If your company offers paid parental leave to employees, it’s considered a generous, top-notch benefit that will no doubt help to separate you from the competition. But this perk could become standard in the near future. (more…)
Minimum Wage
Summer is approaching, and many companies are looking to welcome college students in as interns. But the Dept. of Labor (DOL) has a warning to those that are: If you misclassify interns, it’ll be costly. (more…)
Your Payroll staffers know that keeping up with garnishment laws can seem like a full-time job unto itself. State laws vary, and sometimes greatly, in how you should handle this aspect of employees’ pay. (more…)
Now here’s a company that seems to believe in the old adage: “If you’re going to break one rule, you might as well break them all.” (more…)
Finance pros are eager to see what the DOL's new overtime rules will look like this summer -- not because they're fans, but because they want to see how much their FLSA compliance efforts will have to change in a very…
While the push to increase the federal minimum wage continues, a significant number of states and municipalities have taken it upon themselves to bump up pay on the local level this year. (more…)
There’s a clearer indication of when the updated Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) OT regs will be finalized. (more…)
Sleeping on the job is usually considered a bad thing. But deducting too many hours when workers are getting shut-eye is also not a good move. (more…)
How stable is your Finance staff? Looks like there could be a lot of movement in the job market over the next several months. (more…)
The new year got more expensive for employers in 23 states, plus the District of Columbia. Or it will soon. (more…)
Silicon Valley billionaires probably cringed when they heard about Bay Area tech firm Electronics for Imaging (EFI) recent problem: (more…)
Wondering what the DOL has up its sleeve for the remainder of 2014 – and how it’ll impact your Finance Department? Well, the agency recently offered a preview. (more…)
