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Sick Leave Laws: Are There Laws Against Working While Sick?
According to Indiana sick leave laws, no employer is required under law to provide paid or unpaid sick leave to their employees. However, many employers give it as part of the employee benefit. Minor illnesses like flu are not part of the sick leave laws that provide legal protection against working while sick under federal ...
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FFCRA 2021 Rules: Will Emergency Paid Sick Leave Under FFCRA Be Extended?
The Covid-19 pandemic brought numerous changes in all aspects of life. The Human Resource department was greatly impacted. Companies were forced to revise their HR guidelines for employees to cope with the impact of the pandemic. As a result, Congress signed into law the Family First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on March 18, 2020. However, ...
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An HR Team’s Guide to Paid Sick Leave
Poor health is bad for your employees’ productivity. What’s more, sick employees risk spreading the disease around, putting more of your employees at risk. They need some time off to recover, and they could do with some compensation to ease the financial burden. So, how should you go about granting your employees paid sick leave? Here ...
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The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About the Indiana Workers’ Compensation
Every year, employees in any occupation get injuries or become sick due to factors beyond their control. Statistics by the BLS indicate that the private industry alone reported more than 2.8 million work injuries (non-fatal) in 2019. In 1915, the Indiana General Assembly approved the Worker’s Compensation Act, which is in effect up to date. ...
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Will Indiana’s Minimum Wage Increase in 2022?
In the United States, each state is allowed to set its own minimum wage or follow the Federal minimum wage. Indiana is one of 21 states that uses the Federal minimum wage as their state minimum wage, currently at $7.25 an hour. In Indiana, employers that have two or more employees must pay at least ...
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Indiana Overtime Laws for Salaried Employees: Everything You Need to Know
The Indiana Overtime law also referred to as the Indiana Minimum Wage Law, echoes the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in multiple ways. The two require employees to receive 1½ times their regular hourly pay rate as overtime from their employers, for all hours they work above forty hours during a workweek. However, there ...
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Protecting Sensitive Data During Employee Departures
Small and medium businesses in Indiana have an advantage: Our people are some of the
Boosting Workforce Skills with Personalized Learning Platforms
Personalized learning platforms allow you to tailor your workforce development efforts to different learning styles.
What are Some Unexpected Benefits of Working Remotely?
When the pandemic forced companies all over the world to send their employees home to
The Benefits of Using Software to Track Job Applications
Hiring is a critical part of growing a business. But as hiring needs increase in
Shift Management and Employee Scheduling: The Best Practices You Need to Know
Employee scheduling is a challenging task. It involves anticipating workforce requirements, handling employee demands and
