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

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

A recent study of manufacturing hourly compensation demonstrated a similar pattern for the main components (social insurance, wages or salaries, and direct benefits) paid by employers in Canada and Australia: The main divisions of employer costs for employee compensation under the BLS study are wages or salaries and benefits.

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How Salary Agreements are made in Australia

Global People Strategist

Common practice in Australia states that annual salaries may be paid as long as these salaries satisfy minimum weekly wages, overtime hours, weekend pay, and any other penalty rates or annual leave as specified by the Australian labor code.

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How to Calculate Variable Cost: Examples and Best Practices

Empuls

Most kinds of production and manufacturing facilities incur labor charges that need to be paid out daily/weekly and this cost is variable as it rises when there is a higher number of hours/units produced and lower when there is less. These materials are either purchased as parts or as material and made at the production facility. 

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6 must-have policies for a strong employee handbook

Insperity

Laws prohibiting discrimination are enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. You also want to cover your legal bases by explaining things like payroll deductions, overtime, the Family and Medical Leave Act and the workers’ compensation policy. These include but are not limited to: Age. Race/color. Disability.

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Cambodia: Labor Law Amendment on ‘Seniority Payment’

Global People Strategist

On an annual basis, the total amount of the seniority payment is equal to 15 days of an employee’s wages and other fringe benefits, such as commissions and gratuities. However, an employer must instead pay employees a seniority payment every six months. Wider Scope of the Amendment.

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How prepared is your workplace for the week after Super Bowl?

HR Digest

Over 17 million employees have been estimated to stay away from work the Monday following Super Bowl LII, according to The Harris Poll’s survey commissioned by The Workforce Institute at Kronos Incorporated. Filling empty shifts at the last minute can drive excessive and unplanned overtime expenses for the employer.