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COVID-19 and Coronavirus

• COVID Relief for HDHPs Expires in 2024
  
• EEOC Updates Guidance on COVID-19 (May 2023)
  
• Form I-9: Deadline for In-Person Inspection (8/30/23)
  
• Supporting Employees with Long COVID
  
• Vaccine: Religious and Medical Exemption Requests
  

Multiple Disciplines Covered

• Possible Federal Government Shutdown
  

Behavioral Competencies

• Building Resilience: Your Own and Your Workplace's
  
• Business Buzzwords and How to Avoid Them
  
• Cultivating Empathy in the Workplace
  
• Evolving from Transactional to Strategic HR
  
• Expressing Gratitude May Reduce Stress
  
• Fostering Psychological Safety
  
• Get-Out-the-Vote Workplace Programs
  
• HR's Role in Sustainability
  
• Leading a Hybrid Work Environment
  
• Strategies for Leading Effective Meetings
  

Benefits

• 2023 Benefit Plan Reporting & Disclosure Calendars
  
• 2023 IRS Retirement Plan Limits
  
• 2024 Health Plans' Affordability Threshold
  
• 2024 Health Savings Account (HSA) Limits
  
• Considering a Four-Day Workweek
  
• COVID Relief for HDHPs Expires in 2024
  
• DOL Clarifies Telework under FLSA, FMLA
  
• Employee Benefit Trends for 2023
  
• Financial Wellness Programs
  
• FMLA: Calculating for a Holiday Week
  
• FMLA: Common Mistakes to Avoid
  
• FMLA: Curbing Abuse
  
• Health Care Costs Projections 2024
  
• Locating Missing Plan Participants
  
• Medical Loss Ratio Rebates (Sep 30)
  
• Medicare Part D Participant Notice (before Oct 15)
  
• Model Notices: Health Plan
  
• Open Enrollment Planning
  
• Retirement Plan Cybersecurity
  
• SECURE Act 2.0 (multiple effective dates)
  
• State Laws: School Activities Leave
  
• State Laws: Time Off to Vote (Nov 7)
  

Compensation

• 2023 State Minimum Wage Charts
  
• DOL Clarifies Telework under FLSA, FMLA
  
• FLSA: Proposed Overtime Rule Issued (comments due 11/7)
  
• Location-Based Pay | Pay Strategy for Remote Workers
  
• Managing Pay Equity
  
• On-Demand Pay (aka Earned Wage Access)
  
• Pay Transparency
  
• Remote Work & State Tax Issues
  
• Remote Workers' Expense Reimbursement
  
• Salary Increase Projections 2024 (and 2023)
  
• Severance Plans
  
• State Laws: Shared-Work/Work-Share Programs
  

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

• Being a Better Workplace Ally
  
• CROWN Act: Prohibiting Hairstyle Discrimination
  
• Culture Fit vs. Culture Add
  
• EEOC: Accommodating Visual Disabilities
  
• Employee Resource Groups
  
• Finding Applicants with Disabilities
  
• How to Talk About Race with Your Employees
  
• Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Proposed Rules (comment by 10/10/23)
  
• Pronouns in the Workplace | International Pronouns Day (Oct 18)
  
• PUMP Act (comply by 4/28/23)
  
• SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling: Impact on Employers
  
• Tips to Improve Diversity Recruiting
  
• Women at Work
  
• Writing Inclusive Job Postings and Descriptions
  

Employee Relations

• ADA: Association Provision
  
• ADA: Reasonable Accommodation/Interactive Process
  
• Addressing Personal Hygiene, Body Odor
  
• Becoming a Pet-Friendly Workplace
  
• Conducting a Remote Layoff
  
• Creating a Bereavement Leave Policy
  
• Death of an Employee
  
• Discipline for Off-Duty Conduct
  
• EEOC: Accommodating Visual Disabilities
  
• Employee Retention Strategies
  
• Employment Law Posters: FAQs and More
  
• Gaslighting in the Workplace
  
• Handbooks
  
• Handbooks May Need Revision Following NLRB Ruling
  
• How to Support a Grieving Employee
  
• How to Unplug on Vacation
  
• Leading a Hybrid Work Environment
  
• Legal Marijuana and the Workplace
  
• Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Proposed Rules (comment by 10/10/23)
  
• PUMP Act (comply by 4/28/23)
  
• SCOTUS Changes Standard for Religious Accommodation
  
• Service Animals and the Workplace
  
• Stay Interview Questions
  
• Suicide Prevention and Awareness (Sep)
  
• Supporting Employees with Long COVID
  
• Terminating an H-1B Worker
  
• Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act
  
• Workplace Romance
  

Government Contractors

• DOL Changes Davis-Bacon Act Rules (10/22/23)
  
• EEO-1 Filing Period (10/31-12/5)
  
• E-Verify: Resources & Education
  
• Federal Contractor TikTok Ban
  
• Form I-9: Remote Verification for Certain Employers (8/1/23)
  
• New Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form (implement by 7/25/23)
  
• OFCCP Releases Federal Contractors' EEO-1 Reports
  
• OFCCP: Counting Non-Binary Workers in AAPs
  
• Possible Federal Government Shutdown
  
• Resources & Education for Government Contractors
  
• Tools to Determine Government Contractor Status
  
• VETS-4212 Filing Cycle (8/1-9/30)
  
• VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark 2023
  

Labor Relations

• Handbooks May Need Revision Following NLRB Ruling
  
• Michigan Repeals “Right to Work” Law (3/30/24)
  
• NLRB Eyes Ban on "Captive Audience" Meetings
  
• NLRB on Unlawful Electronic Surveillance
  
• NLRB Revives "Quickie" Election Rule
  
• Preparing for Union Organizing
  

Organizational & Employee Development

• Free Help Lines for Employers
  
• Introverts in the Workplace
  
• Minimizing Workplace Distractions
  
• Performance Improvement Plans (PIP)
  
• Performance Management
  
• Public-Sector HR: Resources & Learning
  
• Returnships (Workforce Re-Entry Programs)
  

Risk Management

• Active Shooter Preparedness and Response
  
• Distracted Driving Awareness
  
• Domestic Violence Awareness Month (Oct)
  
• Hot Weather Safety
  
• Hurricane Preparedness
  
• Managing a Workplace Bully
  
• OSHA Requires More Employers to Submit Injury and Illness Data (1/1/24)
  
• Remote Workers and Workers’ Compensation
  
• Workplace Violence Prevention
  

Talent Acquisition

• ADA: Accessible Career Sites
  
• Apprenticeship Programs
  
• Considering a Four-Day Workweek
  
• Creating an Internship Program
  
• Culture Fit vs. Culture Add
  
• EEO-1 Filing Period (10/31-12/5)
  
• EEOC: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Title VII
  
• Employee Retention Strategies
  
• Employee Retention Tax Credit (processing paused by the IRS)
  
• Employing Teens | Child Labor Laws
  
• E-Verify: Resources & Education
  
• FCRA: Updated Summary of Consumer Rights (4/19/23)
  
• Finding Applicants with Disabilities
  
• Form I-9: Deadline for In-Person Inspection (8/30/23)
  
• Form I-9: New Version Available (start using by 11/1/23)
  
• Form I-9: Remote Verification for Certain Employers (8/1/23)
  
• H-1B Visa Alternatives
  
• Hiring Military Veterans
  
• Improving the Candidate Experience
  
• Job Descriptions: Developing & Using
  
• Job Descriptions: Essential Functions
  
• Keeping in Touch with Rejected Candidates
  
• Layoff Alternatives
  
• Pay Transparency
  
• Remote Work & Multistate Compliance
  
• Rescinding a Job Offer
  
• Rethinking Degree Requirements
  
• Skills-based Hiring
  
• Stay Interview Questions
  
• Talent Acquisition Trends for 2023
  
• Terminating an H-1B Worker
  
• Tips to Improve Diversity Recruiting
  
• Virtual Onboarding
  
• Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)
  
• Writing Inclusive Job Postings and Descriptions
  

Technology

• ADA: Accessible Career Sites
  
• Digital Transformation and the Workplace
  
• Federal Contractor TikTok Ban
  
• Identify and Prevent Phishing Attacks
  
• Leading a Hybrid Work Environment
  
• NLRB on Unlawful Electronic Surveillance
  
• Retirement Plan Cybersecurity
  

Wellness

• Becoming a Pet-Friendly Workplace
  
• Financial Wellness Programs
  
• Mental Health Apps
  
• Mental Health Awareness
  
• Stress Management
  
• Supporting Employee Self-Care
  
• Supporting Sleep Health
  
• Work-Life Blend
  
• Workplace Napping