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Compensation & Benefits

Paycheck Fairness Act clears House of Representatives

04/02/2019
The House of Representatives has passed the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation first introduced in 1997 that would prohibit employers nationwide from asking job applicants about their past or current pay.

Employers back ACA rule on pre-existing conditions

04/02/2019
Employers of all sizes overwhelmingly support preserving the Affordable Care Act’s mandate for health insurance plans to cover individuals with pre-existing conditions, according to a new survey by the Mercer consulting firm.

New rules tackle rate of pay, joint employment

04/02/2019
Regulators at the Department of Labor have been busy, issuing two new notices of proposed rulemaking in less than a week.

May 2019: Employer’s business tax calendar

03/31/2019
Here’s your monthly guide to critical payroll due dates.

State OT thresholds may exceed new DOL rule

03/28/2019
Employers in some states have—or will soon have—more than federal wage-and-hour compliance to worry about if their exempt employees work overtime.

Do vacation, sick leave buy-backs factor into overtime pay?

03/26/2019
Many employers that provide sick leave and vacation leave time have a policy or practice that allows employees to “sell back” their accrued but unused time. Do these payments for sick and vacation time have to be counted as part of the employee’s regular rate of pay for the purpose of computing overtime?

Gig economy: Is that an employer or just software?

03/26/2019
A court has affirmed that an online company that connects workers with potential clients is not an employer for unemployment compensation benefit purposes.

Snapshot: Large employers increasingly exclude out-of-network coverage

03/26/2019
Many large employers have either entirely stopped covering out-of-network health claims or are seriously considering it.

Comments on overtime rule accepted until May 21

03/26/2019
The clock has finally started ticking on the Department of Labor’s proposed rule raising the white-collar salary threshold to $35,308 per year.

In the Payroll Mailbag: April ’19

03/21/2019
Too many child support orders for comfort … Parsing the travel rules when employees aren’t away from home