10 Phrases Successful Managers Never Use
Whether you’re making a formal request, pitching an applicant, or proposing an idea, there are ten phrases that can ruin your pitch, says author Darlene Price.
Editor’s Choice: How To Handle Employee Pay During Winter Weather Closures: INFOGRAPHIC
For this edition of the Compensation Daily Advisor, we present you with one of our favorite articles of 2012. Today’s Editor’s Choice article is How To Handle Employee Pay During Winter Weather Closures: INFOGRAPHIC.
Tough Love: Your Employees Won’t Tell You, But I Will
Special from SHRM’s Legal and Legislative Conference
Tough Love: Your Employees Won’t Tell You, But I Will
Is 3% Merit the ‘New Normal’?
Most companies are looking at about a 3 percent merit budget, says consultant Terry Pasteris, and they’re wishing it were 5 percent. In today’s Advisor, how she makes that (appear) to happen, plus an introduction to the all-comp-in-one-place website, Compensation.BLR.com®.
Can You Forbid Discussions of Salary and Pay?
Much as most employers would like to impose a ban on discussion of pay (not to suggest that there are embarrassing inequities in your pay structure), it’s not legal because the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) says it interferes with Section 7 rights.
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Here Comes EEOC 2013–Charges, Investigations, and Claims
Yesterday’s Advisor offered tips from Littler Mendelson’s recently released Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2012; today, data on charges and investigations, plus an introduction to a very practical guide to FLSA compliance.
Little-Known Facts About Overtime
Yesterday’s Advisor reviewed the challenging rules for calculating the “regular rate” of pay. Today, some more details on several common, but tricky, situations, plus an introduction to the guide that answers all your wage and hour questions.
Overtime = 1.5 Times the Hourly Rate, Right? Wrong.
Overtime calculation is simple—1½ times the hourly rate for hours over 40 in a week, right? Wrong. It’s 1½ times the “regular rate,” which is often not the same as the hourly rate. This is one of the most common wage-hour misconceptions—and violations.
Never Say Never, and Never Say These 4 Things
In yesterday’s, we covered the first six of author Darlene Price’s 10 phrases that kill your pitch; today, four more killer phrases, plus an introduction to the guide especially written for small or even one-person HR departments.
ACA: Expect Flex, Delay, and Some Hassle in 2013
There are a lot of moving parts to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), says attorney Martin Simon. As the various pieces of the ACA are implemented, he adds, we can expect some flexibility, some postponing of deadlines, and a delay of penalties.
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