Practical HR Tips, News & Advice. Updated Daily.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on April 25, 2017 discussing the compensation gap between private sector workers and those employed by the federal government. Since the last such CBO study in 2012, the gap appears to have widened.
Question: What are the considerations under the FLSA if an employee is temporarily assigned the duties of his supervisor (filling in for vacation, etc.)?
Employers can pay men and women differently if that disparity is based on salary history, a federal appeals court has ruled.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would allow private employers to offer workers compensatory time off in lieu of overtime pay.
On April 26, 2017, H.R. 1180, the Working Families Flexibility Act, took a step toward passage in the US Congress when it was approved by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. The bill, sponsored by Alabama 2nd District US Representative Martha Roby, would allow private sector employers to grant paid time off to […]
In this new article series, we will provide a refresher on the basics of the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (FLSA’s) requirements. In this article, we will review employers’ recordkeeping obligations under the law and how employer practices were impacted by the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.
Question: If there is an agreement in place that an employee must meet certain criteria before receiving their commission payout, and they don’t meet the criteria by the deadline, can you forfeit paying the commission? For example, the invoice/job order the employee submits has to be turned in by X amount of days otherwise the […]
According to the annual Employee Job Satisfaction and Engagement Survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), job satisfaction remains high, with 89% of surveyed employees saying they were satisfied overall with their jobs (38% reported being very satisfied, and 51% somewhat satisfied).
In the midst of ongoing debate around immigration, U.S. employers plan to reach beyond borders to help fill U.S. jobs. According to a new CareerBuilder survey, a third of employers (33%) say they plan to hire immigrant workers in 2017, with 16% planning to do so in the second quarter.
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Alexander Acosta as Secretary of Labor, by a vote of 60-38. Eight Democrats joined the Republican majority in voting for President Trump’s nominee, completing Trump’s Cabinet just shy of his 100th day in office.