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Answers to All of Your Critical FLSA Questions
Get the latest FLSA's overtime regulations. BLR's self-audit guide is the tool that can help you understand the new Fair Labor Standard Act's regulations and how their changes affect your organization. This guide will help you determine whether you are in an industry, or employ the type of worker, that is most typically at risk. And it will help you determine the most cost-effective method of compliance with the revised Fair Labor Standards Act.
The Self-Audit Guide will provide you with discussion and expert advice like this:
- The key changes to the FLSA
Includes a chart highlighting the differences between the old and new laws
- New overtime requirements
How the law may directly affect your company’s wage and hour policies and practices
- The new Duties tests
You get precise explanations and examples of the Executive, Administrative, Learned Professional, and Creative Professional exemptions
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Paid Sick Leave Mandate Backed by Department of Labor
Department of Labor officials told Congress recently that the Obama administration is a strong supporter of legislation that would require employers to provide paid sick leave to employees.
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FLSA Salary Basis Test: 3 Pitfalls to Avoid
For employers, these three common areas of confusion can lead to big problems with the Department of Labor.
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This Week's Poll
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See how other organizations are handling end-of-the-year bonuses.
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FMLA Changes—the #1 hassle of 2009
BLR's hot-off-the-press Family and Medical Leave Act Compliance Guide simplifies the frustrating and confusing complexities of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), so you know exactly how to comply in every situation.
It contains practical answers to all the FMLA questions you are asking—and the ones you haven't thought of but should be asking.
The Family and Medical Leave Act Compliance Guide includes:
- Leave law overview
- All the new forms and advice on how to use them
- Practical guidance on implementing all aspects of the new rules
- Analysis of federal and state laws, what they require, and how they interact
- Leave circumstances, coverage, and eligibility—for FMLA, ADA, workers' comp, and military leave
- Recordkeeping and reporting requirements
- Reasonable accommodation
- Sample policies and forms
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Value of CEO's Stock Ownership Plunges
Chief executive officers at the nation's largest companies saw the value of their company stock ownership fall sharply last year, according to an annual study by Watson Wyatt, a consulting firm.
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Top 10 Compensation Stories
The following 10 articles are the most popular among Compensation.BLR.com readers in the last 90 days.
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Pay Attention to GINA: She’s Officially Here |
GINA, as HR pros probably know, is the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act enacted in 2008. Final regulations interpreting the law have been long in the making and are still technically only interim regs. But the employment title of GINA, which incorporates procedures and remedies found in federal civil rights law, is effective November 21, 2009.
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Compensation Q&A
Questions from our Ask the Experts archives
Is there anything to stop an employer from paying overtime to an exempt employee? For example, we have an engineer who is required to work many extra hours for several weeks to finish a project.
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HR Challenge®: Unions
In a union election, how many votes are required in order to gain union certification from the National Labor Relations Board?
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Compensation Hot Topic: Independent Contractor
An HR Forum member is asking whether someone who is on the payroll can be classified as an independent contractor.
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Odd Jobs
Job Title: Rectifier
National Average Salary: $28.18 per hour (June 2005 data)
While reminiscent of the title of a vengeance-themed action film, individuals with this job title aren't called on to right any injustices. Rectifiers are classified under the job category of "Power Plant Operators," which includes occupations concerned with controlling equipment in power plants utilizing fossil fuels, hydroelectric power, and atomic energy; monitoring and controlling equipment in manned or remote-controlled substations and standby generating plants; and related activities concerned with the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for utilization by domestic, commercial, and industrial consumers.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Comp.BLR.com
This online compensation resource gives you current, reliable information on thousands of job titles and hundreds of industries. You can be confident using these data to benchmark salaries in your organization. Pair the salary information with BLR’s rate ranges, and you have a complete compensation system.
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Employee Compensation [in Your State]
Here's help on your two biggest compensation challenges. You get state wage and hour law explanations, plus current wage and salary survey data for virtually every job—in YOUR state. BLR’s exclusive wage and salary survey data ensure your pay rates are right for any job in your state and region.
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FLSA: Wage & Hour Self-Audit Guide
Download this guide to easily determine whether you are in an industry or employ the type of worker who is most typically at risk. It will help you quickly determine the most cost-effective method of compliance with the revised Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Best Practices in Compensation & Benefits Newsletter
This concise, easy-to-read monthly newsletter will keep you on top of what’s working—and what’s not—in compensation and benefits practices. Plus, the latest developments and case studies in 401(k), wage and hour issues, flexible benefits plans, regulatory news, and much more.
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Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: Take Action Now
On January 29, 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law. BLR's expert legal and editorial staffs have carefully reviewed the Act, and they have created a plain-English overview that tells you what you need to know and do.
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A Note to Readers
In the upcoming weeks, BLR will be conducting a series of brief, targeted surveys on employee benefits. Employers will be able to use the findings to see how their benefits stack up against those of other employers, which will help them determine whether their benefits are effective retention and recruitment tools. The findings of the surveys will be presented free to all employers that complete and submit the surveys. The first survey will cover 401(k) benefits and should take only a few minutes to complete online.
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- Health Care
- Benefits for Part-Time Employees
- Relocation and Business Travel
- Incentive Plans/Bonuses
- Disability Plans
- Voluntary Benefits
- Nontraditional Benefits
- Paid Time Off
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