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Compensation & Benefits

Performance drives pay in 72% of workplaces

02/12/2015
Pay-for-performance continues to define U.S. employers’ compensation strategies. According to a new study by the WorldatWork nonprofit, 72% of 600 organizations surveyed report that they directly tie pay raises to job performance—and 67% say their best employees earn increases that are 1.5 times higher than those of average workers.

Sample request form for corrected/reissued 2014 W2s

02/11/2015
When an employee needs a new W2, make sure to print out and use this to ensure the process is documented.

Worker underreports hours? You still owe OT

02/11/2015
Do you have clear policies stating that employees can’t work off the clock, must record all hours worked and must report to HR any supervisor who demands early clock-outs? Good! However, that doesn’t mean you’re immune to a wage-and-hour lawsuit.

The conversation about ‘balance’ is changing

02/10/2015
Have technology and the global economy made it just about impossible to compartmentalize work and life separately?

Be it resolved: We will manage our money in 2015

02/10/2015
A Harris Poll of 2,255 U.S. adults found us making these money-related resolutions for 2015.

Volunteer emergency responders in New York now entitled to leave

02/09/2015
As of Dec. 22, 2014, employers in New York must grant leave to employees who also serve as volunteer emergency responders during times when the governor has declared a state of emergency or if a federal emergency has been declared.

Be sure you can justify reason why promoted worker didn’t get raise

02/09/2015

Most employees who are promoted see that as a vote of confidence and assume their new responsibilities will include more money or other tangible benefits. But what if you don’t want to raise pay?

Supreme Court to hear ACA premium tax credit case

02/09/2015
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear King v. Burwell, which is an appeal from the 4th Circuit regarding whether the Affordable Care Act’s premium tax credits are available to all eligible individuals, regardless of whether they purchase health insurance through a state or federal exchange.

Supreme Court rules security check time isn’t compensable

02/06/2015
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the time employees spent waiting at the end of the day to undergo security checks, and the time they spent undergoing those checks, wasn’t compensable working time under the Portal-to-Portal Act. The time, the Court said, wasn’t integral and indispensable to the performance of employees’ jobs.

All the benefits of vacation, none of the sun and sand

02/06/2015
A British hypnotherapist is offering sessions designed to help stressed out workers “feel as refreshed and revitalised as they do after a two-week break.”