Employee Mental Health
Have you taken the temperature of your employee’s mental health? Companies may be facing several challenges as employees cope with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Did you know The Mental Health Association in New Jersey offers free services such as virtual support groups, crisis counseling services, a confidential helpline, and more? These services can […]
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) opening today 1/11/2020
The SBA announced late last week that the program will open starting TODAY, Monday, Jan. 11. Please take note that this is a TIERED OPENING – not all banks will be able to begin taking applications then. What this means: Larger banks will most likely NOT be opening up their application process until later in […]
Year-End Budget Bill Provides Welcome Rules for Flexible Spending
This year, employers have been worried about the impending forfeiture of their employees’ flexible spending account dollars given that many employees couldn’t use those dollars throughout much of the year due to the closure of day care facilities and summer camps and the postponement of health care services as a result of the COVID pandemic. […]
New Hires and Expired I-9 Documentation During Covid
HR professionals – during this era of Covid-19, how are you handling new hires who have expired list B documents for their I-9 forms? Many new hires tend to give a Driver’s License as a List B document for employment authorization, but what if the license is recently expired and the new hire cannot get […]
The impact of Worker’s Comp claims from Covid-19
Employers who are operating their business through telecommuting. Interesting information shared with me by Stephen Trimboli, Esq. from Trimboli & Prusinowski, LLC. Teleworking became a necessity during the lock downs declared in response to the worldwide pandemic. It proved remarkably popular, giving many employers an incentive to consider making teleworking a permanent feature. But teleworking raises […]