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Competitive Pay Analysis Audio Conference - January 29
Are you sure that your pay rates are competitive with other organizations in your industry? And that you're properly evaluating data to make appropriate hiring and promotion decisions? Given that it's your star performers who are most at risk of jumping ship, you need to be sure you're getting it right.
Join us January 29 for an in-depth 90-minute audio conference about what you, as an HR professional, need to know about the pay analysis process in order to yield positive results.
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Senate Approves Equal Pay Legislation
The U.S. Senate has voted 61-36 in favor of legislation that would extend the deadline for filing a pay-bias complaint under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
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Can You Stave Off Layoffs?
As the economy "craters," as some of the media like to say, you may be thinking about layoffs to rescue the company's bottom line. The Wharton Center for Human Resources, at the University of Pennsylvania, recently turned its attention to employers' alternatives for survival during the recession.
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This Week's Poll
Did you allow employees to watch the Presidential Inauguration?
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Last Week's Poll
Have you let your employees know about changes to the FMLA that took effect January 16? If not, do you plan to do so?
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Thousands of Jobs with National, State, Local Salary Data at Your Fingertips
Get reliable salary survey data for national, state, and metro areas in just seconds. Whether you need pay rates for an individual job in your state, or pay scales for an entire industry, Compensation.BLR.com can help.
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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Sales Compensation Survey Reveals Trends for 2009
A new survey on sales compensation trends has found that the average incentive pay increase for sales professionals in 2009 will be 4.4 percent. What else can sales professionals expect this year?
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Most Employers Believe Obama's Economic Plans Will Succeed in Creating Jobs
In the days before Barack Obama took the oath of office and became the 44th President of the United States, employers weighed in on whether his economic stimulus plans would succeed in creating new jobs. Most employers believe they will succeed, but not many expect to see results in 2009, according to a poll on Compensation.BLR.com and HR.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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Featured Article
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Bad Economy Affects Execs, Too: What You Can Do About It
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Companies are facing a problem: how to divide a dwindling amount of money among their valued employees. Deserving workers may receive lower--or even no--raises. Rank-and-file employees are not alone in facing the problem; executives are also feeling the pinch of a poor economy.
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Compensation Q&A
Questions from our Ask the Experts archives
If we advance an employee their vacation time before they are eligible for it, and then they leave the company, are we permitted to deduct the advanced vacation amount from their final paycheck?
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HR Challenge®: FLSA
Two employers on the same premises have an agreement to share the services of a janitor to perform work for both firms. In one workweek, the janitor works 30 hours for one employer and 20 hours for the other. In another workweek, the janitor works 40 hours for one employer and 10 hours for the other employer. For which workweek is the employee owed overtime, under the Fair Labor Standards Act?
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Compensation Hot Topic: FMLA and Exempt Employees
An HR Forum subscriber is struggling with pay issues for an exempt employee who frequently takes intermittent leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and is asking colleagues for guidance.
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Best Practices in Compensation & Benefits Newsletter
This monthly newsletter will ensure that you are on top of the latest compensation and benefits news.
Audio Click 'n Train: FLSA--What Supervisors Need to Know
This easy-to-use training program will help train supervisors and HR professionals to understand FLSA regulations so that they can properly classify their employees and compensate them in accordance with the law, reducing the potential for costly litigation.
How to Write an Affirmative Action Plan
This how-to manual saves time and money by giving you everything you need for developing a sound affirmative action program--before the EEOC or OFCCP hit you with unintentional discrimination charges.
The Job Analyzer
This comprehensive guide saves employers money because it shows them how to hire employees with the skills for the jobs that need to be done in the organization, as well as how to determine the right amount to pay for the job being performed.
Salary Management Webinar Recording
Order this in-depth 90-minute webinar on how to establish a systematic approach for paying administration that will serve you well whether the economy is thriving or faltering.
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