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Meet FLSA's Overtime Regulations the Easy Way!
FLSA: Wage and Hour Self-Audit Guide – Download
Get the latest FLSA's overtime regulations. BLR's self-audit guide is the tool that can help you understand the new FLSA regulations and how they affect your organization.
The Self-Audit Guide will provide you with discussion and expert advice on all of this:
- The key changes to the FLSA
Helpful chart highlights the differences between the old and new laws
- New overtime
Learn how the law may directly affect your company’s wage and our policies and practices
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Get precise explanations and examples of the Executive, Administrative, Learned Professional, and Creative Professional exemptions
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Is $95K PowerPoint Preparer Exempt from Overtime?
Is an employee who earns $95,000 preparing PowerPoint® presentations for very high-level financial presentations exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)?
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Bonuses to Be Trimmed at Most Firms
Most organizations say they are reducing bonuses as a cost-saving measure, according to a survey of chief financial officers and senior comptrollers by Grant Thornton LLP.
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This Week's Poll
How often does your organization audit its compensation plan to ensure fairness and equity in employees’ pay?
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Last Week's Poll
See how many respondents have bans on cell-phone use while driving.
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No Increase for Social Security Benefits or for Limit on Earnings Subject to Tax in 2010
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits for more than 57 million Americans won't automatically increase in 2010, which will mark the first year without an automatic Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) since they went into effect in 1975.
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Many HR and Compensation Pros Say They've Experienced Pay Bias
A large majority of HR and compensation professionals say that they have either suspected an employer has paid them less because of their gender or are sure that an employer has.
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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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Spruce Up Your Separation Practices |
Employers conducting layoffs may seek the least expensive ways to separate employees from the organization. After all, saving money is the whole purpose, right? But recent research says that spending some money to do it right may pay off way more than it costs.
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Compensation Q&A
Questions from our Ask the Experts archives
If a COBRA-eligible employee is laid off in November, would he or she still get the subsidy for 9 months? Also, does the time period for terminated employees end on 12/31/09?
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HR Challenge®: Military Leave
The Veterans Benefits Improvement Act (VBIA), which amended the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, requires that employers offer those on military leave and their dependents the right to continue in the group health plan for up to 24 months of service. An employee will be on military leave for 30 days and elects to continue coverage during that time. What is the maximum amount the employee may be charged?
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Compensation Hot Topic: Office Party and Pay
An HR Forum member has a question about whether you have to pay nonexempt employees for time spent at an office party that is off-site.
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Odd Jobs
Job Title: Crossword-Puzzle Maker
National Average Salary: $14.31 per hour (July 2004 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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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 who 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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A Note to Readers
BLR is offering a free training presentation in connection with Drug-Free Work Week, which takes place this week. The annual event's purpose is to emphasize the importance of drug-free workplace programs and urge workers with problems to seek help. A recent government report found that most of the 20 million adults with substance dependence or abuse were employed full time. To help employers participate in the event, BLR is offering its popular Substance Abuse in the Workplace: What Employees Need to Know training presentation to the public.
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