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Sexual harassment has dominated recent headlines since The New York Times broke the story on Harvey Weinstein. And companies across the country have taken note. As most business owners and HR professionals know, sexual harassment is a complex issue. In the most recent episode of Paycom’s HR Break Room podcast, we spoke with workology.com founder, […]

Business mogul Warren Buffet once said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” Your employees have the ability to help build or potentially ruin your company’s reputation, yet many organizations treat compliance training as an afterthought: a box that […]

Jessica Miller-Merrell and attorney Tony Puckett join Caleb and Chelsea to discuss how legal and HR can work together to review and revise sexual harassment policies and create a safe atmosphere for employees.

Update 10/18/2017 – On October 17, Senators Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray announced a tentative bipartisan deal to help stabilize the ACA Marketplaces and potentially fund Cost Sharing Reduction payments for two years. The bill must pass both the Senate and the House before it becomes effective, and would also require President Trump’s signature. On […]

The EEO-1 report is changing once again. Recently, the new pay data and hours worked requirements announced last year were suspended indefinitely by the Office of Information Regulatory Affairs. While employers will report Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) information in a familiar format, they need to be aware of key date changes. 3 important changes The […]

Explaining the terms associated with leave taken for pregnancy or childbirth-related purposes. Pregnancy and parental leave are among the most common types of leave that employers must manage today. At the federal level, they are governed mainly by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); however, leave may be awarded under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act […]

The U. S. Department of Labor is taking comments on how it should move forward with overtime overhaul Since the newest regulations to the overtime law were found invalid, employers are subject to the previous version of Fair Labor Standards Act. However, the roller coaster has not ended. On July 26, 2017, the DOL published […]

The information in this blog post refers to the proposed and final rules published by the U.S. Department of Labor in 2015-2016. To see the most recent information, click here. In case you missed it, on August 31, 2017, Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas determined that the 2016 Final Rule issued by the […]

The best way to prevent pregnancy discrimination is to understand the laws which can be implicated.  Such laws include the Family and Medical Leave Act, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act and the Affordable Care Act. Unfortunately, understanding the intricacies of each of these laws can be difficult and confusing, so […]

Picture this: You terminated an employee, and mailed him or her a COBRA election notice, but the notice apparently got lost in the mail. Now your ex-employee is suing you for failing to inform him or her of their COBRA continuation rights. Is there anything you can do to prove a COBRA notice was sent to them? […]

In October 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) approved an updated Strategic Enforcement Plan from 2017 to 2021, to further its commitment to focus on “activities that are likely to have an impact in advancing equal opportunity and freedom from discrimination in the workplace.” One area of focus is accommodations for pregnancy-related limitations. Although […]

The IRS recently released an information letter indicating that the IRS continues to enforce the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Dated June 30, Letter 2017-0010 was sent to a member of Congress who reached out to the IRS at the request of a constituent, a tax-exempt entity concerned it may owe an employer shared responsibility payment […]