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Behavioral Competencies
Benefits
- 2024 Year-End Benefit Plan Checklists
- 2025 Benefit Plan Reporting & Disclosure Calendars
- 2026 ACA Affordability Percentage Increased (NEW)
- 2026 Health Savings Account (HSA) Limits (NEW)
- 2025 IRS Retirement Plan Limits
- ACA Forms Due to Employees (Mar. 3) and IRS (Feb. 28 or Mar. 31)
- Affordable Care Act (ACA) Reporting Simplified: Key Updates for 2025
- Drug-Coverage Disclosure Due to CMS (March 1)
- Employee Benefit Trends for 2025
- Financial Wellness Programs
- FMLA: Calculating for a Holiday Week
- FMLA: Common Mistakes to Avoid
- FMLA: Curbing Abuse
- Healthcare Cost Projections 2026 (NEW)
- Leave Donation Programs
- Legal Challenges: ERISA and Tobacco Surcharges
- Medical Loss Ratio Rebates (Sep 30) (UPDATED)
- Open Enrollment Planning (UPDATED)
- Part-time Employee 401(k) Eligibility
- Prescription Drug Data Collection Report Due (6/1/25)
- Retirement Plan Cybersecurity
- Saver's Tax Credit
- Understanding the "Make America Healthy Again" Executive Order and Its Implications for Group Health Plans
Compensation
- 2025 State Minimum Wage Charts
- California Equal Pay Act Amendment: Understanding SB 642 (1/1/26) (NEW)
- California Minimum Wage Increase (1/1/26) (NEW)
- FLSA: Inclement Weather
- FLSA: Independent Contractor Classification Final Rule
- Location-Based Pay | Pay Strategy for Remote Workers
- Managing Pay Equity (UPDATED)
- Oregon’s New Hire Wage Notice Requirements (1/1/26) (NEW)
- Pay Transparency (UPDATED)
- Remote Work & State Tax Issues
- Remote Workers' Expense Reimbursement
- Rhode Island Wage Payment Notice Requirement (1/1/26)
- Salary Increases 2026: Survey Participation Opportunities
- Salary Increase Projections 2025
- Severance Plans (UPDATED)
- State Laws: Shared-Work/Work-Share Programs
- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: HR and Payroll Considerations (UPDATED)
- W-2 Distribution Deadline (Jan. 31)
Inclusion & Diversity
- How to Talk About Race with Your Employees
- Pronouns in the Workplace
- Redefining Inclusion and Diversity Post-Executive Order
- SCOTUS Decision in Ames v. Ohio and Workplace Implications
- Strategies for Managing a Multigenerational Workforce
- Supporting Neurodiversity in The Workplace
- Writing Inclusive Job Postings and Descriptions
Employee Relations
- ADA: Leave as a Reasonable Accommodation (UPDATED)
- ADA: Reasonable Accommodation/Interactive Process (UPDATED)
- Addressing Employee Disengagement
- Becoming a Pet-Friendly Workplace
- Creating a Caregiver-Friendly Workplace
- Death of an Employee
- Discipline for Off-Duty Conduct (UPDATED)
- Employee Recognition Programs
- Employee Retention Strategies
- Employment Law Posters: FAQs and More
- Handbooks
- How to Deal with Difficult Employees
- HR Compliance During a Government Shutdown (NEW)
- Legal Marijuana and the Workplace
- Minimizing Workplace Distractions
- Navigating Layoffs and Reductions in Force
- NLRA: Application to Non-Union Settings
- Political Activity and Speech (NEW)
- Reasonable Suspicion Testing
- Recognizing a Hostile Work Environment
- Service Animals and the Workplace
- Stay Interview Questions
- Suicide Prevention and Awareness (Sep) (UPDATED)
- Terminating an H-1B Worker
- Understanding the White House AI Action Plan
- Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act
- Workplace Romance (UPDATED)
Government Contractors
Labor Relations
Organizational & Employee Development
Risk Management
Talent Acquisition
- Accessing Untapped Talent
- ADA: Accessible Career Sites
- Apprenticeship Programs
- Conducting Internal I-9 Audits
- Creating an Internship Program
- Culture Fit vs. Culture Add
- EEO-1 Filing Period (May 20- Jun 24)
- EEOC: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Title VII
- Employee Retention Strategies
- Employing Teens | Child Labor Laws
- E-Verify: Resources & Education
- Finding Applicants with Disabilities
- H-1B Visa Alternatives (UPDATED)
- H-1B Visa Reform and Compliance (NEW)
- Hiring Military Veterans
- Improving the Candidate Experience
- Job Descriptions: Developing & Using
- Job Descriptions: Essential Functions
- Keeping in Touch with Rejected Candidates
- Key Immigration Actions Under the Trump Administration
- Navigating the End of Automatic Extensions on Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) (NEW)
- Pay Transparency
- Preparing for H-1B Cap Season
- Preparing for Immigration Raids
- Remote Work & Multistate Compliance
- Rescinding a Job Offer
- Rethinking Degree Requirements
- Skills-based Hiring (UPDATED)
- Stay Interview Questions
- Talent Acquisition Trends for 2025
- Terminating an H-1B Worker
- Tips to Improve Diversity Recruiting
- Understanding EEOC Enforcement on Anti-American Bias
- Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)
- Writing Inclusive Job Postings and Descriptions
Technology
- ADA: Accessible Career Sites
- Advancing Continuous Learning and Development with AI
- AI Policy Update: Understanding the Latest Executive Order
- Digital Transformation and the Workplace
- DOL: AI and EEO for Federal Contractors
- DOL: AI Compliance with FLSA and FMLA
- DOL: AI and Inclusive Hiring Framework
- DOL: AI Principles for Worker Well-Being
- Equipping Your Workforce with AI Skills
- Identify and Prevent Phishing Attacks
- Improving Workplace Safety with Artificial Intelligence
- Leading a Hybrid Work Environment
- Navigating Ethics and Risks in AI Implementation
- Navigating the Use of AI Tools and FCRA Compliance
- NLRB on Unlawful Electronic Surveillance
- Retirement Plan Cybersecurity
- Understanding the White House AI Action Plan (NEW)