Compensation & Benefits

Worried about ‘Donning and doffing?’ Relax

07/09/2007

The U.S. Supreme Court created a big fuss last year by ruling that time used to put on or remove some work clothes and safety gear outside actual work hours might be compensable time. Many employers changed the way they calculated pay …

Additional workers’ comp benefits end at initial Social Security benefit age

07/09/2007

Employees who receive additional benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Law 15(3)(v) lose those additional benefits as soon as they reach eligibility for federal Social Security old-age benefits …

HR certification: Worth it? If so, which one to pursue?

07/01/2007

You may not need a license to practice HR or benefits administration, but earning an HR certification tells your employer (and potential employers) that you know your stuff …

‘Death audits’ and 6 other ways to avoid benefit errors

07/01/2007

Whether you work with a benefits team of one or 100, chances are you don’t have time to check every calculation you make. Yet simple mistakes can cost an organization millions of dollars in benefits overpayments.

Arbitration covers claims for unpaid bonus and severance

07/01/2007

The California Court of Appeal recently ruled that binding arbitration mandated by an arbitration agreement could determine a former employee’s wage claims for an unpaid profit-sharing bonus and severance pay …

‘Spiffs’ don’t count when establishing overtime exemption

07/01/2007

If you have an incentive system in which employees who sell a particular item get an additional set payment—commonly called a “spiff”—on top of other payments for selling the item, you can’t count the spiff as part of the commission …

Incentive pay hours don’t count toward the 1,250 hours required for FMLA leave

07/01/2007

Q. We are a hospital and we give employee “bonus” hours if they agree to work weekends and at other times that are difficult to staff. An employee has requested FMLA leave to care for a family member. Our employee has actually worked less than the FMLA-required 1,250 hours in the year, but because of the bonus hours, she has been paid as if she worked more than 1,250 hours. Does she qualify? …

Compensation & Benefits

Worried about ‘Donning and doffing?’ Relax

Additional workers’ comp benefits end at initial Social Security benefit age

HR certification: Worth it? If so, which one to pursue?

‘Death audits’ and 6 other ways to avoid benefit errors

Arbitration covers claims for unpaid bonus and severance

‘Spiffs’ don’t count when establishing overtime exemption

Incentive pay hours don’t count toward the 1,250 hours required for FMLA leave

Largest insurer ties staff bonuses to customers’ health

Employee stops, pops, scores workers’ compensation claim

Strange days indeed: Company argues for workers’ comp coverage

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