Coronavirus and Beyond: The Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act
** UPDATED 3/30/2020 ** The Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLEA) provides expanded coverage under The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) for situations related to coronavirus. The law becomes effective April 1, 2020, and will remain in place until December 31, 2020. With the new law in place, everyone will have questions […]
Read ArticleEmployee Assistance Plans: When Natural Disasters Strike
September 27, 2017 Seems like only a year ago we wrote this blog to address the floods in the Gulf south region. Oh wait, it was a year ago. And now, here we are again. Only this time we’re faced with the debilitating effects of cataclysmic storms. Hmmm, what climate change? All joking aside, Mother […]
Read ArticleOutsourcing Employee Benefits
February 24, 2015 The task of handling employee benefits is an extremely detail oriented and time consuming one, even for full time Human Resources professionals. If you are running a small business without a Human Resources person to handle this undertaking, it can be positively overwhelming. Thankfully, it is possible to outsource your company’s employee […]
Read ArticleVoluntary Benefits
September 25, 2014 A major trend in Human Resource in 2014 is the expanding role voluntary benefits are filling in employee benefits packages. Voluntary benefits are insurance products that a company offers their employees of their own accord, not because it is required by law, which allows employees to obtain these insurances at rates lower […]
Read ArticleOutsourcing COBRA Administration
February 4, 2014 The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, commonly known as COBRA, is a federal law which outlines how employees and their family members may elect for continuation of health care coverage under an employer for a limited period of time after their coverage is lost due to reduction in hours worked, voluntary or […]
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