Here’s a tip to encourage your team to be mindful of safety, from our HR & Risk Manager, Amy!
Ask Fran: COVID-19
Q: We have facilities in 3 different states. I am getting confused with the Governors in each state issuing different types of orders – Stay At Home – Shelter in Place, etc. Is there one source where I can go to find all of these? A: Unfortunately as you described, orders are being issued
Ask Fran: COVID-19
Q: If we lay off employees do we have to pay them their accrued, vacation/paid time off? A: Yes, in most states accrued time off is due at the time of layoff or termination. Remember to check your state wage & hour laws for how long you have to deliver that final wage payment. Q:
Ask Fran: COVID-19
Can we reduce the wages and hours of our exempt salaried employees? Yes, but be careful. On a federal level you do not want to reduce the wages below the exempt salary requirement. Some states require that you provide an employee with a written document outlining the change of rate and hours. You would want
Ask Fran: COVID-19
We are under 50 employees and have never had to comply with FMLA. Will we be exempt from FMLA under the new federal law? No. You will have to comply with the expanded FMLA benefits listed in the new Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Start reading the new law as you will need
Ask Fran: COVID-19
Leddy Group HR – Ask Fran – Get answers to your pressing Coronavirus/COVID-19 questions: Q: Will our unemployment account be charged for all the layoffs we had to make? A: The first federal legislation the President signed allowed states to waive unemployment waiting periods and not charge employers for unemployment benefits but have the state trust
COVID-19: Guidance for Employers
With so much talk about the Coronavirus (COVID-19), we wanted to send out an alert with some additional information. There is a lot of information about COVID-19 out there. Attorney Charla Stevens provides practical guidance for employers related to COVID-19 in this article: https://www.nhbr.com/are-you-prepared-for-the-coronavirus/ This short TED Talk provides additional information about what we do
New Federal W-4 Form
New Federal W-4 Form for 2020 – this year’s form is more complicated… The IRS recently released the new W-4 Form for 2020. The goal is to make accurate income-tax withholding easier for employees; however, the form looks more complicated. This article from the Society for Human Resource Management provides more details, as does this
Job Quitting is a Symptom of Low Resiliency
One of the problems with low-unemployment is that young workers find it too easy to quit and find another job – “job quitting”. What they do not understand is that quality employers recognize this pattern as a symptom of low resiliency and often pass on hiring them. At least that used to be the case.
