Compensation & Benefits

Tab on $147 in unclaimed wages: Almost $1.4 million

04/06/2015

Delaware is attempting to collect almost $1.4 million from a Tennessee company that failed to properly direct a single unclaimed paycheck worth all of $147 into the state coffers.

Employer trade group pushes to privatize workers’ comp

04/06/2015

A who’s who of some of the nation’s largest private-sector employers have formed a lobbying group to “advocate for better medical outcomes to injured workers and give employers a choice in how they will manage employee benefits.” Critics say the Association for Responsible Alternatives to Workers’ Compensation is out to gut workers’ comp laws.

Time to get to work on health care reporting forms

04/03/2015

All large employers, even those that offer no health insurance and those that are eligible for transition relief this year, can begin to collect the information needed to complete Forms 1095-C/1094-C.

Consider adding credit union to benefit roster

04/02/2015

A credit union in New York City has begun an aggressive push to improve the fiscal well-being of workers whose employers offer credit union membership as an employee benefit.

What’s the law on paying for travel time?

04/01/2015

Q. How should we go about determining how much we need to pay employees for travel time?

Denver company pays its employees to relax and disconnect

04/01/2015

Bart Lorang, founder and CEO of cloud-based contact-management app firm FullContact in Denver, pays each of his employees $7,500 extra each year to go on vacation.

Vodafone maternity leave policy sets gold standard

04/01/2015

Starting April 1, Vodafone employees may take up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave—and be able to work 30-hour weeks at full pay for six months after they return to work.

April 2015: Employer’s business tax calendar

03/31/2015

Here’s your monthly guide to critical payroll due dates.

Why employers offer wellness programs

03/30/2015

Helping employees lead healthier lives led the way when nearly 500 benefits managers were asked why their organizations have wellness programs.

Employers aren’t cutting staff to escape ACA mandate

03/30/2015

Only a handful of employers have considered reducing full-time employees’ hours to dodge the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act, according to a new survey by the Society for Human Resource Management.