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Compensation & Benefits

December 2024: Employer’s business tax calendar

10/31/2024
Here’s your monthly guide to critical payroll due dates.

Survey: Unlimited PTO doesn’t significantly increase leave-taking

10/28/2024
According to 2023 research by the Society for Human Resource Management, only about 8% of employers place no limits on employee leave. Many no doubt worry their employees would abuse unlimited PTO. A new survey may help allay those fears.

NLRB mandate: Amend stay-or-pay rules by Dec. 6

10/25/2024
Offering especially generous benefits such as paying a signing bonus, reimbursing college tuition, covering relocation expenses or providing costly training can certainly buy employees’ loyalty. But if you try to cement that loyalty with penalties for quitting before an agreed-upon period of time has passed, you may soon find yourself facing a National Labor Relations Board unfair labor practice charge.

IRS releases the 2025 tax rates and benefit amounts

10/23/2024
Here’s what you and your employees need to know for 2025 taxes and benefits, except the 401(k) adjustments. We’ll publish those when the IRS makes them available.

Retirement-readiness shocker: Healthier, wealthier retirees more satisfied

10/21/2024
There is a strong correlation between health, wealth and retirement satisfaction, according to new research by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. The group’s study found that people in good health were more likely to be satisfied with their retirement, regardless of their financial situation.

Have staff acknowledge benefits changes

10/21/2024
Whenever you update the material terms of your benefits plan, you should collect written or electronic acknowledgments from employees attesting that they received and read the latest changes.

PWFA: Routinely grant requests for leave to attend pregnancy-related appointments

10/16/2024
EEOC rules implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act say employers should routinely grant pregnant employees’ requests for time off to attend pregnancy-related medical appointments. It’s so clear-cut that one employer just quickly agreed to settle when the EEOC threatened to file a failure-to-accommodate lawsuit under the PWFA.

GLP-1 benefits coverage lags behind clinical eligibility

10/16/2024
About 42% of adults could be clinically eligible for GLP-1 medications that treat diabetes and obesity, but only 3% of those with employer-provided health insurance have a prescription for the drugs.

In the Payroll Mailbag: November ’24

10/16/2024
Is Login.gov portable? … Does IRIS confirm name/TIN matches?

Holiday bonuses: Great for everyone’s morale but yours

10/16/2024
Some companies may be tightening their belts a bit, but holiday bonuses are still the traditional way for companies to recognize employees’ performance for the year. Though employees usually receive their bonuses in December, Payroll must begin planning for them now.