Paperwork is complicated, especially in the context of benefits. When it’s time for enrollment, an employer must determine which employee is eligible for which plans, and distribute the proper forms. Then, the employee has to complete, sign, and submit…
Deciding which employees to return to the workplace following a furlough or temporary layoff, and in what order you’ll call them back, will require an individualized analysis for each organization. For those who aren’t sure where to start, we provide…
Today the Senate passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, and President Trump is expected to sign the bill shortly. The Act includes several provisions to protect American workers and assist employers in providing emergency paid sick leave, as…
The HR Pros / September 2019 California has passed an emergency bill to extend the deadline for the first round of sexual harassment training by one year. Previously, employers with five or more employees were required to provide interactive sexual harassment prevention…
Benefits While employees are on FMLA leave, health insurance coverage will continue as if the employees were not on leave. Employees are responsible for their portion of the medical insurance premium cost, if any. Failure to pay the employee portion…
Few things strike fear into an HR Adminstors heart more than the thought of open enrollment.
Federal Compliance Warning Summary Plan Descriptions (SPDs) Must Be Distributed to Your Plan Participants
I’m pretty confident that if you asked anyone who has ever owned a rental property you would get an overwhelming response that it’s not as lucrative or easy as they thought it would be. In fact, owning a rental property…
I was recently asked this question by one of our Maxwell Agency Insurance Services clients, and thought I would share the answer here for our readers. There are a lot of things that go into homeowners and auto insurance rates, one…
Why do my auto insurance rates keep going up even though my car is getting older? At Maxwell Agency Insurance Services, many of our clients ask this question so I would like to address it from a couple of angles.…