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Additional Compensation for Exempt Employees
Is it permissible to pay additional compensation for exempt employees without jeopardizing an employee’s exemption status? The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) allows employers to compensate exempt employees with additional compensation (beyond the employee’s regular...
Workplace Disaster Plan: Are You Prepared?
Many organizations dedicate minimal time, if any, to evacuation and workplace safety, unless they are engaged in a high risk industry. The mindset of "it will never happen to me," or "that could never possibly happen here!" is a common reason for an inadequate...
Employer Mandate Penalty: How to Avoid it
The Employer Mandate (also known as the Employer Shared Responsibility Payment) is the Health Care Reform provision that requires all employers with 50 or more full time equivalent employees to offer a certain level of health insurance coverage at an affordable rate...
Advantages of Voluntary Benefits
Employees generally recognize that you don't have an unlimited budget for all forms of compensation, including employee benefits. And in recent years most have grown accustomed to the necessity of sharing more of the financial burden of health benefits. So if they can...
How Domestic Violence Affects the Workplace
A common perception of domestic violence is that it only involves physical violence, and that it only impacts one's home life. But the experts provide a much broader definition. Not only does it affect more women, but the evidence can be much more easily masked. Even...
Medical Emergency at Work? Take Steps to Prepare
There are workplace safety rules for almost every conceivable category of jobs or tasks, courtesy of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The underlying law, set out in the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970, also requires employers to...
Measuring Wellness Program ROI
Wellness programs are increasingly popular with employers and employees. But employers should not necessarily expect to get the spectacular returns on investment (ROI) that many studies of health promotion programs claim to deliver. When measuring wellness program...
FMLA Guidelines: Employee Injured at Second Job
Q: An employee will be out for up to 6 weeks for a medical reason and has requested a leave of absence. Should the employee follow Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) guidelines and fill out paperwork as they were injured at a second job? How should we proceed? A: If...
