Who Earns the Minimum Wage?
April 02, 2008—Among the 75.9 million American workers who were paid by the hour last year, 267,000 earned exactly the prevailing federal minimum wage, and nearly 1.5 million earned wages below the minimum, according to a report by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Size Top Factor in Retirement Plan Participation
April 01, 2008—A new study suggests that it is the size of the employer for whom an individual employee works for--not an employee?s income--that is the top determining factor as to whether an employee participates in a retirement plan. It found that the larger the size of the employer, the greater the likelihood that an employee will participate in a company-sponsored plan.
HR Pros Say Economy is Hottest Workplace Topic
March 31, 2008—HR professionals report that the most talked-about topics in the workplace are the economy and company-specific topics--with less attention being paid to politics and the NCAA college basketball tournament--in a recent Compensation.BLR.com poll.
3 Business Practices that Can 'Buy' Loyalty as Effectively as Pay
March 26, 2008—The results of a new survey conducted among CEOs suggests that employer attempts to boost employee retention shouldn?t simply consist of giving out raises. In fact, the survey suggests that offering employees more money to earn their loyalty may be less effective than the improvement of three simple business practices.
Poll: Younger Workers Place More Emphasis on Pay
March 25, 2008—HR professionals believe that employees under the age of 30 assign more importance to how much money they make than their older colleagues, according to a recent Compensation.BLR.com poll.
Top 10 Compensation Stories in Last 90 Days
March 24, 2008—The following 10 articles are the most popular among Compensation.BLR.com readers in the last 90 days. The articles are available to both subscribers and non-subscribers.
Judge Orders Starbucks to Pay $100M to Baristas
March 21, 2008—A judge in San Diego has ordered Starbucks to pay $100 million to baristas who shared tips with shift supervisors in California, according to media reports.
3 Executive Job Functions in the Most Demand
March 20, 2008—The three executive job functions in the most demand are business development, sales, and operations management, according to a survey by ExecuNet.
