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MARCH 1, 2017

For a day (or more), you get to be totally immersed in everything HR. We’ve put together a calendar of conferences we think would be helpful for any HR professional. These events—from Las Vegas to Boston—will give you an opportunity to attend workshops, network, and expand your HR horizons. But how do you know where to start?

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HR Daily Advisor

JUNE 4, 2018

When the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was signed into law December 22, 2017, several proposed changes to the federal tax code that would have affected tax-qualified retirement plans were dropped. However, plan sponsors and administrators should not wait until 2019 to ensure they are complying with TCJA and the Budget Act.

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HR Daily Advisor

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

If you’re like many employers and have Baby Boomers in your workforce, you may be thinking about how you’re going to replace all that organizational knowledge as they retire. If that’s what’s on your mind, then it’s time to dust off that succession plan and get busy capturing all that knowledge. Medicare and You in 2017.

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HR Daily Advisor

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

People who work in the retail, food services, and hospitality industries often face this issue when trying to plan their life outside working hours. Seattle, Washington recently enacted a similar secure scheduling ordinance, effective in July 2017. is a Legal Editor for BLR’s human resources and employment law publications.

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HR Examiner

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Hosts Stacey Harris and John Sumser discuss important news and topics in recruiting and HR technology. HR Tech Weekly. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Human Resources Link ». California’s new employment law is starting to crush freelancers Link » and Here is What’s Missing from the Debate Link ». Episode: 246.

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Paycor

MAY 28, 2019

Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics says that only 17% of private industry, and state and local government workers had access to paid family leave insurance as of March 2018, an increase of 2% from 2017. In 2018, 21 states were considering paid family leave laws, and this year even more are expected to consider legislation.

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HR Daily Advisor

MAY 23, 2017

Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington) ruled that when an employer pays an employee cash for opting out of its health insurance, that payment must be considered part of the employee’s “regular rate of pay” under the FLSA. Employer Takeaway. Background.

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HR Daily Advisor

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The 6th Circuit—which covers Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee—recently heard a claim by an employee who alleged that his pension credits were improperly calculated and did not give him sufficient credit for compensation he received during military leave. May 10, 2017). In August 2012, Larry took military leave again.

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HR Daily Advisor

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

While I know a lot about employment law, I often come up short on popular culture. In addition to improving my pop culture chops, the case provides a valuable lesson for employers on how and why to terminate an employee who has engaged in protected activity. In Tune with the Law. Notice what the employer did here.

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HR Daily Advisor

JANUARY 23, 2018

District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Cincinnati, on behalf of themselves and all other former and current hhgregg retail sales employees alleging that the company’s compensation policy was illegal under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Ohio law. hhgregg, Inc., 16-3364 (6th Cir.,

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HRWatchdog

JANUARY 11, 2018

A withholding table shows payroll service providers and employers how much tax to withhold from employee paychecks, given each employee’s wages, marital status and number of claimed withholding allowances. The IRS instructs employers to begin using the 2018 withholding tables as soon as possible but no later than Feb. On the Horizon.

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HR Morning

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The EEOC just issued its second-ever Strategic Enforcement Plan. The plan will dictate where the agency will focus its compliance enforcement efforts from 2017 through 2021. So what’s in the new Strategic Enforcement Plan? A lot of it mirrors the previous plan, but the EEOC also plans to break some new ground.

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HRWatchdog

MARCH 17, 2017

March 10, 2017)). Usually, the franchisor licenses its trademark and sets some standards relating to products and quality, but the franchisee is solely responsible for all employment decisions, such as hiring, firing, supervising, paying wages, etc. Gail Cecchettini Whaley, CalChamber Employment Law Counsel/Content.

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HR Daily Advisor

OCTOBER 9, 2017

If retirees who had been rehired as part-time employees remained on the plan, it would no longer qualify for special exemptions under federal law. By its terms, the ADEA proscribes disparate treatment, or adverse decisions that are actually motivated by the employer’s bias against older employees. Bottom Line.

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Zenefits

JULY 20, 2022

The court noted that the company handbook prohibited dishonesty, expressly noting that “dishonesty alone may lead to employment termination.” For example, in 2017, a judge refused to dismiss an employee’s claim under the Family and Medical Leave Act. Employers with 20 or more employees worldwide must comply.

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HR Morning

JULY 15, 2016

No EEO-1 reports will be filed in 2017. This gives employers some time to get their ducks in a row for the new reports. The pay bands the EEOC plans to include in the report for which it’ll collect aggregate pay data are as follows: $19,239 and under. The deadline under the initial proposal was Sept. 208,000 and over.

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G2 Crowd

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

[cs_element_section _id=”1″][cs_element_row _id=”2″][cs_element_column _id=”3″] HR departments have a LOT to do. a provider of workforce management solutions, “If your human resource department is overwhelmed or does not have the resources they need to perform their jobs, your entire company suffers.

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HR Daily Advisor

AUGUST 4, 2017

Unlike summer blockbuster movies with a large cast of key characters, benefit plan documentation has just three: the plan document under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the summary plan description (SPD), and the Internal Revenue Code Section 125 cafeteria plan document. Role of Each Document.

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HR Daily Advisor

MAY 11, 2017

So, proactive employers either already have or are planning to looking at their pay practices to ensure their employees are being paid fairly. Why Is Total Compensation Important? The study examined how compensation patterns for each gender varied by average base salary and average annual bonus, Yildirmaz explained.

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HR Daily Advisor

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Late last year, the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that commissions are “due and payable” under the Massachusetts Wage Act at the time an employee resigns or is terminated, even if the employee might not be eligible to receive the payments under the terms of the company’s commission agreement or plan. Or Does It?

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HR Daily Advisor

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The IDHS countered that the pay discrepancy was based on three nondiscriminatory reasons: (1) the state’s pay plan, (2) Hannah’s and Doug’s prior salaries, and (3) budget concerns. The Administrative Code sets the pay plan for state employees, including Hannah. Dep’t of Human Services, No. Show Me the Money. 16-3830 (7th Cir.,

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HR Morning

OCTOBER 20, 2017

With the DOL’s overtime changes under construction, some employers are putting pay-process reviews on the back burner, but that could be a very costly mistake. There are plenty of risky payroll practices employers may not even know could put them at risk for wage-and-hour violations. Job differential compensation.

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uCheck

JULY 23, 2024

With the new Labour government in power, employers, HR professionals, and recruiters need to get ready for some big changes coming their way. These changes stem from Labour’s ambitious plan to overhaul Employment Law under their “Plan to Make Work Pay.” Key proposals and their impact on recruitment 1.

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HR Daily Advisor

MARCH 15, 2017

According to the CBO, in conjunction with the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), enacting the legislation would: Reduce federal deficits by $337 billion over the 2017-2026 period. If this does in fact happen, employers and employer-sponsored plans will be greatly affected—presumably in negative fashion.

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Compensation Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

President Obama requested this directive in response to gridlock in Congress over proposed minimum wage and other employment laws. Most of us remember how a bill becomes a law from civics class – or at least from watching Schoolhouse Rock. employer must review, analyze, and communicate , regardless of their size.

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HR Daily Advisor

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Some of the DOL’s eye-catching numbers include collecting more than $270,000,000 (yes, million) in back wages on behalf of more than 240,000 workers, and that was just in fiscal year 2017 alone. In a nutshell, working time is compensable when the employee performs tasks at the employer’s direction or on its behalf.

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HR Daily Advisor

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

On December 22, 2017, President Donald Trump signed the highly touted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) into law. For example, an employer may take a credit of 12.5% The credit increases by 0.25% for each percentage point by which the compensation rate exceeds 50% of the employee’s normal wages, up to a maximum credit of 25%.

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HR Daily Advisor

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Employers who had already implemented changes were left wondering whether or not to roll them back. According to various news reports, it doesn’t plan to reduce their pay now. If the injunction has you thinking about converting employees back to exempt status, be sure to check all applicable state laws first, Segal said.

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HR Daily Advisor

MAY 18, 2017

How will it impact your compensation plan? Will you be ready for what could be a game changer in how employees are compensated for working overtime? It isn’t much of a stretch to tie the stagnant overtime regulations to the new comp time law currently working its way through the legislative process. The Details.

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HR Daily Advisor

DECEMBER 6, 2016

A federal judge has already blocked the final rule, but the paycheck transparency portion of FPSW is still scheduled to become effective on January 1, 2017. Contractors also hope the election of Trump causes the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to rethink its revision of the EEO-1 Report to add W-2 data and hours worked.

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HR Daily Advisor

APRIL 11, 2017

Under the current Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employers must pay workers 1-1/2 their regular rate for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. 1180, the “Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017,” would amend the FLSA to allow employers to offer workers the option to bank paid time off (PTO) instead, at the same rate.

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UKG

MAY 12, 2021

This wage gap is an improvement compared to the 62 cents for every $1 full-time working women earned in 1979 compared to men, but it is still a vast and unfair gap in labor compensation that needs to be closed. Formalizing and passing into law the requirement for compensation band reporting to be part of the EEO-1 report (§§7-8).

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Ohio Employer's Law

JANUARY 20, 2017

Court Rules 50’s Can Sue For Age Discrimination Even When 40’s Are Not Harmed — via Minnesota Employment Law Report. So, your employee just tweeted that she moonlights as a porn star… — via Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog. Erecting a Legal Defense Through Social Media — via Social Media Employment Law Blog.

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HR Daily Advisor

MAY 4, 2017

House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would allow private employers to offer workers compensatory time off in lieu of overtime pay. The Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 now goes to the Senate but, despite having the White House’s support, could face some obstacles there. Kate McGovern Tornone is an editor at BLR.

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HR Daily Advisor

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

In a harassment guidance, proposed just days before Trump took office, the commission included a recommendation that employers provide civility training. New EEO-1 compensation reporting requirements also may be here to stay. However, two priorities from that plan could soon receive extra attention. with a B.A. in media studies.

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HR Daily Advisor

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The differing legal obligations worry many employers, according to Nita Beecher , an editor of Federal Employment Law Insider and attorney with Fortney & Scott, LLC , in Washington, D.C. It’s not that employers don’t want to provide paid leave; they do,” Beecher says. per week for a typical worker.

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HR Daily Advisor

JANUARY 30, 2018

At her urging, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) moved to suspend Component 2 of the EEO-1 report prior to Labor Day, as she had promised at the 2017 Industry Liaison Group National Conference held in August in San Antonio. OFCCP Very Aggressive in 2017. The OFCCP will continue to focus on compensation and hiring, however.

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