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COVID-19 and Coronavirus

• Index of COVID-19/Coronavirus Express Requests
  

Behavioral Competencies

• Building Resilience: Your Own and Your Workplace's
  
• Business Buzzwords and How to Avoid Them
  
• Cultivating Empathy in the Workplace
  
• Leading with Gratitude
  
• Strategies for Leading Effective Meetings
  

Benefits

• 2020 Benefit Plan Reporting & Disclosure Calendars
  
• 2021 Health Savings Account (HSA) Limits
  
• Benefits for a Multigenerational Workforce
  
• COBRA: New Model Notices
  
• FMLA: Common Mistakes to Avoid
  
• FMLA: Curbing Abuse
  
• FMLA: New Forms Are Electronically Fillable
  
• Model Notices: Health Plan
  
• Open Enrollment Planning
  
• Retirement Plan Electronic Disclosure Final Rule (7/27/20)
  
• SECURE Act (multiple effective dates)
  
• State Laws: Time Off to Vote (Primaries and Nov 3)
  
• Virtual Benefit Fairs
  

Compensation

• Daylight Saving Time Ends (Nov 1)
  
• DOL Proposed Independent Contractor Rule (comment by 10/26/20)
  
• FLSA: Fluctuating Workweek Final Rule (8/7/20)
  
• FLSA: Joint-Employer Rule Partially Vacated
  
• Leap Year (2020) Payroll Wrinkle
  
• On-Demand Pay
  
• Salary Increase Projections 2021
  
• Severance Plans
  

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

• Ageism at Work
  
• Being a Better Workplace Ally
  
• Creating a Disability-Friendly Workplace
  
• EEOC Funds Study on Employee Pay Data
  
• How to Talk About Race with Your Employees
  
• National "Strike for Black Lives" (7/20/20)
  
• Reducing Implicit Bias in Recruiting
  
• Tips to Improve Diversity Recruiting
  
• Using an Individual's Preferred Pronouns
  

Employee Relations

• ADA: Association Provision
  
• ADA: Reasonable Accommodation/Interactive Process
  
• Celebrating Halloween Remotely (Oct 31)
  
• Discipline for Off-Duty Conduct
  
• EEOC: Accommodation of Opioid Use and Addiction
  
• Employment Law Posters: FAQs and More
  
• Gaslighting in the Workplace
  
• Handbooks
  
• Legal Marijuana and the Workplace
  
• Political Discussions at Work
  
• Responding to an EEOC Charge
  
• Service Animals and the Workplace
  
• Suicide Prevention Awareness
  
• Veterans Day (Nov 11)
  

Global HR

• Australia Finalizes New Annualized Salary Arrangements (1 March 2020)
  
• EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Invalidated
  
• UK: New Tax Rules on Off-Payroll Working (delayed to April 2021)
  

Government Contractors

• E-Verify: Resources & Education
  
• General Resources & Education for Government Contractors
  
• Minimum Wage Increase (1/1/21)
  
• New Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form (implement by 8/4/20)
  
• OFCCP: Counting Non-Binary Workers in AAPs
  
• Veterans Hiring Benchmark
  

Organizational & Employee Development

• Free Help Lines for Employers
  
• Minimizing Workplace Distractions
  
• Performance Improvement Plans (PIP)
  
• Returnships (Workforce Re-Entry Programs)
  

Risk Management

• Active Shooter Preparedness and Response
  
• CBD Oil: What Employers Need to Know
  
• Domestic Violence Awareness (Oct)
  
• Failed Drug Test Rates Remain High
  
• Flu Season: Mandatory Flu Shots
  
• Freedom from Workplace Bullies Week (Oct 18-24)
  
• Safety for Remote Workers
  
• Workplace Violence Prevention
  

Talent Acquisition

• ADA: Accessible Career Sites
  
• Adjusting to Bans on Pay-History Inquiries
  
• Disability Employment Awareness (Oct)
  
• EEO-1: No Data Collection in 2020
  
• E-Verify: Resources & Education
  
• H-1B Reform Interim Final Rules (comment by 11/9/20)
  
• Hiring Military Veterans
  
• Improving the Candidate Experience
  
• Job Descriptions: Developing & Using
  
• Job Descriptions: Essential Functions
  
• Keeping in Touch with Rejected Candidates
  
• Nicotine-Free Hiring
  
• Reducing Implicit Bias in Recruiting
  
• Responding to Social Security "No-Match" Letters
  
• Tips to Improve Diversity Recruiting
  
• Virtual Onboarding
  
• Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)
  

Technology

• ADA: Accessible Career Sites
  
• Digital Transformation and the Workplace
  
• Video Meeting Etiquette
  

Wellness

• Bike-Friendly Workplace
  
• Great American Smokeout (Nov 19)
  
• Healthy Food at Work
  
• Motivating Physical Activity
  
• Standing Desks
  
• Supporting Sleep Health
  
• Workplace Mindfulness