Sep 12, 2024 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Employement Practices
Flextime is the use of flexible schedules in which employees spend a portion of their workday on-site, and the rest from home or another location. These arrangements have become more common since the COVID-19 pandemic, but implementing them while complying with laws... 
Jan 11, 2024 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Employement Practices, Employment Legislation
THE EQUAL Employment Opportunity Commission continues seeing a steady flow of complaints for one of the more common forms of workplace bias — age discrimination. The number of court filings the EEOC made under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) in fiscal... 
Jun 30, 2023 | Business Insurance, Business Interruption, Employement Practices
ONE WAY TO risk an employee lawsuit is workplace bullying, if you don’t investigate when you learn about it and fail to nip it in the bud if you find it’s going on. Old-school cajoling and demeaning employees can these days land a company in hot water and at the... 
Dec 19, 2022 | Business Insurance, Employement Practices
AS THE holiday season nears, your business will have new safety considerations to confront. From holiday parties and risk of electrical shock to fires and trips and falls, companies have a set of safety and risk management challenges that may not be present during... 
Sep 13, 2022 | Business Insurance, Employement Practices
CALIFORNIA’S PAID Family Leave program allows California workers to take paid leave to bond with a new child (through birth, adoption or foster care) or to care for a seriously ill family member. While it’s great for the employee, that can sometimes leave the employer... 
Aug 15, 2022 | Business Insurance, Employement Practices
IT ALWAYS takes more time than usual to onboard new hires to your employee benefits plans, particularly for those who are starting their first jobs. Keep in mind that the ritual of choosing a benefits package is a brand-new experience for people who are new to the...