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Compensation & Benefits

Are your employees happy?

03/02/2023
Tomorrow is Employee Appreciation Day! So it’s a good time to assess whether employees are happy. Not skipping down a rainbow happy, but happy at work and with their work. Maybe happy-ish would be a better description. If you want to know whether employees are happy, ask them.

CHIPS, employer-provided dependent care benefits and employees’ 1040s

03/01/2023
The Commerce Department will be doling out $50 billion to construction and chip manufacturers. Catch: Applicants requesting more than $150 million in direct funding must provide their employees with access to affordable, accessible, reliable and high-quality child care.

Federal benefits contractor owes $3.1 million for underpaying staff

02/27/2023
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered more than $3.1 million in back wages and fringe benefits for more than 3,100 workers at a California company that provides services to federal government employees enrolled in dental and vision insurance plans.

Be prepared to explain pay disparities

02/27/2023
It’s fine to pay some workers more than others. The key is understanding the federal Equal Pay Act and its state equivalents.

55% don’t use all their PTO leave

02/27/2023
We’re leaving an awful lot of leave on the table!

Supreme Court authorizes overtime for highly paid supervisor

02/24/2023
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 22 ruled that Michael Hewitt, an oil rig supervisor who regularly earned more than $200,000 per year, is entitled to overtime pay.

Struggling to attract enough applicants? Consider adding child-care benefits to portfolio

02/23/2023
Employers can support employees’ child-care needs in several ways.

4 steps toward more flexible time-off benefits

02/21/2023
Work flexibility and time off are more important to employees than ever before. Many employers made changes on the fly to their time-off programs during the pandemic. Now is a good time to take stock of your programs and policies and look for opportunities to improve competitiveness and ensure compliance. Here are four things employers can do to add flexibility to their time-off policies right now.

Survey: 88% of employers to change health and well-being vendors

02/21/2023
To address a broad range of their employees’ needs, most U.S. employers are making changes to their vendors that provide health-care and well-being benefits, according to a new survey by the Willis Towers Watson consulting firm.

Florida man: DOL sets sights on Sunshine State employers

02/21/2023
Feb. 16 was a bad day for Florida employers that recently ran afoul of the Department of Labor. On just that one day, the DOL announced fines and recoveries worth almost $400,000.