Payroll
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'Time-Off Plans': An Alternative to Comp Time
'Time-off plans' may be an efficient and economic way to manage employee pay. But how does an employer ensure a plan complies with the Fair Labor Standards Act?
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Men Get Prison, Must Repay $5 Million for Defrauding Staffing Firms
The incidents occurred from October 2002 to February 2005, according to the indictment in the case.
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Small Firms Seeking Big-Company HR Needs Turn to Professional Employer Organizations
Throughout New York City, fledgling and existing small companies are turning to PEOs—and not just to free themselves of the headaches and overhead of handling HR issues so they can concentrate on growing and managing their operations.
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Average California Workers' Comp Indemnity Hits $66,922 in 2011
Among other data, the California Workers' Compensation Institute estimates that workers' comp insurers expect to pay out $8.4 billion in claims for accident year 2011, which is an eight-year high.
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Employers Struggle to Control Wage-and-Hour Litigation
Employers can minimize the chances of litigation by taking steps that include periodic audits to determine whether employees are being properly classified, as well as careful record-keeping.
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Survey: Health Care Reform Splits Employers
Forty percent of employers want the high court, which is hearing oral arguments this week on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to strike down the 2010 law. Still, employers are far from being united in favor of repealing it.
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Prospects for Boost in Employee Mass Transit Tax Breaks Dim
The history of the higher mass transit tax break goes back to 2009, when lawmakers approved an economic stimulus measure that allowed employees to reduce their taxable salaries by up to $230 a month to pay for mass transit expenses.
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Novartis Agrees to $99M Settlement in Sales Rep Wage Dispute
The $99 million settlement resolves the wage-and-hour claims brought in 2006, as well as additional wage-and-hour claims covering a more recent time period, according to the joint announcement by Novartis and Sanford Wittels.
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Court: Ex-Temp Creates Fake W-2s
The former temporary worker, Valerie Yvonne Brown, faces charges of aiding or assisting the preparation of a false or fraudulent document and identity theft, according to the filing.
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Grads Snag Highest Wages Among Securities Firms
Securities employers paid grads an average starting salary of $58,571. Overall, they provided 42,000 jobs to the Class of 2011.
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Move to Flexible Workforce Is Permanent, Consultants Say
The online M Squared poll of independent consultants was conducted in December 2011 and included responses from 530 professional independent consultants.
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Staffing Executive Convicted for Not Paying $15 Million
money from the firms was used to buy homes and a yacht for Harrison as well as to finance commercial motion pictures including 'National Lampoon's Pucked' and 'Home of the Giants,' the U.S. Attorney's Office reported.
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Majority of Workers to Be Independent By 2020
Independent workers include those on fixed-term contracts, independent consultants, those working through temporary agencies, workers on an on-call arrangement and those who own a business with less than five employees.
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ADP's Next Big Things
ADP's product launches and acquisitions are part of a plan to expand ancillary services, international operations and human resources and business process outsourcing, which while still small, are growing three times faster than its mainstay payroll business, according to one analyst.
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ADP Acquisition of RightThing Bolsters Position in HR Software
Recent deals, rollout of new suite of products helping to bring the company out its traditional back-office operations.
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ADP Bets Big on HR Software by Adding Suite of Services
The traditional back-office service provider joins the likes of Oracle, SAP and SuccessFactors in a crowded HR management software field with the unveiling of Vantage HCM.
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Grads' Average Salary Offer Tops $51,000: Survey
Graduates earning business degrees saw their overall average salary rise 4.6 percent in 2011 to $48,805 from the September 2010 average of $46,672.
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Ford to Add, Retain 12,000 Jobs With New UAW Agreement
The automaker plans to insource manufacturing work from Mexico, Japan and China. The 12,000 new or retained jobs include 5,000 previously announced positions, Ford said.
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Investing in Employees
Despite a tough, volatile economy, 10 small to midsize companies have been able to run successful businesses while bringing stability to employees through strong benefits programs.
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Mailing Benefits Packets? Feds Weigh the Cost and Risks of Electronic Communication
While electronic disclosure would be more efficient and cost-effective for plan sponsors, the U.S. Labor Department has concerns about some employees missing out on key information.
