Employers can give employees up to 2½ months after the end of the plan year to spend unused money in their flexible spending accounts (FSAs). Since so many plans have a calendar-year basis for their plan years, many employers and…
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GAO Recommends Stepping Up Retirement Education Efforts to Small Businesses
March 13, 2012 – 10:07 am
Small businesses that seek to improve their retirement plans should have access to more information from the federal government. That is the recommendation of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which in a recent report steers clear of advocating bold moves…
IRS Releases 401(k) Compliance Check Survey Results
February 21, 2012 – 4:02 pm
There are more than half a million 401(k) plans in the United States, covering 60 million Americans, says the IRS. That is just some of the information in the 401(k) Compliance Check Questionnaire Interim Report, which the IRS released on…
DOL’s Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request Grants Premium Authority to PBGC
February 14, 2012 – 5:32 pm
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its budget request for the federal fiscal year (FY) 2013 on Feb. 13, as part of the budget proposal President Obama sent to Congress. The DOL budget request for FY 2013 is $12.0…
Verizon ADA Settlement: More on leaves of absence as reasonable accommodation
July 14, 2011 – 7:59 am
Now that the dust is settling over the nationwide class-action disability discrimination lawsuit Verizon settled with the EEOC, we at the SmartHRManager blog wanted to ask HR professionals what this settlement means to their companies. To help you answer that…
SHRM 2011: Think Twice Before Firing for Misconduct Related to a Disability
June 28, 2011 – 4:10 pm
Pop quiz. Do you think it’s safe to discipline or terminate an employee for being absent or tardy too often? For driving a truck even though he knew he was likely to have an epileptic seizure soon? For throwing her…
SHRM 2011: Understanding Generation Y
June 28, 2011 – 1:10 pm
As I noted in an earlier post, I skipped out early from a session at SHRM’s 63rd annual conference that was just an overview of global trends, but the speaker did say something in passing that served me well in…
SHRM 2011: Global Trends Are Affecting HR
June 28, 2011 – 12:19 pm
HR professionals have to manage their day-to-day responsibilities and prepare for global trends that will affect how they do business – five of which were shared by HR guru Gary B. Kushner, president/CEO of Kushner & Company in Portage, Mich.,…
SHRM 2011: Don’t Just Sit on Your Employee Handbook
June 27, 2011 – 4:21 pm
How’s this for an illustration of how quickly developments can pop up that may require you to revise your employee handbook? Speaking at the Society for Human Resource Management’s annual conference today, Christine V. Walters discussed a new ruling only five…
SHRM 2011: Overlap of ADA, FMLA a Top Concern
June 27, 2011 – 12:08 pm
If attendance at a conference session is any indication, HR professionals remain concerned about how to navigate the intersection of the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act. Now that the Americans With Disabilities Amendments Act…