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The American workplace has moved in recent years toward creating more-inclusive environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees – for example, by making health benefits available to same-sex partners. The U.S. Supreme Court...

In the 2020’s pandemic environment, reducing or eliminating workforce exposure to and spread of COVID-19 is part of the employer's responsibility to provide a safe workplace. As employers plan to reopen their businesses or bring employees back...

A new federal rule, issued April 28, 2020, extends the time laid off or furloughed employees have to decide whether to sign up for COBRA coverage. President Trump declared the COVID-19 crisis a national emergency in mid-March, and the new COBRA...

According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, as of August 15, 2020, COVID-19 cases had reached more than 21 million across the globe, with more than 5 million in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control...

Promoting good hand hygiene and having a good supply of hand sanitizer available around your workplace is an essential part of reopening during COVID-19. However, as with other products, like Clorox wipes and Lysol spray disinfectants, hand...

Open enrollment – the annual event when small business employees choose, sign up for or opt out of employer-sponsored group insurance offerings – is a relatively simple process once workers have decided which benefits best meet their health and...

Despite some areas of the country slowing down or halting reopening due to an uptick in COVID-19 cases, another 1.8 million jobs were added in July. In addition to those July jobs, 2.7 million were added in May and 4.8 million in June — and a lot...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says that employers must investigate and work to resolve claims of discrimination by employees and applicants. When an employee makes a racial discrimination claim, employers should not ignore,...

The annual benefits renewal process gives small business owners a chance to review their existing employee benefits plans and, potentially, to revise them based on changes in the company’s and workers’ needs. To make sure the options you offer at...