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Emerging HR trends, compliance updates, recruitment and retention—everything you need to keep your organization running smoothly.

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    Lauren Brown

    Lauren is an aPHR®-certified member of the Marketing team at Bernard Health. She writes about healthcare insights, employment law, and HR solutions.
    A Guide for Employee Tax Questions in 2021
    Picture of Lauren Brown Lauren Brown | March 2, 2021

    Tax season is busy for employers on both a personal and professional level. With responsibilities that carry a heavy weight—including penalties...

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    What is the Difference Between HSAs and HRAs?
    Picture of Lauren Brown Lauren Brown | February 11, 2021

    Benefits like HSAs and HRAs both allow employees to save on health costs by having tax-free funds dedicated to medical expenses. While the terms...

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    What is the Difference Between Short-Term and Long-Term Disability?
    Picture of Lauren Brown Lauren Brown | February 9, 2021

    The term disability leave is often used as a blanket term for a few different types of leave, including medical, sick, short-term disability and...

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    Can Employees Have Coverage Through Two Health Insurance Plans?
    Picture of Lauren Brown Lauren Brown | February 5, 2021

    There’s a variety of reasons that employees might have two health insurance plans depending on their marital status and age. Double coverage...

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    Remote Time Management Techniques During COVID-19
    Picture of Lauren Brown Lauren Brown | February 4, 2021

    With the lines between work and home still blurred, managing time for employees and HR alike has become a common challenge. Even with the...

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    Checklist for Remote Offboarding During COVID-19
    Picture of Lauren Brown Lauren Brown | February 2, 2021

    Normally, when an employee leaves an organization there’s an organized process that includes an exit interview, turning in parking passes and...

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    What Reference Check Questions Should HR Ask?
    Picture of Lauren Brown Lauren Brown | January 29, 2021

    Reference checks are about more than just double-checking a candidate’s resume. By talking to someone’s former manager or associates, hiring...

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    What are QSEHRAs?
    Picture of Lauren Brown Lauren Brown | January 28, 2021

    For many small businesses, staying afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic has been hard enough. Employers have had to face the threat of their...

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    Employee FAQs on HSA and FSA Spending for Eyewear
    Picture of Lauren Brown Lauren Brown | January 27, 2021

    Most employees have a firm understanding of medical expenses they can use their HSA and FSA funds on, from copayments to prescriptions. However,...

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    Best Practices for Remote Compliance Communication in 2021
    Picture of Lauren Brown Lauren Brown | January 22, 2021

    Communicating important compliance information to your employees when working remotely is no easy task. To make sure your organization is...

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