. FFCRA remains voluntary. If your private-sector business has fewer than 500 employees, you can continue to…