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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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Salary and Hiring Freezes to Melt Soon
A survey has found that 62 percent of organizations that have made hiring freezes and 69 percent of those that have made salary freezes plan to eliminate them within the next 12 months.
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Obama Expands Benefits for Same-Sex Partners of Federal Employees
President Barack Obama has signed a memorandum that he says will expand the benefits for same-sex partners of federal employees.
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This Week's Poll
Should the federal government offer the same benefits to same-sex partners of employees as it does to spouses of employees?
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Last Week's Poll
How much paid maternity leave does your organization offer?
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IRS Says Personal Use of Work Cell Phones Shouldn't Be Taxed
The Internal Revenue Service is asking Congress to clarify that personal use of mobile phones provided by employers won't be taxed.
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Nearly 40% of HR Pros Use E-Verify
Thirty-eight percent of HR professionals say they use E-Verify to verify employment eligibility of newly hired employees, 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 past 90 days.
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Wellness Programs: A Corporate Counsel Perspective |
As companies continue to view wellness programs as an effective means of addressing employee health and healthcare spending, many are exploring developing in-house wellness programs. While wellness programs are beneficial—healthier employees equal reduced illness, increased productivity, reduced absenteeism, and, over time, lower insurance premiums/reserves—creating an in-house wellness program as a means of achieving these goals is not a good idea for a variety of reasons, says attorney Paul Risner.
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Compensation Q&A
Questions from our Ask the Experts archives
Can a company require employees to get a personal credit card that earns points and have the points go to the company when the company already has a company credit card for employees?
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HR Challenge®: Overtime
An employer has a policy that prohibits nonexempt employees from working overtime without their supervisor’s permission. A nonexempt employee’s timecard reflects that he worked 8 hours of overtime in a workweek. When contacted by HR, the employee admits he didn’t have his supervisor’s permission. Must the employer pay the employee for the 8 hours of overtime?
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Compensation Hot Topic: FMLA and Company Shutdowns
An HR Forum subscriber wants to know whether the time a company is in shutdown mode can count toward an employee's 12 weeks of FMLA leave.
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Odd Jobs
Job Title: Faker
National Average Salary: $10.05 per hour (June 2005 data)
No, this type of faker isn't needlessly driving up your workers' compensation costs. The Department of Labor classifies the faker occupation among shoe machine operators.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Comp.BLR.com
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Employee Compensation in Your State
Here's help on your two biggest compensation challenges. You get state wage and hour law explanations, plus current wage and salary survey data for virtually every job—in YOUR state. BLR’s exclusive wage and salary survey data ensure your pay rates are right for any job in your state and region.
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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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Best Practices in Compensation & Benefits Newsletter
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 January 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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