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Family & Medical Leave Compliance Guide
This comprehensive resource is the Rx for your #1 HR headache. Helping you keep tabs on the changing law. Includes full explanation, pre-written forms, free updates and quarterly newsletter.
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$1 Salary Not a Big Sacrifice for CEO
A research firm recently conducted a study to analyze the effects of chief executive officers' decisions to give up most of their salary and bonus.
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Feds Launch I-9 Audits at Hundreds of Employers
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has launched a new audit initiative by notifying 652 employers across the country that the agency will be investigating their hiring records.
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This Week's Poll
Have you seen a change in absenteeism this summer compared with last summer?
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Top 10 Pitfalls of California Wage and Hour Law
California has some “bizarre” wage and hour laws, and the deck is stacked against employers trying to comply with them, says Jennifer Shaw, founding partner of the Shaw Valenza law firm in California.
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HR Pros Against Benefits to Same-Sex Partners of Federal Employees
A majority of HR professionals say that the federal government shouldn't offer the same benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees as it does to spouses of federal employees, according to a poll by 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 past 90 days.
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We recently received a question from a subscriber asking for best practices for handling intermittent leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and tips for preventing abuse of FMLA. Since this is a topic on which many employers have questions, we decided to post our response as a service to other subscribers.
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Compensation Q&A
Questions from our Ask the Experts archives
Can a full-time exempt employee be suspended without pay?
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HR Challenge®: Age Discrimination
On June 18, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an important ruling in an age discrimination case (Gross v. FBL Financial Services, No. 08-441). What did the court say?
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Compensation Hot Topic: FMLA
An HR Forum subscriber wants to know about an employer's responsibility to inform employees of FMLA.
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Odd Jobs
Job Title: Competitive Shopper
National Average Salary: $13.85 per hour (July 2004 data)
If this job entailed participating in competitions over who can shop more, we doubt it would ever suffer from a worker shortage. The Department of Labor classifies the competitive shopper among sales support occupations.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Comp.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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Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: Take Action Now
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