Benefits Think When is a seemingly exempt employee not truly exempt?
A recent Sixth Circuit court case shows that even when workers appear to meet the standard for exemption, a closer reading of FLSA rules might be necessary.
Benefit management
Benefits Think How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act impacts paid leave
The new law offers credits to employers who provide a paid family or medical leave policy while eliminating deductions for businesses with a legal history in sexual misconduct cases.
Tiana Seymore
Fox Rothschild
Benefits Think How HR can overcome the SaaS challenge
There’s a useful method organizations can employ to get the most out of their cloud-based systems.
Jim Scully
Leapgen
Benefits Think Surprising Court decision may disallow most wellness incentives
A federal court ruled in AARP v. EEOC that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission must rewrite its definition of voluntary when it comes to well-being programs. Here’s what employers need to know.
Al Lewis
Quizzify
Benefits Think How HR can overcome the SaaS challenge
There’s a useful method organizations can employ to get the most out of their cloud-based systems.
Jim Scully
Leapgen
Comerica Bank raises minimum wage, gives bonuses
The financial services firm says the salary increase and one-time reward are due to the tax reform bill.
Voluntary enrollment rates rise ‘higher than predicted’
Employers can expect participation to continue growing thanks to employee demand and the use of better data and online enrollment, according to Eastbridge Consulting research.
Why Cowboys Fit traded filing cabinets for the cloud
The Dallas-based fitness center needed every available space for its training floors, so it turned to virtual storage for all HR documents.
Benefits Think Surprising Court decision may disallow most wellness incentives
A federal court ruled in AARP v. EEOC that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission must rewrite its definition of voluntary when it comes to well-being programs. Here’s what employers need to know.
Al Lewis
Quizzify
Working caregivers get financial support under new Hawaii law
The Kupuna Caregivers Assistance Act gives employees working more than 30 hours a week a daily stipend of $70 to offset elder care costs.
7 hot digital HR technologies
Human resource execs are embracing applicant tracking, training management, performance management and other software applications.
Benefits Think Need a New Year’s resolution? Make ‘value’ a new favorite benefits word
Clients should sharpen their communication skills when talking to employees about healthcare in 2018.
Suzanne Delbanco
Catalyst for Payment Reform
Data analysis, AI will drive HR executives’ toolkit
Human resources technology is undergoing a wave of reinvention and innovation and managers need to prepare for the future, says Deloitte’s Josh Bersin.
Benefits Think Supply chain management is launching a benefits revolution
Leading advisers are able to reduce the cost of employee healthcare by taking a vested interest in the quality and expense of medical treatment.
SAP SuccessFactors Hub helps HR execs consolidate employee data
The new tool, which integrates with the company’s HCM system, takes information from older systems and stores it on the cloud.
Voluntary enrollment rates rise ‘higher than predicted’
Advisers can expect participation to continue growing thanks to employee demand and the use of better data and online enrollment, according to Eastbridge Consulting research.
20 companies with the best benefits of 2017
Amazon, American Express and Ikea are among the employers offering enviable perks to employees.
Benefits Think Need a New Year’s resolution? Make ‘value’ your new favorite benefits word
HR professionals should sharpen their communication skills when talking to employees about healthcare in 2018.
Suzanne Delbanco
Catalyst for Payment Reform
The year in voluntary: Four benefits paved the way
Student loan aid, critical illness, ID theft protection and pet insurance will continue to grow in popularity in 2018, with some employers even paying for them.
Benefits Think NLRB reverses Obama-era joint employer test
Over the course of one afternoon, the NLRB recently issued two decisions that together overturned several of the Obama administration’s most polemic legal positions under the NLRA.
James M. Nicholas
Foley & Lardner