To be a qualified employee under the PWFA, the worker must be able to perform all of the job's essential functions, either now or in the near future. The PWFA regulations defining “essential functions“ adopt the language used in the EEOC's ADA regulations. Thus, essential functions are fundamental ...

Generally speaking, Cafeteria Plans allow employees to pay their share of insurance premiums, certain out-of-pocket medical and dependent care expenses, and certain other benefits with pre-tax dollars versus paying these same expenses with after-tax dollars. Thus, the employee saves federal income taxes and FICA taxes on the total amount paid through a Cafeteria Plan. And, in all states except New Jersey, the employee also saves state ...

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

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

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 ...

• 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)

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