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Compensation & Benefits

Suit advances alleging Dave & Buster’s dodged ACA

04/08/2016
A big class-action lawsuit against the Dave & Buster’s restaurant chain has cleared an initial hurdle in federal court.

EEOC to collect wage data on the EEO-1

04/08/2016
Payroll administrators, get ready to supply wage and hour data and W-2 data to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Form EEO-1.

American workers restless over mix of wages, benefits

04/08/2016
American workers want more cash from their employers, and they would be willing to accept fewer benefits in exchange, according to a new survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

Snapshot: Why we seek out training

04/08/2016
Adults are increasingly interested in more than the status quo

Supreme Court turns down Walmart class-action case

04/06/2016
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 4 declined to hear an appeal of a class-action lawsuit alleging that Walmart underpaid almost 200,000 Pennsylvania employees between 1998 and 2006.

ACA’s third affordability safe harbor set for 2016

04/06/2016

If you use the Affordable Care Act’s third affordability safe harbor, group health benefits are affordable if employees’ monthly premiums for self-only coverage for the lowest cost plan don’t exceed 9.66% of the federal poverty line divided by 12.

California, New York set $15 minimum wage

04/05/2016
Governors of California and New York both sign legislation Monday mandating the wage hikes.

Payroll news you can use

04/04/2016

Here are digests of some recently released official announcements from the IRS.

Eating behind the wheel? That’s no lunch break

04/01/2016
Telling workers to eat lunch while driving doesn’t convert that travel time into an unpaid lunch break.

OT claim requires some proof of hours worked

04/01/2016
Suing for unpaid overtime? You have to present at least some evidence that you worked the hours you claim.