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Compensation & Benefits

New overtime rules may kill telecommuting

05/16/2016
The buzz in Washington suggests the new Department of Labor rules on white-collar overtime will be released within days.

The most common kinds of short-term incentives

05/14/2016
Could incentives work to raise your company’s productivity?

In the Payroll mailbag this month …

05/12/2016
Mother’s Day, college graduations, tough payroll questions. Just par for the course, really.

Midyear changes allowed for 401(k) safe harbor plans

05/10/2016
If you don’t want the hassle of annual 401(k) plan discrimination testing, you can adopt a 401(k) safe harbor plan. But there have always been limitations on these plans. The IRS has now eliminated one huge obstacle.

New York raises minimum wage and enacts paid family leave

05/09/2016
New York has moved forward with a new, higher minimum wage and paid family leave.

Staten Island retirement plan to get a fiduciary

05/09/2016
The U.S. Department of Labor has asked a federal court to allow it to appoint a fiduciary for the employee retirement fund at Lily Pond Nursing Home, formerly of Staten Island.

WHD snags nail salons for wage violations

05/09/2016
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division settled Fair Labor Standards Act violations with two New York City nail salons.

Yonkers diner to serve up back pay for FLSA violations

05/09/2016
Diner will pay $101,467 in back wages to employees.

Snapshot: Why your employees are thinking of jumping ship

05/09/2016
What are employees looking for when looking around?

Courts: Flexibility is key to determining intern status

05/06/2016
College students who are currently packing up their frat houses and dorm rooms will soon be knocking on your door, résumés in hand, looking for summer internships.