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How to Bring Staff Back to Work

As the economy starts opening up again, so are offices, restaurants and other worksites, but because we’re not yet out of the pandemic woods, employers will need to contend with a myriad of paperwork issues, how to phase returning workers back, workplace safety compliance, and more. The process of reopening and bringing staff back needs

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Employee Theft Hits Small Firms Hardest

The majority of employee thefts are occurring in organizations with 500 employees or less and the median loss is $357,650, according to a report by Hiscox, a specialty insurer. The main types of theft are outright theft of cash and check fraud, with rogue employees writing checks to acquaintances and trying to cover their tracks

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Vehicle Crashes On and Off the Job Cost Employers Dearly

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 car crashes

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Second CalSavers Registration Deadline Fast Approaching

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

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New Law Requires Paid Sick Leave for COVID-19-Related Issues

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

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IRS Gives Guidance For Claiming Employee Retention Credit

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

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Vehicle Crashes On and Off the Job Cost Employers Dearly

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

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Paycheck Protection Program Extended to May 31

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

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Help Your Employees Get the Facts on the COVID-19 Vaccine

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

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Required Notice for California’s New Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Law

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

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