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DOL | January 08, 2021

The U.S. Division of Labor (DOL) DOL issues final rule clarifying definition of independent contractor versus an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The rule is scheduled to produce results March 8, in spite of the fact that its future in the Biden organization stays questionable. "The rule is significant because it creates greater clarity and certainty for all stakeholders," said Steven Pockrass, an attorney with Ogletree Deakins in Indianapolis. The FLS...

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Betterleave | April 04, 2022

Betterleave Bereavement announced the launch of its bereavement care platform for employers and health plans, built to support employees experiencing the death of a family member, friend, colleague, pet or pregnancy loss. Companies use Betterleave to help employees navigate the complex bereavement landscape with the help of care coordinators and top death care experts, products & services together in one place, saving time and money. Betterleave's program delivers bereavement care throug...

HR Dive | April 03, 2020

U.S. workers filed 6,648,000 unemployment claims the week ending March 28, an increase of 3,341,000 over the previous week’s revised level — "the highest level of seasonally adjusted initial claims in the history of the seasonally adjusted series," according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The unemployment claims are largely attributed to companies closing or furloughing workers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Combined with the previous week’s level, nearly 10 ...

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

UKG | February 28, 2022

On February 24th, premier human capital management, HR services, payroll, and workforce management solutions provider, UKG, Inc., announced that it had acquired SpotCues and Groupe.io, the SpotCues mobile applications platform. In 2016, SpotCues developed Groupe.io as a communications platform for frontline workers who don’t have corporate email accounts to communicate with each other. With the wide range of tools available on Groupe.io, clients will be able to consolidate e...