How Workers’ Compensation Claims and the Experience Modification Rate (EMR) Affect Ohio Businesses
Anyone handling workers’ comp, risk management, or proposal management has heard the acronym EMR often – maybe without knowing what it really entails or where it comes from. It stands…
Where Do we Stand with Non-Competes in 2025?
FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Blocked, But Gray Area Remains In early 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) introduced and finalized a rule banning the use of non-competes. Employers, Chambers of Commerce…
Year-End Benefits Round-Up
Reminders for 2024 and Changes for 2025 ACA Updates & Reminders It’s almost time for ACA reporting! There aren’t any major changes this year, but here are some items to…
Federal Court Vacates Overtime Rule
Texas Judge Vacates DOL Rule That Raised Minimum Salaries for Overtime Exemptions Toward the end of 2023, we advised our readers that changes would be coming to the FLSA white-collar…
OSHA Citation Assistance
Some of the calls and emails we receive from clients may be preventive and simple, others can be panicked, and everything in between. One of the things that sets SuretyHR…
DOL Issues Final Rule on Independent Contractors
Who’s Really an Independent Contractor? DOL Finalizes New Rule Clarifying ClassificationEarlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) finalized its rules regarding classification of independent contractors. The organization hadn’t…