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Compensation & Benefits

Don’t gamble with DOL investigations

10/19/2015
If you think you’re going to breeze through a wage and hour investigation, think again. Success is all in the preparation.

Unlimited vacation has bottom-line benefit

10/14/2015
A handful of employers let workers take as much time off as they want, as long as the work gets done. While most of those companies view unlimited vacation as a great perk that helps reward and retain talented and hard-working employees, there’s another reason to offer it.

D.C. bill would provide 16 weeks of paid leave, the most in U.S.

10/13/2015
Legislation before the Washington, D.C., City Council would grant District residents 16 weeks of paid family and medical leave, the most generous leave mandate in the nation.

Take off (or not): Paid leave is relatively rare

10/12/2015
Almost every employer offers employees a handful of paid holidays. Otherwise, less than half of employers offer paid leave benefits.

Year-end: Expect the unexpected

10/09/2015
The mailbag this month holds questions about FICA and a quirk in the 2016 calendar.

DOL grants to fund research on paid sick and family leave

10/06/2015
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau has awarded $1.55 million in grants to eight state and local employment and labor departments to research and analyze how paid leave programs can be developed and implemented across the country.

Am I allowed to institute a tip pool?

10/05/2015
Q. I manage a popular sports bar. May I institute a tip-pooling policy?

Health premiums steady, out-of-pocket costs spiral

10/05/2015
Single and family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose an average of 4% this year, continuing a decade-long period of moderate growth, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research & Educational Trust 2015 Employer Health Benefits Survey released Sept. 10.

Due dates changing for business tax returns

10/02/2015
Changing the due dates for C corps, S corps and partnerships to file business tax returns is included as a revenue-raising measure in the Surface Trans­­por­­ta­­tion and Veterans Health Care Choice Improve­­ment Act of 2015.

Raises hold steady, but not for top performers

10/01/2015
After pulling back the reins on pay raises during the recession, employers have returned to handing out steady, but not spectacular, salary increases. But the one-raise-fits-all approach is dying off as more employers embrace pay for performance.