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Employee Focused Retirement Plans

HR Professionals Magazine

As an HR professional, you might read that title and think, “Duh – aren’t all retirement plans focused on employees?” As pensions have gone by the wayside and 401(k) plans have gained more notoriety, employees have become increasingly more aware of their employer sponsored retirement plans, and the financial benefits they provide.

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Workers’ Compensation: What’s payroll got to do with it?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

.); "total amount paid to employees over a period," hence, via records-keeping, "list of employees receiving pay." [ See [link] ] Today, the word “payroll” more often than not refers to the department or system that manage employer costs for a range of employee compensation components.

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Are wages or salary fully covered by workers’ compensation insurance?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

The formula for calculating net or spendable earnings may vary but is generally considered as Gross earnings less income taxes (state/federal/provincial) and other mandatory deductions. For single, high wage earners with few deductions, two-thirds of gross may marginally exceed 90% of net earnings.