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Payroll Documentation Audio Conference - October 20
Join us on October 20 as our expert speaker explains the best practices for auditing and documenting your payroll procedures to clean up bad habits and streamline your policies. You'll learn how to write effective payroll procedures, how to recognize red flags that could signify underlying weaknesses in your systems, and how to fix those problems with minimal administrative disruptions. Plus, you can ask questions--via e-mail or on the phone--for a quick answer about your specific payroll documentation issues.
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Geographic Location Continues to Be Key Factor in Pay
A new study illustrates the significant impact that location has on your compensation. Which cities have the highest pay differentials when compared with national median salaries?
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Applicant Brings Parents to the Interview: What Do You Do?
If someone brings his or her parents to the job interview, what should you do? "Take it as a sign (a negative one)," advises Bryan D. LeMoine, an attorney with Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC, St. Louis, MO. Speaking at BLR's Illinois Employment Law Update, LeMoine was joined by his colleague, Elizabeth T. Gross, Esq., presenting a workshop, "Hiring, Soup to Nuts."
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This Week's Poll
Which presidential candidate has the better healthcare plan?
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Last Week's Poll
Are employees more vocal about their political views during this election season?
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Do Your Supervisors Understand FLSA Regs?
Audio Click 'n Train: FLSA--What Supervisors Need to Know helps train supervisors and HR professionals to understand the new FLSA regulations so that they can properly classify their employees and compensate them in accordance with the law, reducing the potential for costly litigation.
You get a complete, comprehensive training session with both visuals and audio, as well as training reinforcement materials--quiz, handout, interactive exercises! This complete training course meets the needs of all types of learners (audio, visual, tactile) for results-oriented training.
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A Top 10 List for Handling Workers' Comp Claims
"Learn your 'A,B,C's'--Always Be Closing"--is the workers' compensation mantra of John P. Connolly, an attorney with the Chicago law firm of Brady, Connolly and Masuda. He argues that time is your enemy in most workers' comp claims. The longer they stay open, the more risk and exposure there is.
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Poll: Amendments to ADA Will Be Major HR Headache
Once the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) is enacted on January 1, many HR professionals will be reaching for aspirin (or other headache remedy of their choice), according to a recent poll on HR.BLR.com and Compensation.BLR.com.
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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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Social Media Brings Comp and Benefit Communication into 21st Century
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The last decade brought with it a massive shift in the way people communicate with one another. We spoke with Michael Rudnick, global intranet and portal leader for Watson Wyatt, to find out about the surprising ways in which some of these new technologies, especially social media, may impact the compensation and benefits departments.
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[Trial or subscription to Compensation.BLR.com required.]
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Compensation Q&A
Questions from our Ask the Experts archives
If an employee/participant defaults on a retirement plan loan and the employer has more than one plan (for example, a 401(k) and 403(b)), is the employee prohibited from borrowing from any retirement plan of the employer or just the plan he/she defaulted the loan in?
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HR Challenge®: Disabilities
President Bush recently signed the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), which will affect the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by clarifying the definition of disability. Under the new law, the definition of a disability will continue to be a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. However, what does the law say about the determination of whether an impairment substantially limits a major life activity?
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Compensation Hot Topic: FMLA
An HR Forum subscriber wants to know under what circumsatnces an employee can qualify for FMLA leave twice for the same event.
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Computer-Based Training: Workplace Violence
Workplace violence training is easy and effective with this interactive computer-based training program. Your employees learn at their own pace on topics such as behavior warning signs, stages of violent behavior, intervention options, how to report incidents, how to help victims cope, and much more.
Best Practices in Compensation & Benefits Newsletter
This monthly newsletter will ensure that you are on top of the latest compensation and benefits news.
Sexual Harassment Toolkit
This complete sexual harassment training program includes a customizable, fully prepared presentation in PowerPoint®. It also includes sample policies, training notices, trainee workbook, speaker's notes, handouts, employee quizzes, a completion certificate for training documentation, and regulatory information.
FLSA: Wage and Hour Self-Audit Guide--Download
Download this guide to easily determine whether you are in an industry or employ the type of worker that 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.
Salary Management Webinar Recording
Order this in-depth 90-minute webinar on how to establish a systematic approach to pay administration that will serve you well whether the economy is thriving or faltering.
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