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The deadline is fast approaching for employers with 50 or more staff in California, and who do not already offer their employees a retirement plan, to register for the CalSavers Retirement Savings Program. As of April 7, more than 10,000 employers had already registered for the program, which will allow employees to set aside a
Governor Newsom signed legislation in March that requires California employers with more than 25 workers to provide them with up to 80 hours of COVID-19-related paid sick leave. The new law even requires employers to pay workers that took COVID-19-related sick leave prior to March for the time they took off. The law is retroactive to
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced on Friday that it has issued guidance for employers claiming the Employee Retention Credit under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) modified by the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 (Relief Act). Notice 2021-23 explains the changes to the Employee Retention Credit
The costs for businesses when their employees are involved in car accidents on and off the job are staggering, at $72.2 billion a year, according to a new study. The “Cost of Vehicle Crashes to Employers ― 2019” study, released in March 2021 by the Network for Employers for Traffic Safety, looks at how much
As President Joe Biden signed the PPP Extension Act of 2021 into law in February, extending the Paycheck Protection Program an additional two months to May 31, 2021, and then providing an additional 30-day period for the SBA to process applications that are still pending, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business
The COVID-19 vaccine is a vital tool to help end the pandemic. Because the vaccine was developed so quickly, your employees may have concerns about its safety and effectiveness. Plus, social and cultural considerations may make some employees hesitant to get vaccinated. There’s also been a lot of conflicting information going around, so it makes
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 95, which retroactively extends and expands COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (CSPSL) through September 30, 2021. SB 95 requires employers with more than 25 employees to provide additional hours—up to 80 hours of employer-paid CSPSL to covered employees and in-home supportive service providers on a retroactive basis
Drug abuse is costing U.S. employers some $81 billion annually due to employee illness, absences and lost productivity and the problem has only gotten worse during the pandemic, according to a new study. And now, with the changes in legalizing marijuana laws sweeping the country, employers are concerned that more people (read employees) will get
As the number of cyber attacks against businesses continues to grow, insurers that provide cyber liability and other cyber-related coverage have started intensifying their scrutiny of their clients’ databases and operational security. When a business suffers a cyber attack it could result in fraudulent wire transfers or having its systems rendered frozen, which can be
Are your safety meetings a drag for your workers? Are they shifting in their seats as they sit through yet another presentation on slip and fall hazards? Safety meetings are a key part of a safety awareness program and are one of the best methods to motivate workers to take safety out of the classroom
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