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Pay Raises Rise, but Still Below 2 Percent
The average planned merit increase for next year is 1.85 percent, according to BLR's 2010 Pay Budget Survey. More than 40 percent of respondents reported that they had planned on giving no merit increase at all in 2010.
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House Votes to Limit Bonuses for Wall Street Execs
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill that would allow regulators to cap or prohibit Wall Street bonuses and compensation packages for executives if such pay practices are deemed to induce or encourage excessive financial risk-taking that could damage economic conditions.
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Free Report: Leveraging the Talent Supply Chain for a Competitive Advantage
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EEOC's Tips for Waivers in Severance Agreements
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has published guidance explaining terminated employees’ rights and obligations when an employer offers severance pay in exchange for a waiver of discrimination claims.
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Most Employers Don’t Fear Passage of Amended EFCA
Most employers don’t appear worried that their organization could become unionized if the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) becomes law, now that the controversial card check provision has been dropped from the legislation, according to an online poll by Compensation.BLR.com® and HR.BLR.com®. Still, 1 in 4 say it's at least somewhat possible their organization could be unionized if EFCA passes.
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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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Recession Makes ‘Shopping Around’ for Insurance, Benefits a Necessity |
HR professionals who challenge the status quo when it comes to insurance and benefits costs have an opportunity to position themselves as strategic partners with top management. Theodore D. Lanzaro, Jr., CPA, says that—particularly during a recession—employers should “shop around” all of their insurance and benefits costs, including health care; disability, life, and dental insurance; and administration of their 401(k) plan.
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Compensation Q&A
Questions from our Ask the Experts archives
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HR Challenge®: FMLA and Intermittent Leave
An otherwise eligible employee asks his employer to use intermittent leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to be with a healthy newborn child after her birth. What does the FMLA say about this?
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Compensation Hot Topic: FMLA-Qualifying Leave
An HR Forum member is unsure whether an employee who was out for 2 days and received medication has qualified for leave under the FMLA.
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Odd Jobs
Job Title: Quebracho
National Average Salary: $14.64 per hour (June 2005 data)
These workers are involved in leather manufacturing. Quebracho is the name of several species of South American trees with a very hard, durable timber. In Spanish, the word quebracho means "axe-breaker." These trees provide tannin, which is used for tanning animal hides into leather.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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