Citing soaring gas prices, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on June 9 announced an increase in the optional standard mileage rate for the final six months of 2022. Effective July 1 through... Read more »
A bipartisan bill appears likely to pass in California that would guarantee bereavement leave for workers, making the state only the third to mandate such time off. The proposed law (AB-95) would... Read more »
More than 3,300 workers at 70 British companies, ranging from small consultancies to large financial firms, have started working a four-day week with no loss of pay in what organizers of the... Read more »
The battle over crypto 401(k)s reached a fever pitch as 401(k) provider ForUsAll Inc. filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in a Washington, D.C. federal court on June... Read more »
?When an employee has a high-risk pregnancy, HR professionals frequently have questions about how to handle accommodation requests. Federal laws that may come into play are the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the Family... Read more »
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has asked the Internal Revenue Service to ensure that proposed regulations expanding access to subsidies for Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace plans to employees’ family... Read more »
?Should an employee notify a California employer that he or she will not be able to return to work upon the expiration of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)/California Family Rights Act... Read more »
?Should an employee notify a California employer that he or she will not be able to return to work upon the expiration of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)/California Family Rights Act... Read more »
?Within five days of receiving all required information, a California employer needs to determine whether a leave is covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the California Family Rights Act... Read more »
?Under both the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), an employee is required to provide at least 30 days’ notice of the need for leave... Read more »
