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The Solution to Your Employee Compensation Headaches
Employee Compensation in [Your State]
This unique service is your work-saving double threat. First, you will rely on it to understand the complicated web of wage and hour regulations that apply in your state. Then you will count on its reliable wage and salary survey data.
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Severance Practices Differ Markedly from Previous Recession
A recent study finds that many employers have significantly modified their severance practices since the 2001 recession.
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When Employers Drop Benefits, Which Are First to Go?
A new survey report reveals surprisingly good news about employee benefits—the vast majority of more than 1,000 employers said they were retaining benefits offered to their employees. Of the small percentage that reported they had dropped a benefit, what types of benefits were cut most often?
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This Week's Poll
Do you negotiate severance packages with each employee?
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Last Week's Poll
What is the HR-to-staff ratio at your organization?
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Employers Seek Clarity on Revised FMLA
Managing employee requests for time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is one of the most time-consuming areas an HR professional has to tackle. And, since the law itself, which was complex to begin with, has just been revised, our legal experts are receiving many more questions than usual.
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What, or Who, Is a Fiduciary?
A group of Wisconsin employees charged that, by agreeing to hire a particular investment company to administer its 401(k) plans and to offer many of that company’s funds as investment options, their employer—as well as the investment company it chose—had had violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
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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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Be Upfront when Communicating Pay-Cutting Strategies
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Terms like "layoff", "furlough", and "pay cut" are among the most difficult things anyone, from employees through management, has heard lately. Saying them isn’t much easier. Jennifer Benz of Benz Communications is all too familiar with these terms and has helped some of her clients weather the storm. We spoke recently with her about the best ways to tell your employees they’re facing such difficult news.
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Compensation Q&A
Questions from our Ask the Experts archives
When an employer requires an employee who is injured on the job to submit to a drug screen and obtain medical attention, is overtime required if the appointment extends beyond the employee's work hours?
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HR Challenge®: COBRA
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provides for a 65 percent subsidy for COBRA continuation premiums for up to 9 months for workers who have been involuntarily terminated. On March 1, 2009, Employee A has his hours reduced from 40 to 25 hours per week, which results in a loss of health coverage. The same day, Employee B is terminated for cause but it wasn’t for gross misconduct. Which of these individuals would be eligible for the COBRA subsidy?
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Compensation Hot Topic: Suspending 401(k) Match
An HR Forum subscriber says thtat their employer is planning to suspend matching contributions to its 401(k) plan and is asking colleagues 1) if they have been through this process and 2) if they had a general notification they sent out to employees.
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Odd Jobs
Job Title: The Freak
National Average Salary: $15.62 per hour (June 2005 data)
Does your workplace have a freak? Like last week's Odd Job, the freak is classified among artists, performers, and related workers by the Department of Labor.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Need job descriptions or salary data for jobs at your company? We've got hundreds available at Compensation.BLR.com.
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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 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.
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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 Jan. 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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