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Last week, several clients did what sometimes needs to be done: they terminated an employee’s employment.
Some of the reasons for last week’s terminations included:
Some points to remember when terminating an employee:
HR Partners is thrilled to announce that Lisa Zerbe, one of our most senior Human Resources Advisors, has taken and passed the Society for Human Resource Management - Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) certification examination.
The SHRM-CP examination contains two types of multiple choice questions: stand-alone knowledge-based items that assess a candidate's knowledge and understanding of factual information, and scenario-based situational judgment items that assess a candidate's judgment, application and decision-making skills.
Job descriptions affect multiple aspects of employment. An effective job description should accurately reflect the essential duties and responsibilities of an employee’s position. For many employees, job duties have fluctuated as a result of the pandemic. Employees have cross-trained and absorbed additional duties when co-workers were out of the office due to quarantine or other COVID related reasons. It is important and necessary for employers to review job descriptions and update criteria where necessary.
Accurate job descriptions are instrumental for recruitment, Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) administration, American with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) interactive process facilitation, annual performance evaluations, and Department of Labor Audits.
The IRS updated the Form W-4 with significant revisions designed to make accurate income-tax withholding easier for employees in 2020. For your convenience, we have attached the new Form W-4. Additionally, to help employers navigate this change, we have compiled a list of the top five (5) changes employers should know about the new 2020 Form W-4:
On January 31, 2020, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) released the revised Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification (“Form I-9”). Until the release of the revised form, employers were required to continue to use the previous form, which expired on August 31, 2019. Although the revised Form I-9 is now in effect, USCIS has permitted employers to continue using the prior version of the form until April 30, 2020 in order to provide additional time to make the necessary updates and adjust their business processes. HR Partners recommends using the January 31, 2020 form as early as possible. However, if an employer chooses to utilize the April 30, 2020 extension and continue to use the previous form, employers should consider attaching a memorandum to the expired Form I-9s noting the USCIS directive.
We appreciate your business, and we wish you nothing but the best for Christmas and the New Year holidays.
2024 will be an epic year and we can’t wait to work with you to continue the magic.
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“HR Partners is an excellent tool to have in your belt. Time is taken to be sure that everyone understands every topic, the anticipated outcome, and the steps taken to achieve the desired results. The solutions provided are prompt, professional, and thorough. Our management team appreciates the expertise provided by HR Partners in an industry with few diamonds and much rough. HR Partners is truly a diamond in the rough.”
