Under federal law, employers must pay nonexempt workers time and a half for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. That may seem straightforward, but differences in state laws make overtime compliance more complicated.
How Do State Overtime Pay Rules Differ from Federal Law?
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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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SHRM: Preserve Favorable Tax Treatment of Employee Benefits
Janet L. Heins|Benefits and Taxation, Influencing Government Policy, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Eliminating the tax exclusion for employer-provided education assistance, as the House tax reform bill proposes, could inhibit employers’ ability...
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SHRM Issues Policy Statement on Compensation Equity
Janet L. Heins|Compensation Compliance, Influencing Government Policy, News, Pay Equity, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
The Society for Human Resource Management vigorously supports equal pay for equal work with allowable pay differences based on...
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Notes written a year before 77-year-old was fired were direct evidence of age bias
Janet L. Heins|Blog, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
By Kathleen Kapusta, J.D. Notes written by a decisionmaker in the termination of a 77-year-old employee during a conference...
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DOL Urged to Withdraw Proposed Tip-Sharing Rule
Janet L. Heins|Compensation Strategy and Planning, Influencing Government Policy, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Congressional Democrats are calling for the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) proposed tip-sharing rule to be withdrawn following news...
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401(k) Sponsors Focus on Benchmarking—and Lowering—Fees
Janet L. Heins|Critical Evaluation, Defined Contribution Plans, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Keeping participant fees in check has become a primary focus of defined contribution plan sponsors. Benchmarking plan administration and...
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Tax Reform Would Scrap Tax-Free Tuition Reimbursements
Janet L. Heins|Benefits and Taxation, Influencing Government Policy, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Tax reform, in its current version, would repeal tax-free employer tuition reimbursements, even as employers are calling for these...
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FLSA/FMLA and Travel-Time Opinion Letters Clarify the Law
Janet L. Heins|Decision-Making, Family and Medical Leave, Minimum Wage, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
The U.S. Department of Labor’s opinion letter permitting employers to not pay nonexempt workers on Family and Medical Leave...
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