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How To File Your Business Insurance Claim And Get It Paid

There are many issues that can cause setbacks for print, packaging, label and even creative and design agency businesses. Electrical fires can damage inventory and equipment as well as shut down a business temporarily. Customer injuries can lead to lawsuits, natural disasters can destroy property, and burglaries can result in thousands of dollars of losses

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Pregnant And Nursing Employees Get Protections Akin To ADA

In the waning days of 2022, Congress passed a bipartisan $1.7-trillion spending bill that includes legislation that expands rights for pregnant and nursing employees. The budget bill, which President Biden has signed into law, included the Pregnant Workers Fair Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act). Employers will

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How To Handle Health Coverage For Older Workers

Americans are eligible to sign up for Medicare when they turn 65, but more of us are staying in the workforce longer than ever before. In fact, the average retirement age has increased three years in the last three decades. There are a number of issues that Medicare-eligible workers face that your human resources staff

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Why You Need Business Income And Extra Expense Coverage

Businesses have learned a painful lesson over the last three years. An emergency can shut them down with little or no warning. Revenue can evaporate overnight, leaving them grasping to somehow continue operating, cover their ongoing bills and pay employees so they won’t leave. Property insurance will pay for repairing or replacing damaged buildings and

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Why You Need Business Income And Extra Expense Coverage

Businesses have learned a painful lesson over the last three years. An emergency can shut them down with little or no warning. Revenue can evaporate overnight, leaving them grasping to somehow continue operating, cover their ongoing bills and pay employees so they won’t leave. Property insurance will pay for repairing or replacing damaged buildings and

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Why You Need Business Income And Extra Expense Coverage

Businesses have learned a painful lesson over the last three years. An emergency can shut them down with little or no warning. Revenue can evaporate overnight, leaving them grasping to somehow continue operating, cover their ongoing bills and pay employees so they won’t leave. Property insurance will pay for repairing or replacing damaged buildings and

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The Law On Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

While overall sexual harassment complaints have ebbed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and have fallen below their post-#MeToo movement highs, jury awards continue rising. Employers who receive a complaint about workplace sexual harassment need to take immediate steps to investigate the matter and take remedial action when warranted. But the best way to

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Safeguard Data, Ip When Laying Off Or Firing Staff

One of the times that your company’s data and intellectual property are most at risk is when you have a departing employee, be that on their own accord or when they are fired or laid off. With employees maybe feeling disgruntled after being let go, on the way out some of them will pocket important

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