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Compensation & Benefits

When workers’ comp, illegal status collide

09/26/2017
Federal law requires employers to verify that employees are eligible to work in the United States. It’s unlawful to knowingly hire anyone without authorization. But what happens if an employee’s ineligibility is only discovered in the course of investigating a workers’ compensation claim?

Nearly a third of employers offer vacation time donation

09/26/2017
Leave donation programs allow employees to donate their paid leave time to colleagues who are dealing with a catastrophic illness, personal emergency, or natural disaster, allowing the time to recover while still drawing a paycheck.

EEOC files test case on rigid leave policies

09/21/2017
If the EEOC wins a pending lawsuit, be prepared to amend any policy that unequivocally calls for firing employees who can’t return to work after they have used up all their leave. If you don’t, you could find yourself in the crosshairs of the EEOC litigation team.

Snapshot: How many employers offer health benefits?

09/19/2017
The health insurance “offer rate” for all but the smallest employers increased in 2017.

After natural disaster, who gets to take leave?

09/14/2017
From wildfires in the west to hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean and the Southeast, natural disasters have millions of Americans on the move, trying to get out of harm’s way. But some employers need their workers in place even when disaster looms.

Diabetes costs employer health plans the most

09/12/2017
Diabetes is the number one condition affecting benefit plan health costs, according to the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Workplace Wellness Trends 2017 Survey.

FMLA and NY Paid Family Leave Law and Disability Benefits Law

09/07/2017
It’s time to answer some of the trickier questions about the interaction of the FMLA, the New York Paid Family Leave Law and the state’s Disability Benefits Law.

Explain how maternity, FMLA leave overlap

09/07/2017
Many employers have maternity leave policies that provide a period of paid time off following birth or adoption. That’s fine. But if you intend for paid maternity leave to run concurrently with federal FMLA leave, be sure you spell that out.

Snapshot: What perks would make you change jobs?

09/05/2017
In a seller’s market, it pays to know the benefits prospective employees value most.

Half of Americans earn $18 per hour or less

08/29/2017
Half of American jobs pay less than $18 per hour, an inflation-adjusted rate that has barely budged in 17 years.