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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) -- What We Know as of Today, April 3, 2020  The U.S. Department of Labor has published FAQs that answer some of our outstanding questions about the FFCRA and has issued temporary regulations as well.  The full text of the FAQs may be accessed here: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-questions.  Here is a summary of what we know...

What if, in a matter of 15 or 30 minutes, you could understand what someone’s cognitive ability, drives, needs, motivations and natural behaviors are and how to best interact with them to achieve your business results?  How powerful and impactful would that be for your business? We all had moments where we wished we had known then what we know now. When we make a wrong hire, coach an underperforming...

The Occupational Safety and Heath Administration (OSHA) requires certain employers to maintain records of workplace injuries and illnesses, and these records may need to be posted in the workplace between February 1 and April 30, and/or filed electronically with OSHA by March 2nd. Here is a summary of these requirements: Employers with ten (10) or more employees must keep records of all serious work-related...

 By Andres David - Human Resource Intern, Compass Workforce Solutions Andres David and Christine Ippolito During the "SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF!" Wage and Hour Seminar presented by Creative Plan Designs, the following speakers discussed the SWEAT Bill: Preventing Wage Theft wage theft and best practices in the workplace. The speakers were Christine Ippolito, Principal of Compass...

Help Compass Provide Safe Schools in Tanzania through B1G1 Compass Workforce Solutions will be giving through Buy 1 Give 1 (B1G1), a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a world full of giving by helping small to medium-sized businesses make a big impact in the world. B1G1 allows these businesses to feel empowered in the world by designing 'giving models' that allow businesses to incorporate...

"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you." Love. How do we define love without romantic associations? For the month of February, Compass Workforce Solutions is defining what love means to us by sharing images, quotes, stories and anything thing else that makes us feel joy and happiness. There will be an overall theme of love with all our posts,...

November 7th Panel 1: Young Women in the Workforce Mariel Ebrahim (Moderator) CEO DisruptCRE Mariel Ebrahimi is the Co­Founder and CEO of DisruptCRE, a national technology and commercial real estate (CRE) conference series and media platform connecting industry professionals with emerging technologies and trends. Katy Tatzel CEO Greene Digital Marketing Katy Tatzel is both the CEO and Founder of...

NYS Mandated Sexual Harassment Prevention Policy & Training Every employer must adopt and provide a sexual harassment prevention policy by:  October 9, 2018 Every employer in New York State is required to provide employees with sexual harassment prevention training that meets or exceeds the following minimum standards. Every employee must be provided with training on an annual basis, starting...

No Sexual Harassment Complaints are not a True Indication of a Harassment Free Work Environment. Even in the midst of the recent awareness generated by the #MeToo Movement, employees still seem to face an undue amount of pressure to overlook workplace harassment. Only 30% of employees who experience harassment take any sort of formal action - whether internal to the company or external - according to a...

April 17, 2018   New York State Legislation   Achieve Pay Equity Law amended New York's existing equal pay act (N.Y. Labor Law §194) effective January 19, 2016. • No longer can rely on “any factor other than sex” to explain pay differential, but must be “bona fide factor other than sex” which cannot be based on a sex-based differential, must be job-related and consistent with business...