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Compensation & Benefits

Feel free to set different pay rates, but prepare to document business reasons why

02/12/2009

Pay discrimination has received lots of attention lately, especially since the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act became law in January. Employees now have longer to sue over pay disparity.

Audit pay averages for women and men to learn if you’re at risk for pay-bias suit

02/12/2009

Pay disparities between men and women are in the news. Here’s how to find out whether you’re in danger of being sued: Take all your employees working in the same classification, divide them into male and female groups and then determine each sex’s average salary.

Don’t even think about ignoring DOL investigation, requests

02/12/2009

A Michigan employer has learned a tough lesson: Ignore the U.S. Department of Labor at your peril. Its employees won their lawsuit—even though they had no proof of wrongdoing—simply because the employer ignored the DOL’s request for records and failed to show up in court.

Prudential benefits support adult caregivers

02/11/2009

After 38% of Prudential Financial’s employees identified themselves as adult caregivers in a 2004 survey, the financial services firm started ramping up its elder care benefits. Today, the firm offers more than half a dozen benefits for employees who help out older parents and spouses.

Oregon firm pays employees to leave their cars at home

02/11/2009

When execs at David Evans and Associates wanted to make their organization more sustainable, they started with their employees’ commutes. The firm pays its 953 employees up to $6 a day to leave their cars at home and commute by walking, biking, car pooling or riding the bus.

Company pays cost of child care during employee business trip

02/11/2009

Business travelers who work for Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly don’t pay for extra child care during business trips; the organization does. Or, if the employee prefers, the child can go on the trip, too—on the company dime.

Stanley University offers round-the-clock training

02/11/2009

IT firm Stanley Associates has its own, round-the-clock web-based training university for employees. Stanley University offers employees more than 3,500 courses in technology, business skills, time management, writing and other skills.

Survival-mode comp strategies could be good for business

02/11/2009

Smart compensation pros can use this recession as an opportunity to re-evaluate how they pay employees. Here are four recession-smart compensation strategies that you might decide to continue even after the economy rebounds.

4 tips to gain office-bound employees’ buy-in for telework

02/11/2009

New research shows there may be a hidden downside to telecommuting policies: They may cause non-telecommuters to leave their jobs. To accommodate the broader impact of telecommuting on others in the office—and stave off any negative effects—experts advise taking a fresh look at your telecommuting efforts.

Employees dozing at the desk? Offer them pillows

02/11/2009

If the worrisome economy is keeping your employees up at night, offering them a place to nap during the afternoon could help them get their work done. Nearly 30% of employees admit they have fallen asleep on the job, and 12% say fatigue has made them late for work, according to a National Sleep Foundation poll.