While employers are adopting more flexible terms for severance, the most common methods of determining a final payout remain a flat number of weeks based on years of service, followed by number of weeks by position level and years of service, a new study shows.
Severance Tied to Tenure and Position as Formal Policies Decline
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Employers Use Technology and Outsourcing to Ease Leave Management
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While the legal requirements to provide paid or unpaid leave become more complex, leave-management tools and services continue to...
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Honest Belief of FMLA Abuse Is Enough to Fire Someone
Janet L. Heins|Benefits Communication, Communication, Family and Medical Leave, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Abuse of intermittent Family and Medical Leave Act time off is frustratingly common, but employers need not tolerate it.
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Dollar General can’t dodge $275K verdict for firing diabetic employee
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By Brandi O. Brown, J.D. Dollar General failed to convince a federal district court in Tennessee that a jury...
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2016 Overtime Rule on Permanent Pause After 5th Circuit Halts Litigation
Janet L. Heins|Influencing Government Policy, News, Overtime Eligibility and Exemptions, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a Department of Labor (DOL) motion to halt litigation over the...
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Jimmy John's Franchisor and Franchisees Sued Simultaneously in Overtime Case
Janet L. Heins|Contracts and RFPs, News, Overtime Eligibility and Exemptions, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
A case decided by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals potentially has opened new paths of liability for...
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For Benefit Platforms, Employers Pick User Experience Over Cost
Janet L. Heins|Benefits Technology, News, Relationship Management, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Price is not the primary driver for large employers that are choosing benefits administration technology platforms. Instead, they want...
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Hotel GM’s high-level job, his firing women for refusing sex, preclude Faragher-Ellerth defense
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By Joy P. Waltemath, J.D. Sexual harassment and retaliation claims under state law by two female hotel workers—one Filipino...
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Misclassification Results in Liquidated Damages Award
Janet L. Heins|Decision-Making, News, Overtime Eligibility and Exemptions, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
An employer was ordered to pay liquidated damages where an employee’s position was misclassified as overtime-exempt under the Fair...
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