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Reader Questions About Pay: How, How Much, and for What?

Employers Forecast Much Slower Hiring Pace

Poll: HR Pros Rate Themselves Highly as Salary Negotiators

Top 10 Compensation Stories

HR Challenge®: Sexual Harassment

Compensation Hot Topic: Annual and Quarterly Bonuses

Compensation Q&A

Odd Jobs

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Higher Limit on Commuter Benefits Puts More Money into Everyone’s Pockets

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New COBRA Changes – Action Needed Now

The changes to COBRA, while not permanent, are immediate and monumental. Let BLR help you through this challenge. All employers need to be aware of pending deadlines, required notices they must provide to eligible individuals, and various recordkeeping and administrative requirements that must be followed to conform to the law.

BLR legal editors have compiled a special compliance focus report, COBRA Subsidy Program: Steps to Compliance, to summarize key terms and provisions.

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Who is eligible?
What constitutes "involuntary termination”?
When do rules become effective?
Federal and state COBRA – what is the rule?
Recordkeeping requirements
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Plus, with this special report you will also receive a compliance calendar that will make sure you are clear on all the deadlines right through September 30, 2010! Download your report today. Put your revised COBRA administration into action!

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11 Tips for Avoiding Ledbetter Problems

Documenting the reasons for pay decisions is the key to avoiding liability under the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which extends the deadline for filing a pay-bias complaint under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, says Leslie E. Silverman, a partner with the labor law firm Proskauer Rose, LLP.
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Reader Questions About Pay: How, How Much, and for What?

Some HR managers aren’t aware that the way they’ve classified their employees may be incorrect--as may other wage and hour decisions. In fact, the federal and state departments of labor come after employers much more often on these pay issues than do individual employees who sue for violation of FMLA. So it’s no wonder that our subscribers ask many, many questions about wages and salaries.
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This Week's Poll
Which federal employment-related law gives you the biggest headache?
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Last Week's Poll
How have employees reacted to recent drops in their 401(k) balances?
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Tool of the Week
Home Relocation Assistance Policy
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Employers Forecast Much Slower Hiring Pace

Employers in the United States are projecting a considerably slower hiring pace for the second quarter of 2009, according to a quarterly survey of 31,000 employers by Manpower, Inc.
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Poll: HR Pros Rate Themselves Highly as Salary Negotiators

Most human resources professionals believe they are good--or better than good--at negotiating salary with potential hires, according to a recent poll by 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 past 90 days.
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Featured White Paper

Higher Limit on Commuter Benefits Puts More Money into Everyone’s Pockets

Buried within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009 stimulus package) is a provision that can save a significant amount of money for employers and employees alike--an increase in the cap on commuter benefits.
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My question is on the new legislation regarding commuter benefits. I read an article that said employees whose monthly mass transit fees are less than the $230 cap are allowed to deduct the full amount from their paychecks. Does this mean people can take the deduction even if they do not use the money toward mass transit?
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HR Challenge®: Sexual Harassment

An employee does not disclose that she had been sexually harassed until her employer questioned her about a co-worker's sexual harassment complaint. The employee revealed that the alleged harasser had also sexually harassed her in the past. Does federal law protect the employee from retaliation by the employer?
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Compensation Hot Topic: Snow Day

An HR Forum explains that his organization is going to pay employees for a day when it closed one of its offices because of snow. However, some employees made it into the office and performed work. The subscriber wants to know if these employees should receive additional pay.
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Odd Jobs
Job Title: Crossword-Puzzle Maker
National Average Salary: $15.62 per hour (June 2005 data)

The Department of Labor classifies the Crossword-Puzzle Maker among “Artists, Performers, and Related Workers.” This category also includes an occupation that works with dummies (13 letters).

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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FLSA: Wage & Hour Self-Audit Guide
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Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: Take Action Now
On Jan. 29, 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law. The BLR 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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March 18, 2009


	A Note to Readers While the COBRA-related provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the economic stimulus package) have rightfully received the lion's share of employers' attention, the legislation also includes other important changes, such as a significant change to commuter benefits. Not familiar with the change or want to learn more about it? It's the focus of this week's white paper (including an interview with a commuting expert) and our Compensation Q&A.

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