Day: May 10, 2024

IRS Announces HSA and HDHP Limits for 2025

The IRS announced in May of 2024 the updated HSA contribution limits for 2025, which take effect in January 2025. 
The increase is not as significant as the jump between 2023 and 2024’s contribution limits, but it still creates opportunities for employers to reconsider their contribution amounts and grants HR the chance to remind employees to contribute as they plan for the enrollment process.
Read on to learn more about these updates and how you can use them to best prepare for your next open enrollment period.  
 

Can You Fire an Employee for Protesting?

49 out of 50 states in the U.S., all but Montana, follow at-will employment, so if you’re employed in the U.S. you’re probably an at-will employee. At-will employment means that the relationship between the employer and employee is entirely voluntary and can be terminated at any time. Because there is no employment contract, employees can be fired for pretty much any reason not considered wrongful termination, and they can also leave an employer for any reason. 

Leveraging Tech, Assessing Threats and Managing Crises in the Workplace

Change is a part of the business landscape, and threat assessment is a rapidly evolving responsibility facing modern organizations. Dr. Larry Barton joins the HR Break Room® to discuss the evolving nature of threat assessment and how workplace mental wellness efforts can play a role in crisis management strategies. Along […]

Congress takes a step closer to ending forced arbitration of age bias claims

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Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee announced that it had advanced the Protecting Older Americans Act, which would invalidate forced arbitration clauses requiring employees to arbitrate age discrimination claims, whether for disparate treatment, disparate impact, harassment, or retaliation. 15 Senators voted in favor and 6 against. The legislation, introduced in […]