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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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Employee Drug Abuse Costs Employers Dearly

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

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What Cyber Insurance Underwriters Look For

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

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How to Keep Your Safety Meetings Engaging and Fun

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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All of the Goodies for Businesses in the $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Act

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that President Biden signed into law on March 11 contains a number of provisions intended to help small businesses and other organizations hurt by the pandemic. Foremost, it includes additional Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to struggling businesses, and a number of special grants to companies in

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Simple Tools to Maintain Compliance

Free Sexual Harassment Prevention Training VMA Members get access to free Sexual Harassment Prevention Training through Think HR. If your account is already set up, log in here to get started. If you need access, contact Jessica Clark at jessica@vma.bz or 800-659-3363. Make sure you’re in compliance with the latest rules To get up to

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Addressing Pandemic Fatigue Among Your Staff

As the country and our businesses continue trudging along and hope that vaccines will pave the way out of the COVID-19 crisis, employers are increasingly seeing the effects of pandemic fatigue among their workers. The same issues people are grappling within their personal lives—exhaustion with social distancing and masking, a sense of loss of community

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