(From NPR) In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, schools and districts around the country have been canceling classes on short notice. The cancellations aren't directly for COVID-19 quarantines; instead schools are ci
(from Harvard Business Review) There is a widening mismatch between the job environment employees want — and now expect — and the one their organizations have, according research from Boston Consulting Group. Twenty year
(from the New York Times) School nurses, already overworked, increasingly find themselves under fire from parents for enforcing public health rules that they did not make and cannot change. Through the pandemic, nurses h
(From SHRM) As COVID-19 booster shots become available to all adults, employment law attorneys recommend that businesses hold off on mandating booster shots. "Although skepticism abounds about whether the definition of '
(from NPR) Late last Friday, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky has recommended COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all adults. The announcement came just hours after a vaccine advisory committee voted unanimously to expand Modern
(From Inside Higher Ed) Colleges across the country are seeing large numbers of students and employees suffering from influenza this year. The University of Michigan is among the many college campuses experiencing early
(from Society for Human Resources Management) 401(k) Plan Limits, HSA and HDHP Limits, Health FSA Limits, Dependent Care FSA Limits, QSEHRA Limits, Commuter Transit and Parking Limits and Earnings Subject to Social Secur
(from HR Dive) Despite ongoing interest in building a more diverse workforce, 51% of talent leaders surveyed by SmartRecruiters said they don’t have a process for setting diverse hiring goals. Only 31% of companies surve
(From ICEF Monitor) The number of new international students enrolled in U.S. higher education institutions fell by nearly half (46%) in 2020/21, according to the Open Doors 2021 Report. Continuing enrolments were much l
(from Society of Human Resources Management) Amazon's recent troubles administering employee leave and delivering accurate pay and benefits could be a warning for other organizations to integrate disparate HR technologie
(from Society of Human Resources Management) A federal appeals court recently dismissed a lawsuit challenging a rule from the Trump administration that clarified when businesses share liability as "joint employers" under
(from Fisher Phillips) The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just updated its online COVID-19 technical guidance to further explain its position regarding religious objections to employer COVID-19 vacci
(from the Journal of Accountancy) The employee retention credit (ERC) will be terminated early as a result of legislation that passed the U.S. House of Representatives late Friday and is headed to President Joe Biden's d
(from the New York Times) The United States reopened its borders for fully vaccinated travelers from dozens of countries on Monday, ending more than 18 months of restrictions on international travel that left families se
(from OSHA) The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced a new emergency temporary standard to protect more than 84 million workers from the spread of the coronaviru
(from the Washington Post) Pediatricians are preparing to administer the nation’s first coronavirus children’s vaccine as early as Wednesday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off Tuesday night o
(from AICPA) The Taxpayer First Act (TFA), which was signed into law in 2019, requires certain exempt organizations to file information and tax returns electronically, beginning with the tax years after the law was signe
(from the New York Times) The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in children 5 to 11, a move eagerly anticipated by millions of families looking to p
(from Venable) Following the FDA's approval of COVID-19 vaccination booster shots for certain groups, independent schools may consider whether it is time to update their COVID-19 vaccination policies to require employees
(from SHRM) What's the best way for employers to track and manage vaccination records of employees? A variety of vendors now offer surveying and tracking solutions and easy-to-read dashboards. Options include:
