Tag: employee wages

Ask the Expert: Can You Deduct Speeding Tickets from Employee Wages?

By Jamie Repasky, Attorney, Porter Wright Dec 13, 2024 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Dec 13, 2024

Question: Our employees drive vehicles strictly for work purposes, but we don’t have a policy on such use. After employees received several speeding tickets, we’d like to introduce a policy that would allow management to deduct the cost of tickets from employees’ wages. Are we allowed to start introducing this type of payroll deduction? Answer: Employers […]

Are We Seeing a Correction in Employee Wages?

By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor Apr 18, 2024 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Apr 18, 2024

The narrative surrounding wage growth in the United States is reaching an inflection point, posing a critical question: Are we witnessing a correction in wages? Recent developments paint a complex picture, one in which a surge in compensation during the pandemic era appears to be adjusting to new economic realities. A Look at the Data […]