Legislation (S.1878) introduced by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and make it easier for employers to offer bonuses and incentive pay to employees.
After reviewing more than 1,000 bills produced by the last session of the state legislature, California Gov. Gray Davis has approved some that have ramifications for HR, including one that will boost pay for laid-off workers, another that will expand domestic-partner benefits, and a third that will broaden prevailing-wage requirements.
A shareholder of US Airways Group Inc. has sued its board of directors, seeking to overturn a deal to award $45 million in severance benefits to the airline's top three executives in the event of their resignations, according to the Washington Post.
The Bush administration wants to delay compensation for some Cold War-era workers in nuclear weapons programs who developed illnesses, the Associated Press reports.
A group representing nearly 10,000 FBI agents plans to seek creation of a separate salary system for the government's law enforcement officers, according to the Washington Post, which calls it another sign that the federal pay system needs fixing.
Alfred J. Dunlap, whose slash-and-burn tactics fueled both his rise and fall as CEO of Sunbeam in the 1990s, managed to hide firings from two executive positions earlier in his career.
