Rethinking the Salary History Question
“How much are you currently earning?” It once seemed like an innocent enough question, and until recently was very common.
Category: Benefits and Compensation
This topic provides guidance on how to handle compensation issues in a way that attracts and retains the best talent and advances the strategic goals of your business. You get news and tips on what’s going on nationally and in the states, and updates on changes in regulations, possible governmental action, and emerging compensation trends.
8th Circuit: ‘Economic Conditions’ Did Not Allow Unequal Pay
The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota) recently affirmed a jury’s decision that a furniture manufacturer was liable for sex-based wage discrimination under the Equal Pay Act (EPA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Manager’s Mode of Performing Job Doesn’t Sync with Owner’s Expectations
An employee’s involvement in her own side business began to affect her performance at her day job. After being let go from her position, is she entitled to unemployment benefits under South Dakota law?
Where Business and IT Students Want to Work
Business and IT students, those soon-to-be grads you seek, have employer preferences, and these preferences may surprise you.
What Employees Don’t Know About Medicare May Hurt Them
For employees, today’s healthcare environment is a little like squeezing a balloon: when health insurance premiums are affordable, then the side with the out-of-pocket costs inflates. If that side is more reasonable, monthly premiums expand. Either way, health care coverage and insurance costs are likely to drain the budgets of those they are designed to […]
Bereavement Leave and Candidate Attraction
A company’s benefits package attracts job candidates, and bereavement leave is one of the benefits in that package.
Sales Compensation Strategy 101
Setting the compensation strategy for the entire organization is no small task, especially when certain groups may warrant their own separate compensation strategy, as they have differing goals and objectives.
Trends Influencing Talent Supply and Talent Acquisition Practices
A new report from Allegis Group, a global provider of talent solutions, looks at major economic and demographic trends influencing the supply of talent around the world.
Managing Pay Equity in the Workplace
Pay equity is getting more attention in the media, and as the public becomes more aware of the pay gap issue, employees are raising questions internally with employers, according to Joseph Beachboard and Lara de Leon of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. Some large companies have responded to the increased attention by publishing […]
Assessments, Policies, and Training Are Key to HIPAA Compliance
The keys for plan sponsors to avoid penalties under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), as well as other liability that may come with data breaches, were discussed by HIPAA experts in a recent webinar.