An employer that violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by failing to pay its workers the legally required overtime rate could not deduct from the damages assessed a travel bonus that the employer paid to its workers at remote jobsites during overtime hours.
Travel Bonus Not Deductible from FLSA Violation Damages
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Prior Salary Can’t Justify Gender Pay Disparity, Appeals Court Rules
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A job applicant’s prior salary can’t be used to justify wage differences between male and female employees, the 9th...
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IRS Announces Higher Standard Mileage Rate for 2018
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The deductible business mileage rate is increasing 1 cent per mile as of Jan. 1, 2018, the IRS announced....
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Flat Salary Increase Budgets Create Winners and Losers
Janet L. Heins|Critical Evaluation, News, Salary Surveys, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
As organizations continue to contend with the falling unemployment, they’re luring and keeping good workers by directing pay raises...
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Staffing Agency Met California Meal-Break Obligations
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A staffing agency that placed a worker with a client company satisfied its own duty to provide meal periods...
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Health Care 'Cadillac Tax' Delayed Until 2022
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President Donald Trump signed into law a two-year delay on the 40 percent excise tax on high-value health care...
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Fewer Jobs Created in 2017 Than Preceding Year
Janet L. Heins|Compensation Compliance, Critical Evaluation, Labor Market Data, News, Youth Employment, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
U.S. employers created approximately 2.1 million jobs in 2017, coming up short compared with the 2.2 million jobs added...
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High-Deductible Plans More Common, but So Are Choices
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The share of big employers offering a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) has grown by more than 20 percent since...
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SSA Revises Previously Announced Payroll Tax Cap for 2018
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On Nov. 27, 2017, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that it had revised the maximum amount of earnings...
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