To determine a participant's vested account balance, the participant's vesting service must be calculated in one of two ways:

• The actual hours method, or
• The elapsed time method

If actual hours of service are counted, the number of hours of service required for a “year of service“ may not be more than 1,000. If the plan uses the elapsed time method, an employee will be credited with a “year of service“ for each period of

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Below are some tips regarding tracking and managing FMLA leave:

• Define how you measure the 12-month period (e.g., calendar year, rolling backward, etc.)
• Carefully track and document intermittent and reduced schedule leave usage. This is a critical area for human resources compliance.
• Ensure supervisors

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As part of the organizational complaint procedures for a Internal Investigations, it is also a good best practice to develop a Statement of Complaint document.

A good Statement of Complaint document will ask for important information to clarify a complaint and to identify the level of significance. This will help employers identify the true nature - and the seriousness - of the ...

An employer is required to offer FMLA leaves if:

• It is a private-sector employer with 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in the current or previous calendar year
• It is a public agency (regardless of the number of employees)
• It is a public or private elementary or secondary school (regardless of the number of employees)

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A COBRA qualifying event is a specific situation that causes an employee, spouse, or dependent child to lose group health insurance coverage and thereby become eligible for continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). Qualifying Events include:

• Voluntary or involuntary termination of employment (except for gross misconduct)

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Under the ADA, employers can only require medical information that is job-related and consistent with business necessity.   This is true of prospective employees applying for a position, existing employees who may have an issue relating to their present ability to perform an essential function, or of employees returning from a leave. Handling these returns often requires expertise in ... More