COVID Update: New Masking Guidelines, Vaccine Mandates, and Long COVID Concerns
The COVID pandemic hasn’t disappeared, but thankfully, it has dissipated (for now). Will there be another surge? Maybe. Will it ever completely go away? Probably not. While laxing some restrictions is expected, now is not the time for businesses to completely dismiss all precautionary measures or forget the lessons learned over the past two years. […]
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Healthcare Employer Vaccine Mandate: What Employers Need to Know
Last year, the Biden administration announced an ambitious, two-part plan to boost the vaccination of American workers against COVID-19—the Large Employer and Healthcare Employer Vaccine mandates. The first part of the mandate, issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), applied to companies with over 100 employees. This included an estimated 84 million workers […]
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HR in 2022: Major HR Trends and Topics To Guide Your Year
Like many jobs, the Human Resources profession has undergone major changes in the past decade. That’s not even taking into account how the ongoing pandemic has completely altered every aspect of work life. As we enter the third calendar year of the pandemic, what does 2022 have in store for Human Resources? What important work […]
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Employer Vaccine Mandate: FAQs and What Businesses Should Do to Prepare (UPDATED)
**UPDATE 1/13/2022** After hearing arguments last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay on OSHA’s COVID-19 vaccination emergency temporary standard in their decision published today. Justices Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito, and Clarence Thomas issued an opinion occurring in the decision while Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan dissented. “Although Congress has indisputably […]
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HR Compliance Update: New Laws in 2022 and How They Affect Your Business
Welcome to 2022! As we celebrate a new year, it is important to discover and prepare for whatever we can as HR professionals and business owners—particularly with HR compliance . With the start of every year, new laws and regulations take effect. From a HR compliance standpoint, these laws can cover almost any aspect of […]
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What Businesses Need to Know About the New Employer Vaccine Mandate
As the COVID pandemic extends deeper into its second year, a national vaccine mandate has become a hot topic. While that kind of sweeping legislation will likely never come to pass, the Biden administration did make two significant moves last week to inch the nation closer. Americans who have received at least one dose of […]
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HR Legislation: Joint Employment, Independent Contractors, Overtime Exemption, and COVID Disability
As a fourth wave of COVID spreads across the country, the Biden administration is working to refine existing COVID legislation, while also passing new measures designed to protect people. The most recent HR legislative updates involve: Protecting COVID long haulers Reexamining overtime exemption requirements Rescinding Trump era employment policies Take a deeper dive into these […]
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The American Rescue Plan Act: What Employers Need to Know
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was signed and passed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021. The legislation allocates $1.9 trillion in relief in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including additional and extended relief for workers. The ARPA is the latest COVID relief effort put forth on the Federal level. Just as with previous COVID-related legislation, Netchex is committed to keeping clients up-to-date […]
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Netchex Receives Multiple Awards Praising Ease of Use, Customer Service, and COVID Response
2020 has been a year marked by near continual uncertainty and change. Through it all, Netchex has remained fully operational and hard at work for businesses that are also working to remain open, adapt their policies, and ensure the safety of their employees. We were able to accomplish this thanks in large part to two […]
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What Employers and Employees Need to Know About the Payroll Tax Deferral
There has been a great deal of uncertainty in recent weeks surrounding President Trump’s Memorandum on payroll taxes issued earlier this month (on August 8). Meant as economic relief during COVID-19, the Memorandum allows employers to defer withholding, deposit, and payment of the employee’s portion of the Social Security tax (6.2%) through the end of […]
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Back to Business: What is Contact Tracing and How Can Your Company Participate?
With states and businesses beginning to reopen, the fear of a second outbreak looms heavy over the proceedings. As businesses develop return to work plans, one of the biggest components is anticipating and addressing employees’ return to work concerns, including many lingering health and safety concerns. One way officials and experts are hoping to combat […]
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Paycheck Protection Program Extended For a Final Time
**UPDATED 7/6/2020** In a somewhat surprising move from the Senate late last week, the Paycheck Protection Program has been extended again for an additional five weeks. This latest extension of the popular relief program gives small businesses through August 8 to apply for the loan. The legislation passed quickly through the House and was signed […]
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