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Payroll records are records that show the compensation information for all your employees. The California Employment Development Department (EDD) requires that records must provide a true and accurate account of all workers employed, no longer employed, on a leave of absence, and independent contractors.
Too often, orientation training is considered a necessary evil. It’s not given sufficient attention by some employers, who see the time employees spend in orientation as lost production rather than as an investment in safety and protection. For their part, new workers are frequently bored and distracted during tedious “talking head” sessions. Even if they […]
Recently, four bills were introduced in state legislatures that would make self-funding less attractive by limiting stop-loss coverage for self-insured health plans. Many such proposals would raise minimum specific deductibles above the standard $20,000 seen in most enacted laws. This and other measures are intended to rein in self-insured plans, observers in the self-insured industry […]
Have you ever had a coworker who just loved to decorate the workspace? How did they decorate their space? Typically it’s sports paraphernalia, travel memorabilia, kids’ drawings, etc., but a few take it a bit further. In a recent survey, The Creative Group asked advertising and marketing executives to describe the strangest or most surprising […]
If you’re a Twitter user, you’ve probably seen a few Tweets from disgruntled workers. From ranting about the boss to complaining about pay, Twitter, like other social media sites, is becoming an area where employees feel comfortable complaining about anything work-related. The problem—Twitter is a public social media site. A new app, FireMe!, is collecting […]
by Boyd Byers Pop diva Lady Gaga affectionately refers to her fans as “little monsters.” But she recently became acquainted with a big monster― the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Jennifer O’Neill, who worked as Gaga’s personal assistant, sued the pop star’s company, Mermaid Touring, Inc., for FLSA violations. She says she was continuously on […]
Most managers think overtime calculation is simple—1½ times the hourly rate. That’s one of the most common wage and hour misconceptions—and violations. Overtime is 1½ times the “regular rate,” which is often not the same as the hourly rate. The regular rate must include the reasonable cost of meals, lodging, and other facilities provided to […]
SBT has written about chimps, goats, dogs, cats, bats, and insects in the workplace. But there is a new species proliferating in cubicles—digital omnivores! Author Tim Lloyd, writing in venturebeat.com, warns that these digital omnivores are threatening the extinction of workers’ attention spans. Why? Lloyd says digital omnivores are ravenous, consuming information from multiple media […]
Amid historically low interest rates, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent affirmation of a retirement plan’s choice of discount rate for converting annuities into lump-sum payments to beneficiaries should reassure defined benefit plan sponsors facing similar challenges. In Dennison v. MONY Life Retirement Income Security Plan (No. 12-2407, 7th Cir., March 6, 2013), […]