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IRS Releases 2013 General Instructions for Forms
W-2 and W-3
The instructions highlight new information of interest to employers, including the $2,500 limit on health flexible spending arrangements (FSAs) and the additional Medicare tax for 2013.

XpertHR Adds Whistleblowing to Its Best Practice Manual
This new section provides employers the best options for avoiding external investigations or whistleblowing in the current enforcement environment.

California Employers Facing Many Changes in 2013
In this latest podcast from XpertHR, Littler Mendelson attorney Chris Cobey informs listeners about many new and important employment law developments in California.

NYC Bans Discrimination Against Unemployed Job Applicants
The Big Apple's new law may prove a bellwether, as more than a dozen states have considered laws to ban discriminatory job ads based on employment status.

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Comprehensive Employment Glossary

To help keep subscribers up to date and well-informed on all things compliance- and HR-related, XpertHR has released a comprehensive Employment Glossary.

Constantly growing, the glossary includes more than 1,000 words, acronyms and phrases, covering terms found throughout the many different and critical areas affecting HR professionals today. From Absenteeism to Zero Tolerance Policies, the Employment Glossary is a one-stop shop for all the definitions our subscribers need.

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Employment Law Glossary


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Ashley Shaw is the legal editor of the risk management - health, safety, security chapter of XpertHR.

Prior to joining XpertHR, Ashley mediated cases in the Montgomery and Autauga County District Courts in Alabama, helping resolve landlord/tenant concerns and business disputes, among other issues.

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An employee wants to wear a religious head covering but all of the employees at the company wear company hats to identify themselves to customers. Must the employer accommodate the request?


An employer does not need to accommodate an employee's request to wear a religious head covering if there is a business need for all employees to wear company hats to identify themselves as employees. Read more...

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