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New Background Check Forms for 2013

by Dr. Di Ann Sanchez | Oct 15, 2012 | HR Legislative Updates

Attention All Employers! New Background Check (FCRA) Forms Will Be Required By January 1, 2013 Beginning January 1, 2013 employers must adopt new Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) forms, in light of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010....

What Are the Health Care Reform’s SBCs and What Are Employers Supposed to Do?

by Dr. Di Ann Sanchez | Oct 4, 2012 | HR Legislative Updates

Beginning the first day of the open enrollment period beginning on or after September 23, 2012, employers who provide group health plans must provide a Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC). The SBC is a government document mandated by the new Health Care Reform Act...

FMLA Guidance for Employers and Employees

by Dr. Di Ann Sanchez | Aug 27, 2012 | HR Compliance, HR Legislative Updates

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) process is both complex and administratively burdensome. The FMLA affects companies with over 50 employees. The Department of Labor (DOL) issued a 20-page summary titled “Need Time? The Employee’s Guide to the Family and Medical...

What Employers Should Know About the New JOBS Act.

by Dr. Di Ann Sanchez | Aug 6, 2012 | HR Legislative Updates

President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) which was enacted to help startup companies. Statistics show that entrepreneurship is the key to job creation. The Jobs Act would give new companies more flexibility in raising capital, which...

What is the DREAMER Policy?

by Dr. Di Ann Sanchez | Jul 11, 2012 | HR Legislative Updates

President Obama has enforced the DREAM Policy through an executive order ceasing deporting undocumented youth and ordered U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to grant them employment authorization. According to the Pew Hispanic Center, this will impact up to 1.4...

Background Check Guidance Just Changed! Now What?

by Dr. Di Ann Sanchez | Jul 3, 2012 | HR Legislative Updates

For years background checks have played a vital role in determining safety and security for all employees in a workplace. Now employers may have to indicate why they did not hire an applicant with a criminal record. April 2012 the Equal Employment Opportunity...