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Your Ultimate HR Compliance Checklist for 2024

Analytics in HR

Background check and reference check compliance : Ensure consistency in administering and applying background checks. This could also include training on anti-discrimination and harassment, safety, employee rights and responsibilities, and any other applicable compliance policies or procedures.

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Plan Must Cover Room, Board for Residential Mental Health Treatment

HR Daily Advisor

Background. filed suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Catholic Health Initiatives , No. 16-35609 (9th Cir., June 6, 2018). Source: FilippoBacci / E+ / Getty. The plan also covered mental health services, including licensed “residential treatment facilities” that deal with mental health disorders.

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HR Rules and Regulations: A Guide to Compliance

HR Digest

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws protect individuals from discrimination based on factors such as age, disability, genetic information, national origin, race/color, sex, pregnancy, or religion. From workplace safety to preventing discrimination, HR departments have a multitude of responsibilities.

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The Complete HR Compliance Glossary

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Depending on your background, compliance can be one of those words that sends shivers of terror down your spine. A regulation managed through the DoL requiring employers to create programs and provide reporting demonstrating that they actively recruit, hire, and train covered veterans, disabled persons, minorities, and women.

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9th Circuit Faults Retiree Plan’s Disclosure of Lifetime Maximum

HR Daily Advisor

However, the court ruled, the plan had failed to disclose this adequately as required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Background. A federal appeals court recently confirmed that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) prohibition of lifetime benefits maximums does not apply to retiree-only group health plans.