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Why $4 per Gallon Gas Is an HR Problem
With little relief in sight from escalating gas prices, employees are changing their commuting habits, and employers are enhancing their benefits packages to help ease the burden, according to recent surveys.
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Company's Gas Reimbursement Benefit Fuels Loyalty
When STS Telecom workers arrived home from work one Friday afternoon, they were pleasantly surprised to receive a $25 gas card from their employer in their mailboxes. The accompanying letter explained that the company planned to do even more to ease their pain at the pump: STS announced that it would reimburse each of its 75 employees $2 per gallon for the miles they drive to and from work. Read our interview with CEO Mark Amarant to learn why STS decided to offer this benefit.
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This Week's Poll
What, if anything, are you doing to help employees deal with high gas prices?
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Last Week's Poll
What's the best part of your job? Nearly half of you are in agreeement as to the answer.
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What Are My Competitors Paying for This Job?
Find out (and get a free special report!) by trying BLR's all-in-one website for comp and benefits information, Compensation.BLR.com.
The site brings you salary information on thousands of jobs, localized by industry, state, and company size. Find the situation most like your own and you'll know what to pay, and what benefits to offer, as well.
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Encouraging Use of Public Transportation Has Advantages
Employer incentives to use mass transit not only help lighten the burden of high gas prices, but also are good for the environment and beneficial to employees and employers from a tax standpoint. Under federal law, employers may exclude qualified transportation fringe benefits from an employee's wages, up to certain limits.
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401(k) Enrollment Not 'Automatic' for Most Employers
Less than half of employers that offer 401(k) plans use automatic enrollment according to the combined results of a recent HR.BLR.com/Compensation.BLR.com poll.
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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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Commuter Benefits Provide Relief From Financial, Environment Costs
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Unless you have an untapped oil reserve in your backyard, you may not be able to solve the problem of $4+ per gallon gasoline in the U.S. You aren't likely to make much headway with saving your employees from their long commutes twice a day either, not to mention the problems of air quality that go along with them. Larry Filler, president and CEO of TransitCenter, Inc., says that you can provide commuter benefits at little cost, and that goes a long way toward environmental and employee relations goals.
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Compensation Q&A
Questions from our Ask the Experts archives
I am looking for information regarding COBRA requirements in conjunction with a Health FSA plan. Do you have anything on the site that addresses this issue?
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HR Challenge®: Equal Pay
Under what circumstances may an employer compensate male and female employees differently when they are performing the same work requiring substantially equal skill, effort, and responsibility under similar working conditions?
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Compensation Hot Topic: Pregnancy/Medical Certification & FMLA
An HR Forum subscriber wants to know when she can ask an employee for an FMLA Medical Certification when the employee is pregnant.
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Compensation.BLR.com
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