Holidays Are Coming—Who’s Offering What for Time Off?
Holidays are one of the most popular perks you can offer. What’s happening out in the real world? What are your competitors offering? What are best practices? Help us find out!
Tag: Compensation
Tricky Call—Order of Priority for Wage Garnishments
Yesterday’s Advisor featured basic guidance concerning wage garnishments. Today, the rules of priority: Which one do you pay first?
Wage Garnishment? Not Quite as Easy as It Appears
You’ve got no choice but to honor a garnishment order, but the issues of how much of disposable income to pay and which order to honor first are trickier than they appear on the surface.
Tips for Combating the Pitfalls of Outsourcing
In yesterday’s Advisor, we pondered the pitfalls of outsourcing; today, what you can do to avoid them.
Outsourcing—Sometimes Your Best Alternative … But …
From payroll to benefits, employers face complex compliance and management challenges. Is outsourcing a best-practice solution?
Chick-fil-A Founder—Embodiment of Servant Leadership
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the phrase “servant leadership.”
Expense Reimbursements: Don’t Get Tripped Up by the Taxes
Yesterday’s Advisor presented basics of expense reimbursement (courtesy of Compensation.BLR.com); today, details of processing and taxation.
IRS and Expense Reimbursements—Don’t Get Stuck with the Taxes
Automobile Reimbursements The IRS sets the rate it allows employers to deduct per mile for the reimbursement of employees who use their own cars (including vans and pickup or panel trucks) for company business. (The IRS decreased the rate for 2014 to 56 cents per mile, a .5-cent decrease over the 2013 rate.)
What About Step-Based Pay? Good in Some Situations
John A. Rubino, who is the founder and president of Rubino Consulting Services in Pound Ridge, NY, offered his tips at a recent BLR®-sponsored webinar.
Do Merit Pay Systems Work? NO, Says Expert
In fact, he says, it is his goal to eliminate such programs. Why?