Compensation & Benefits

Employees are burning out. Are alternative work arrangements the answer?

04/12/2022

Alternative work arrangements may ease employees’ return to the physical workplace. Consider your options carefully.

Trainee or pro? Legal lessons from the minors

04/07/2022

Baseball is back now that the pandemic is largely in the rear view mirror and Major League Baseball owners and the Major League Baseball Players Association have signed a new collective bargaining agreement. But not every baseball-related labor dispute has been resolved. Down in the minor leagues, a players’ lawsuit could upend decades of pay practices.

Pandemic has women rethinking the role of work

04/04/2022

Sixty-five percent of women responding to a recent survey by the Gartner advisory firm said the pandemic made them rethink the place work should have in their lives.

Finance training produces better retirement investors

04/04/2022

Employees who participate in financial wellness webinars are more likely to adjust contributions to their 401(k) funds, according to new research by the Employee Benefits Research Institute.

New OT rule coming, could approach $50K threshold

03/29/2022

Within weeks, the Biden administration is expected to release a proposed rule that would raise the salary threshold that qualifies white-collar employees to receive overtime pay.

The other good thing about remote work: the big bucks

03/29/2022

While San Francisco is known for having high-paying jobs, high-paying remote work opportunities now top it.

Last Friday wrap in March: No more expired List B docs for I-9 purposes, telehealth returns and more

03/25/2022

In which we cover college coaches’ compensation, I-9 forms, telehealth coverage, IRS training and payroll trouble for the foreign service.

How (and how often) do your bosses say ‘Thank you’?

03/24/2022

The record quit rates of the past year have many employers reviewing how well they show their employees appreciation for good work.

Recovery: Women’s pay increasing faster than men’s

03/22/2022

Women, who were hardest hit in the past two years by job losses, are reaping the biggest pay raises as the current phase of the pandemic winds down, according to a new study.

Workers can’t sign away their rights to overtime

03/17/2022

A California home care agency was ordered last month to pay $315,000 in unpaid overtime to 158 workers. The owner unlawfully required hourly workers to sign an agreement to be paid straight time for each pay period.