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How does the recent coronavirus FMLA bill affect the architecture industry?

2020-03-20T15:31:00-04:00

President Donald Trump signed an emergency bill Wednesday to expand family and medical leave as well as guarantee paid sick leave for certain U.S. workers... The bill allows the Secretary of Labor to exempt employers with fewer than 50 employees from the emergency FMLA leave requirement, "when the imposition of such requirements would jeopardize the viability of the business as a going concern."

According to HR Dive, The U.S. Senate passed the bill, titled the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, by a 90-8 vote earlier in the day. It was first passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 14, and a revised version passed Tuesday. The bill will take effect starting April 2nd and end December 31st of this year. According to the Washington Post, the new sick leave law only applies to employers with more than 50 and fewer than 500 employees.

BQE Software Launches Core HR to Help Businesses Manage Employees for High Productivity

2019-07-25T09:00:00-04:00

New HR Software, designed for Professional Service firms makes it easy to manager people, projects, and profits from one system.

BQE Software, Inc., a global leader in accounting and project management software, launched Core HR, a new module of BQE Core that provides benefit tracking, salary history tracking, employee’s journal and incident tracking, certification, awards, paid-time off and employee reviews.

Human Resources is vital to every business, but many HR managers waste hundreds of hours due to administrative paperwork associated with HR functions. Core HR automates operational tasks, people-related entries, and the management of benefits, which frees up HR managers to focus on the development of the organization. By having a streamlined HR function, businesses also reduce the risk of being non-compliant. The software also provides easy, secure storage and retrieval of information from employee records, documents, and forms, which helps keep companies in compliance.

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Architect-US: An Innovative International Architectural Training Program Calling For Host Firms Across The US

2015-07-13T14:40:00-04:00

This post is brought to you by Architect-US.

In a globalized market, it is increasingly important for design firms to have the contacts, skills and cultural sensitivity to work across borders. There are global issues affecting everybody that intersect the world and the industry is needed of platforms that promote cross-pollination and encourage global dialogues, breaking down bureaucracy and immigration barriers.

Conceived as a liaison between rising global architectural talents and U.S.-based firms, Architect-US is a groundbreaking professional career training program, that sponsors highly qualified bi/multilingual international architects and engineers to work in the U.S., as part of the U.S. Government J-1 Exchange Visitor Program. The program offers US firms a valuable resource to connect and deepen ties with designers in emerging and established markets, with young professionals -from Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East- eager to learn from American techniques and me...