Walmart, the largest private employer in the U.S., announced it will raise the minimum wage it pays its employees to $11 dollars an hour and expand paid parental leave to its full-time hourly workers as a result of the lower corporate tax rate that took effect under the tax reform law.
Walmart Attributes Higher Starting Wage, Expanded Benefits to Tax Reform
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Estée Lauder, EEOC Agree to Settle Paid-Child-Bonding-Leave Case
Janet L. Heins|Family and Medical Leave, Gender, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is scrutinizing paid-child-bonding-leave policies closely, particularly those that distinguish between primary and secondary caregivers,...
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Two-Year Delay for 'Cadillac Tax' Included in Stopgap Funding Bill
Janet L. Heins|Benefits and Taxation, Influencing Government Policy, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
A delay on the 40-percent excise tax on high-value health plans is part of the stopgap funding bill now...
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Lack of Communication Sinks FMLA Claims
Janet L. Heins|Benefits Communication, Communication, Family and Medical Leave, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
An employer has no obligation under the Family and Medical Leave Act to restore an employee to the same...
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The Minimum Wage in 2018: A Rates-Only Update
Janet L. Heins|Critical Evaluation, Minimum Wage, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Minimum wage laws can impact businesses of all sizes, whether operating nationwide, in multiple jurisdictions, or only in one...
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Supreme Court Asked to Answer: How Much ADA Leave Is Required?
Janet L. Heins|Decision-Making, Disability Accommodations, Leave Management, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Employers aren’t sure how much leave is required under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the appeals courts...
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References to FMLA Were Not Representations of FMLA Eligibility
Janet L. Heins|Benefits Communication, Communication, Family and Medical Leave, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
A handbook with a section on family and medical leave, forms that refer to the Family and Medical Leave...
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Court Revives Pay-Equity Class Action Against Google
Janet L. Heins|California, Data Analysis, News, Pay Equity, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
A group of women who worked for Google in California can proceed with their class-action complaint asserting that the...
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Unlawful to threaten employees with plant closure to spur union decertification
Janet L. Heins|Blog, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
By Ronald Miller, J.D. The NLRB did not err in determining that an employer acted unlawfully by threatening plant...
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