However, OSHA has published guidance to help employers protect their workers from exposure and prevent COVID-19 from spreading. Under the General Duty Clause, employers are required to furnish workers with a place of employment that is free from recognized hazards that are causing, or are likely...
Are you complying with your state COVID safety standard if applicable? The latest guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention? Are you pretty confident that your safety protocols will comply with any federal Emergency Temporary Standard issued by the Occupational Safety and Health ...
To sign up for Square Payroll in Massachusetts, you must be registered with the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) and Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) so we can pay and file your state taxes.For Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR), you need your: ...
Protect employees from being required to find a replacement co-worker to cover time the employee will miss; Protect employees from discrimination and retaliation; and Allow an employer to pay two-thirds of an employee’s compensation rate if the basis for the leave is to care fo...
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Returning to Work: Employer COVID-19 Testing Can testing play a meaningful role in the return to work plans employers are now contemplating? In their efforts to provide a safe return to work and reassure workers that the workplace actually is safe for their return, employers must evaluate ...
Workplace policies.Include yourworkplace policiesto help candidates understand your company’s guidelines for remote, hybrid, or onsite work, COVID-19 vaccinations, and location-based pay adjustments. You can also include information about your workplace benefits. ...
Since the amount you pay is based in part on the number of claims made by former employees, each approved unemployment claim means your SUTA tax rate will likely increase. There are some exceptions to this—for example, the mass layoffs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will not affect unempl...
As the US campaign to distributecoronavirus vaccinescontinues to ramp up,over 8 million doseshave now been administered in the US as of Jan. 11. For the time being, however,only very specific groups of people-- mostly health care workers -- have been cleared to receive aCOVID-19 va...
We know it is a time of great anxiety for our clients trying to manage federal and state directives to combat the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) while continuing to run a business. With the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic being largely unknown, employers should ...