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Compensation & Benefits

Feds’ deal for call center: $150K to fix misclassification

06/22/2016
A Southern California marketing firm will pay $150,000 in back pay and overtime to resolve charges it misclassified employees as independent contractors.

DOL: Slow cash flow no excuse for missing payroll

06/22/2016
Joined, Inc., has agreed to issue $439,000 in back pay to 58 workers following a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation.

Broad backing for rules that expand overtime

06/21/2016

Poll shows that most Americans back new OT rules.

ACA roundup

06/20/2016
The Department of Health and Human Services has released its final notice of benefit and payment parameters for the 2017 plan year and the Department of Labor has finalized changes to the summary of benefits and coverage template.

The worst vacation is the one that wasn’t taken

06/20/2016
Employees say they’re willing to trade off other benefits in exchange for more vacation time—but consistently decline to take time off to which they are entitled, according to a new survey by the HR software development firm Namely.

School’s out, hire carefully

06/16/2016
There’s a lot to know before you hire a teen for a summer job.

Free resources for offering myRA benefits available on web

06/14/2016
The Department of Labor has rolled out a website full of resources for employers that want to help employees set up retirement savings accounts through Uncle Sam’s myRA program.

Chasing the next story a bad career choice

06/14/2016
For the third year in a row, journalism brought up the rear in employment research firm CareerCast.com’s annual 10 Job Rated Worst Jobs report.

Snapshot: Who is responsible for recruiting?

06/14/2016

Who handles the recruiting in your company?

High Court OKs statistical analyses to figure unpaid time

06/13/2016
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that employees at a meat processing plant may use statistical analyses to prove that they weren’t paid for their changing time in class action lawsuits brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act.