Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA ) recently updated its COVID-19 guidelines to help employers navigate a world with vaccinated and unvaccinated employees. In its updated guidelines, OSHA has emphasized guidelines for non-healthcare-related industries that typically involve close-quartered contact for extended periods, such as retail, food-service, and other essential positions. OSHA has stated that fully vaccinated people do not need to take all of the precautions that unvaccinated employees must. The guidance focuses mainly on identifying those employees who are at-risk in the workplace and unvaccinated. Who are the at-risk workers? Those who have conditions that prevent them from having a full-immune response to vaccinations. Workers with disabilities; under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), workers with disabilities may be entitled to accommodations to protect themselves from contracting COVID-19. Those workers that cannot be prote...
Air ambulances became available to citizens in the 1970s ; since then, they have become increasingly more common and important when saving someone’s life. However, this life-saving innovation also brought greed along with it. Large privately-owned companies were able to decide the cost of the flight, no matter the case. Since 2012, Texas Mutual Insurance along with the Attorney General and other insurance providers, fought against these large businesses to achieve a rate for air ambulances that is reasonable. Large companies such as PHI Air Medical , naturally fought against the state of Texas to overturn a previously passed law that says PHI was to only receive fair and reasonable funds. Not the ones that they decide upon on their own. Texas workers’ compensation law prohibits medical providers from charging injured workers when they require medical treatment. "The issue has now been fully and fairly litigated," said Mary Nichols, senior vice president and gen...
This is a great article on why every small business needs a PEO! What Makes a PEO Company a Better Choice for a SMB By Abel Anderson Small businesses have a lot to deal with as they are starting up and beginning to grow. What may have started as a one-man show now has employees and benefits to sort out. Wouldn’t it be great if there was someone who could help them with all of the administrative tasks that are daunting and time-consuming so they can focus on productivity? The great news is there is! Professional Employer Organizations, or PEOs for short, are companies that are contracted to control all of the human resource functions for SMBs. They work hard at managing everything, so the small business owner doesn’t have to do it themselves or hire someone to manage it. The Cost of Employees Let’s face it, hiring employees is expensive. You have the recruitment costs, the costs of onboarding and the time lost to train the employee. Additionally, you ha...
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