After a years-long battle, the U.S. women's soccer team is finally victorious in their fight for equal pay. The U.S. Soccer Federation has just paid the women's team $24 million to settle its gender discrimination lawsuit. While the payout is…
Compensation
In case employers didn't already know how important it was to ensure employees are classified and paid correctly, the DOL issued a very expensive reminder to the tune of $7.2 million. Here's what the employer in question did wrong --…
Want to know what benefits are highly coveted nowadays? Fertility and family-forming benefits. Out of 1,000 respondents, only 12% had these benefits. And out of them, 50% don’t feel their company offers enough to meet their needs. That's according to…
Your workforce carries higher education debt than you think. Sixty-five percent of college-educated Americans are managing student loan payments right now. On average, they owe $37,113, according to Credit Summit. Carrying a financial burden that heavy can impact employee wellbeing…
The pandemic was a huge financial stress on many people. So, offering benefits, like emergency savings accounts funded by payroll deductions, is growing in popularity and one way you can help employees. Recent research shows that 37% of U.S. households…
Vacation time isn’t entirely relaxing anymore. A modern employee taking time off from work may still find themselves inundated with emails, calls from their boss or even quick-task requests. Connectivity and technology are the culprits behind this “always on” culture.…
Do your employees truly understand the benefits you offer? There are reports going around that say a good portion of employees don’t understand their benefits. And that’s not good because if they don’t understand them, they won’t use them. And…
When employees have used up all their FMLA, and ask for even more leave under ADA, what can you do? What legal actions, if any, can you take, and just how far do the employees' rights extend? Requests for additional…
The COVID-19 pandemic is the ultimate game-changer that has turned many things, especially business, on its head. Most companies have implementing work-from-home-arrangements for employees so they can keep things running. Along with all the cautions about online scams and email…
You may know the in’s and out’s of more common Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) trouble spots, but what about some of these lesser-known areas? (more…)
