Private benefits exchanges—commercially marketed platforms on which employees can shop for a wide range of employer-sponsored health and voluntary benefits—are gradually evolving as businesses adjust to rising health care costs and employees’ desires to select a customized benefits mix that better meets their needs.
Private Exchanges Evolve with Demand
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California Strengthens Wage-Theft Laws
Janet L. Heins|California, Compensation Compliance, Critical Evaluation, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
When employers fail to provide full pay to employees for all their hours worked, it’s sometimes called wage theft—an...
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Employer that gave full FMLA leave, engaged in interactive process, can fire for repeated tardiness
Janet L. Heins|Blog, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
By Joy P. Waltemath, J.D. Finding no evidence that an employee fired for repeated tardiness had been treated unfairly...
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FMLA’s 25th Anniversary Reboots Discussion of Paid Leave
Janet L. Heins|Family and Medical Leave, Influencing Government Policy, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Twenty-five years after the Family and Medical Leave Act was passed into law, many are now calling for the...
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Consignment Franchise ‘Volunteers’ Must Be Paid
Janet L. Heins|Compensation Compliance, Critical Evaluation, DC Circuit, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Children’s consignment franchise “volunteers” qualify as employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and, thus, are entitled to...
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Courts Have Dueling Interpretations of FLSA’s Fluctuating Workweek
Janet L. Heins|Critical Evaluation, News, Overtime Pay, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Wage and hour laws are an Achilles’ heel for many employers. A recent 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
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Staffing Agency Met California Meal-Break Obligations
Janet L. Heins|California, Compensation Compliance, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
A staffing agency that placed a worker with a client company satisfied its own duty to provide meal periods...
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New York Courts Rule on 24-Hour Nonresidential Home Care Workers’ Pay
Janet L. Heins|Compensation Compliance, New York, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
A pair of New York state appellate decisions has serious implications for employers that offer 24-hour home care for...
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SHRM's When Work Works Project Promotes Flexibility
Janet L. Heins|Benefits, Employee Relations, News, Relationship Management, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
October is National Work and Family Month, a good time for HR professionals to consider creating or enhancing programs...
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