Benchmarks: HR's Top 10 concerns for 2010
What are your biggest HR concerns for the coming year? See if they match up with this recent study.
Travel Time
Do FLSA's donning and doffing rules supercede union agreement?
A donning and doffing issue confounds this company where workers initially agree to not be paid for getting changed or walking to their workstations. Then they complain their agreement violates the FLSA and sue. Who wins? Read the dramatized version of this real-life case and see if you can determine the outcome.
Electronic tools could help bring health plan costs down
It could pay to take a closer look at this largely untapped healthcare strategy.
FLSA: Calculating overtime when travel time is involved
Do you know how to calculate overtime pay for this employee without running afoul of the FLSA? Here’s the scenario: You pay a non-exempt employee who travels a lot on the job one rate for in-office work and another, reduced rate for when he’s merely on the road traveling and not doing normal work. Calculating […]
Question: We know we must pay for travel time during normal work hours. But how do we determine compensable time if an employee has no normal work hours?
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The $600 payroll mistake that cost this company almost $45K
Here’s a cautionary tale about the importance of double-checking for minor mistakes in your company’s overtime calculations.
Workers look for pay dirt: Wage-and-hour disputes up 77%
Salaries may be holding steady at many companies, but more employees are looking to increase their income … by suing you!
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