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Compensation & Benefits

Make sure medical leave requests funnel through HR

11/15/2015
Elizabeth took intermittent leave after hurting her back in an auto accident. Eventually, her boss told her she wouldn’t get a raise for poor attendance …

Holiday bonuses: Great for everyone’s morale (but Payroll’s)

11/13/2015
Holiday bonuses are a tradition at many companies. Employees usually receive their bonuses in December. But Payroll must begin planning for them now. Here’s what you need to know.

Can I make across-the-board pay deductions because one of my employees is stealing?

11/12/2015
Q. I believe at least one of my employees is stealing from the cash register, but I can’t prove which one. I’d like to deduct the register shortfalls from all of the employees. Can I force them to reimburse the company for the register shortfalls?

5 years in, what’s ahead for Affordable Care Act compliance?

11/12/2015
Phased implementation of the ACA has kept employers busy over the past few years. Here’s your cheat sheet and some tips for what’s ahead.

The gift of time: Is unlimited vacation leave right for your company?

11/12/2015
In the all-out battle to recruit and retain the best qualified, most highly motivated and loyal workforce, more organizations are experimenting with taking a radically flexible approach to monitoring employees’ vacation and personal leave—or even abandoning such tracking entirely.

Supreme Court to rule again on ACA birth control rule

11/11/2015
In 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that closely held private companies with religious objections to the Affordable Care Act’s birth-control mandate cannot be forced to pay for employees’ contraceptives. But some groups want a full exemption.

IRS: Retirement plan limits will remain steady in 2016

11/10/2015
For the most part, the annual caps on 401(k) and other defined contribution retirement plans for defined benefit pension plans will stay the same from 2015 to 2016.

Congress repeals ACA’s auto-enrollment mandate

11/09/2015
As part of the congressional budget deal signed by President Obama on Nov. 2, lawmakers agreed to repeal the automatic enrollment provision of the Affordable Care Act.

Detail exact terms for paying out accrued but unused vacation and sick leave

11/09/2015
New York Labor Law requires employers to notify employees “in writing or by publicly posting the employer’s policy on sick leave, vacation, personal leave, holidays and hours.” If employers do so, then the written policy governs whether the employee is entitled to payment of unused leave on termination.

Roasted bird with a side of payroll

11/04/2015
You’ll enjoy a guilt-free Thanksgiving feast if you accomplish these crucial year-end tasks now.