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Your Ultimate HR Compliance Checklist for 2024

Analytics in HR

corporations have paid out a staggering $3 billion in employment-related and civil-rights lawsuits over allegations that their employer did not comply with applicable laws. Compliance minimizes the risk of employment-related grievances, legal penalties, fines, and lawsuits. The risk of non-compliance can be detrimental.

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Benefits Coordinator Job Description: Salary and Job Responsibilities (with Examples)

Analytics in HR

Benefits enrollment: Guide employees through enrollment, help them understand their benefits, and ensure all forms and documents are completed on time. Compliance : Ensure the organization’s benefits programs comply with company policies and relevant laws, such as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and other regulatory requirements.

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Who should not have access to employee medical records?

Business Management Daily

A few federal laws pertain to employee medical records, as does OSHA’s Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records (Standard 1910.1020). Furthermore, state laws also play a role, as specific states have differing laws regarding access to employee medical information.

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Who should not have access to employee medical records?

Business Management Daily

A few federal laws pertain to employee medical records, as does OSHA’s Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records (Standard 1910.1020). Furthermore, state laws also play a role, as specific states have differing laws regarding access to employee medical information.

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What to include in employee personnel files?

HR Digest

Keeping a record of an employees’ lifecycle documents of their employment journey within an organization has become a must due to the digitization of all decision-making. Moreover, documentation proof is required to fulfill any legal requirements that might arise. These are the basic documents.

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Recordkeeping: What you must keep – and for how long

HR Morning

That’s why it’s essential to know — before you find yourself in some kind of legal dispute — what documents you need to hold onto and what you can trash without putting your company at risk. To be on the safe side, many employment law attorneys recommend you keep everything for at least five to seven years after an employee has left.

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The Final Two: South Dakota, Alabama Pass Breach Notification Laws

HR Daily Advisor

Every state in the Union now has some type of law in place requiring companies to notify affected individuals of a data breach involving their information. The law also requires all of these covered entities to implement “reasonable security measures” to prevent such breaches. Alabama Data Breach Notification Act. Notice requirements.

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