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Compensation & Benefits

Half of employees leave vacation days on the table

01/04/2017
Fifty-two percent of Americans who get paid vacation time said they would not use all their allotted time in 2016.

DOL updates guidance on proxy voting by benefit plans

01/04/2017
Check to make sure your fiduciary is aware of these highly technical changes.

Snapshot: What should Trump and Congress do about the Affordable Care Act?

01/04/2017
Americans are almost evenly split.

HSA balances increasing

01/04/2017
Balances in health savings accounts grew by more than a third in 2015.

2017 brings higher minimum wage in 22 states

01/04/2017
For employers with staff in more than one state, complying with minimum wage laws just got more complicated.

With new law, Philadelphia jumps on pay equity bandwagon

01/03/2017
The bill that prohibits employers from asking about a prospective employee’s wage and fringe benefits history is expected to become law, effective sometime in mid-2017.

DOL sues to appoint fiduciary for orphan 401(k)

01/03/2017
Plan members have been unable to access statements or their money since 2002.

Call of (jury) duty: What must we do?

12/22/2016
Q. What are California employers’ obligations with regard to workers who get called on for jury duty?

DOL obtains $866k judgment against bank ESOP fiduciaries

12/22/2016
The U.S. Department of Labor Em­­ployee Benefit Security Administration has obtained a judgment against fiduciaries for the California Pacific Bank’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan after they failed to make employees whole following the plan’s dissolution.

Ensure wellness programs comply with new EEOC rules

12/22/2016
Know the new rules regarding financial inducements in employer-sponsored wellness programs.