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Wages & Hours

IRS extends tax-free benefits to all same-sex married couples

09/10/2013
New IRS guidance affirms: Same-sex married employees are entitled to all federal spousal tax benefits, even if they live in a state that doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage.

Wage gap affects women who reach the C-Suite, too

09/10/2013
Women who hold the highest-paid jobs in their companies earn less than their male counterparts at other firms, according to research by Bloomberg News.

2nd Circuit: CEO can be personally liable for FLSA violations

09/06/2013
Here’s a bit of news you may want to pass on to company executives when explaining why they must comply with the letter and the spirit of the FLSA. Tell them they aren’t just putting company assets at risk, but also their own.

Contractor paying back wages to Sandy cleanup employees

09/06/2013
InStar Services Group has agreed to pay $65,000 in back wages to more than 100 employees who did not receive the pay they were promised for cleaning up after Superstorm Sandy.

354 times more

09/05/2013
Compared to the average worker, that’s how much more the CEOs of America’s largest companies earned last year, according to the AFL-CIO.

Does telecommuting affect nonexempt status?

09/03/2013
Q. We’ve allowed employees to work from home on occasion and are considering making it an option for some positions. Does exempt/nonexempt status matter when it comes to employees working from home on a permanent basis?

State hotels rank fourth in nation in wage & hour violations

09/03/2013
Pennsylvania’s hospitality industry has earned the dubious distinction of violating the nation’s pay laws more often than those in any state outside the Sun Belt.

Part-time work on the rise

09/02/2013
Since March, U.S. employers have added 187,000 full-time workers to their payrolls—and 791,000 part-timers.

2014 raises to set post-recession bar, biggest since ’08

08/30/2013
Pay-raise budgets at U.S. employers have picked up from all-time lows four years ago, going from a mean of 2.2% in 2009 to 2.9% in 2013, according to the “WorldatWork 2013-2014 Salary Budget Survey.” While employers plan to loosen the purse strings next year, spending on pay raises will be far from lavish.

YUM! Brands faces yucky wage-and-hour lawsuit

08/28/2013
The parent corporation for such fast food icons as Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut faces a class-action lawsuit alleging numerous wage-and-hour violations in California.