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impactHR Alert: higher minimum wage for federal contractor employees takes effect
Read more: impactHR Alert: higher minimum wage for federal contractor employees takes effectThe minimum wage for employees with federal contractors has just increased to $10.15 per hour, effective January 1, 2016. The new wage requirement applies to new and replacement contracts (solicited on or after January 1, 2015) with employers covered by the Service Contract Act or any employer who handles concessions and services in connection with…
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impactnews: Letter from Kelly Mitchell, Principal of impactHR
Read more: impactnews: Letter from Kelly Mitchell, Principal of impactHRAs we head into the Holiday Season and the end of the year, I want to express my gratitude to all of our customers, partners and friends whom we’ve worked and collaborated closely with through 2015. To be sure, it’s been an exciting year at impactHR and in the field of human resources. With this…
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impactJobs Alert: Engineering Career Opportunities at Allen & Shariff
Read more: impactJobs Alert: Engineering Career Opportunities at Allen & ShariffEngineering Career Opportunities Allen & Shariff (www.allenshariff.com) We are a client-focused Design, Build and Manage construction service provider, managing projects around the world. Our mission is to be the best by delivering outstanding project management, engineering solutions and construction services that are innovative, efficient, practical, and on time. Our team of caring, talented and dedicated…
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impactAlert: DC-Employers Must Offer Transit Benefits Starting Jan. 2016
Read more: impactAlert: DC-Employers Must Offer Transit Benefits Starting Jan. 2016Beginning in 2016, all Washington, DC-based employers with 20 or more employees will be required to offer transit benefits to their employees commuting into DC. This new program, passed into law by the DC City Council in 2014, takes effect January 1, 2016. Here’s how to comply: Under the DC Commuter Benefits Ordinance, organizations (with…
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impactnews: ACA Health Insurance Forms Due to Employees by Feb. 1, 2016
Read more: impactnews: ACA Health Insurance Forms Due to Employees by Feb. 1, 2016Employers with more than 50 employees and those with fewer than 50 should start now to prepare filing for a set of key health insurance forms to the IRS as required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The first deadline to note is Feb. 1, 2016, which is when employers need to provide copies of…
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impactnews: Federal contract employees given paid sick leave
Read more: impactnews: Federal contract employees given paid sick leavePresident Obama, earlier this month, signed an Executive Order giving all people working on federal contracts the ability to accrue up to seven days of paid sick leave each year. The order, which begins with new contracts issued in 2017, affects roughly 300,000 workers, each of whom will earn one hour of paid sick leave…
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impactnews: Understanding employer & employee rights and responsibilities
Read more: impactnews: Understanding employer & employee rights and responsibilitiesAre employer and employee relations essentially about conflict management or a balance of appropriate behavior? For Mary Davis, Senior Management Consultant at impactHR, it’s ideally the latter. To illustrate how, Davis shares a story from early in her HR career about a situation involving routine surgery in a Midwestern hospital’s operating room (OR). The nurse…
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impactnews: impactHR’s Karen Walsh Graduates from Leadership Howard County
Read more: impactnews: impactHR’s Karen Walsh Graduates from Leadership Howard CountyimpactHR Senior Consultant, Karen Walsh recently graduated from Leadership Howard County, MD’s (LHC) 2015 Premier Class. LHC builds two classes each of year comprised of senior-level leaders and professionals under 40. Participants immerse themselves in community programs and work in small learning groups to study policy issues affecting Howard County citizens. Through these active projects,…
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Press Release: impactHR’s Karen Walsh Graduates from Leadership Howard County
Read more: Press Release: impactHR’s Karen Walsh Graduates from Leadership Howard CountyWalsh is part of Leadership Howard County’s 2015 Premier Class of Senior-Level Leaders July 13, 2015, Columbia, MD – impactHR, LLC, a full-service human resources management and consulting firm, today announced its Senior Consultant, Karen Walsh, recently graduated from Leadership Howard County, MD’s (LHC) 2015 Premier Class. Since 1986, LHC has played a key role…
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MD Minimum Wage Set to Increase July 1
Read more: MD Minimum Wage Set to Increase July 1The Maryland state minimum wage is set to rise to $8.25 on July 1, 2015 – up from the current $8 per hour.