dashrconsulting.com

Employer Alert! Health Care Law (PPACA) Postponed Until January 2015!

by Dr. Di Ann Sanchez | Aug 5, 2013 | HR Compliance, HR Legislative Updates

President Obama announced a one-year delay (January 1, 2015), in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) employer mandate. Employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees (employees who work 30 or more hours per week) must provide health care coverage or pay steep penalties.

The Potential of Workplace Violence

by Dr. Di Ann Sanchez | Aug 1, 2013 | Training

Workplace violence or occupational violence refers to violence, usually in the form of physical abuse or threat, that creates a risk to the health and safety of an employee or multiple employees. The following article outlines the scope of potential workplace violence...

Workplace Stress: Are Your Employees Performing?

by Dr. Di Ann Sanchez | Jul 29, 2013 | Human Resources, Talent Management

The 2013 Work Stress Survey, (Everest College, April 2013), found that 83 percent employees surveyed are stressed by at least one thing at work. That’s up 10 percentage points from the same survey released in 2012. Major stressors found in the survey: Pay For the...

2014 IRS HSA Contribution and Out-of Pocket Limits

by Dr. Di Ann Sanchez | Jul 22, 2013 | HR Compliance, HR Legislative Updates, Human Resources

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced higher limits for 2014 on contributions to health savings accounts (HSAs) and for out-of-pocket spending under high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) linked to them. A comparison of the 2014 and 2013 limits is shown below:...

Understanding Legal Use of Credit/Criminal Background Checks.

by Dr. Di Ann Sanchez | Jul 15, 2013 | HR Compliance, HR Legislative Updates, Human Resources, Talent Management

Background/Credit Checks are covered by two federal laws: Title VII and the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Some states also have their own laws regarding the background/credit checks so employers need to understand the implications between the federal and...

Legalized Marijuana: A Workplace Nightmare!

by Dr. Di Ann Sanchez | Jul 8, 2013 | HR Compliance, HR Legislative Updates, Human Resources

Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have now legalized medical Marijuana use. The state laws vary greatly and present employer with a workplace nightmare! Employers and Human Resources professionals are finding themselves rewriting their employment policies...

What are Examples of Reasonable Accommodations under ADAAA?

by Dr. Di Ann Sanchez | Jul 1, 2013 | HR Compliance, HR Legislative Updates, Human Resources

On May 15, 2013, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) provided specific types of reasonable accommodations for people with cancer, diabetes, epilepsy and intellectual disabilities. The EEOC also noted that since Congress enacted the ADA Amendments Act of...

Do Employers understand the Generations in their workplace? Here is a quick reference guide!

by Dr. Di Ann Sanchez | Jun 24, 2013 | Human Resources, Talent Management

Beginning in the 1980s in America, we had four (now soon to be five) distinct generations working side-by-side in the workplace. Here is a quick reference chart for employers on the generations currently in the workplace and their core values: Veterans (b....

Employers Should Prevent Bullying in the Workplace!

by Dr. Di Ann Sanchez | Jun 10, 2013 | Human Resources, Talent Management

Here are guidelines for preventing bullying in the workplace: 1. Culture Be sure that respect is a core value. Teach/reward deliberate acts of kindness and decency. Zero tolerance for bullying at top levels of management Walk the talk—Do not reward bad behavior....

Employer “Pay Or Play” Under The New Health Care Law (PPACA)

by Dr. Di Ann Sanchez | May 20, 2013 | HR Compliance, HR Legislative Updates

Under the new Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA), many employers continue to struggle understanding whether they will get penalized for providing health care or not. Below is a quick reference for all employers to review on what constitutes a penalty...