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Compensation & Benefits

Wells Fargo fraud offers lesson on incentives

09/15/2016
Wells Fargo’s recent $185 million fine should be a lesson: Build accountability into your bonus or incentive programs.

Final ADA/GINA regs add new wrinkles for wellness plans

09/15/2016
Wellness plans collect a lot of health information on employees. Which means that they can run headlong into federal antidiscrimination laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued final regulations on the interaction between wellness plans and these two laws.

Snapshot: What kinds of variable pay do employers offer?

09/12/2016
With base pay staying relatively flat in recent years, 88% of employers now offer some form of variable pay.

Small businesses shifting focus to retirement benefits

09/12/2016
Small business owners are finding that the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has decreased the appeal of health care benefits to employees and increased retirement plans’ importance as a tool to recruit and retain employees.

Snapshot: What percentage of health insurance premiums do employers pay?

09/12/2016
What percentage of health insurance premiums do employers pay?

In the Payroll Mailbag …

09/12/2016
Issues with Form I-9 … Calculating child support withholding … E-Verify and SSNVS … Replacement Social Security cards.

DOL investigations: How would you stack up?

09/09/2016
Over 90% of complex litigation involves the Fair Labor Standards Act. Bad: Social media provides employees with much more information about their rights. Worse: The Department of Labor is using more apps, including tweets, to reach employees.

CDC: Sick leave cuts illness at work up to 10%

09/09/2016
The correlation between available time off and lower flu rates in locations that mandate sick leave are dramatic.

Can we demand employees fly, not drive, on trip?

09/07/2016
Q. One of our star employees wants to drive to an upcoming trade show instead of flying like everyone else. Can we insist that he must travel by air?

Suit claims NYU retirement plan offered too many choices

09/07/2016
New York University is one of eight large universities facing litigation over its retirement plan.