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.

Salary Surveys and Market Pricing

Market-based compensation utilizes salary survey data to evaluate an organization’s pay levels and can make them more, or less, competitive depending on the organization’s compensation philosophy—a framework within which compensation decisions are made.

What You Need to Know about DOL’s Proposed Overtime Regulations

In this video, BLR Legal Editor Susan Prince, JD, provides employers with what they need to know about the proposed overtime regulations, the first proposed major changes in 10 years. Watch the video below (transcript available here), and then use BLR’s new Proposed Overtime Rules Calculator to determine how the proposed changes will affect your […]

Pay Budget and Variable Pay Survey Results

This dynamic and engaging slideshow also takes a look at the challenges employers are facing as they plan their pay budget for 2016. Learn how much pay rates increased in 2015, and what employers are expecting for 2016. More results from the survey available here.

The ACA: Do You Need to Train for Wellness Plan Requirements?

More of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have been officially implemented this year, and organizations still have many questions as to which rules and regulations apply to them. With wellness programs becoming more common, some wonder if they are governed by the ACA (and if so, what they need to train for). […]

The Role of HR In Compensation Decisions

Today, we’re continuing our coverage of highlights from the results of the BLR® 2015–2016 Pay Budget Survey. Full survey results are available to our Compensation.BLR.com® subscribers on the website.

Rules for QHP Transparency Soon Will Apply to Employers

Insurers and plan sponsors soon will have to report to the government (and list on a web page) their policies on: out-of-network liability and balance billing; enrollee claim submission; claims and denials; recoupment of overpayments; medical necessity; prior authorization; drug exception timeframes; explanations of benefits; and coordination of benefits. Guidance HHS published on Aug. 12 […]