Insights

The EEOC has announced that it once again pushed back the deadline for covered employers to submit and certify their 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection. The new deadline is August 23, 2021.

The EEO-1 Component 1 report is a mandatory annual data collection that focuses on demographic workforce data, including data by race/ethnicity, sex, and job categories.

If your healthcare business received (or will receive) certain funds from the federal government related to COVID-19 then you should familiarize yourself with some very important dates recently announced by the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”). Failure to abide by the reporting requirements before the deadlines could lead…

Following the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in March 2021, questions arose from ambiguity in the statute as to whether the provisions of the Act relating to COBRA applied to state continuation of coverage programs, including those provisions allowing for enrollment in COBRA, even if a person…

With the onset of the 2021 hurricane season, employers should soon have their hurricane preparedness plans finalized. A well-done hurricane preparedness plan will address a host of issues, including but not limited to: preparing facilities for severe weather, ensuring the business is properly insured, determining whether a business will stay…