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How to strike a balance between managing staff wellbeing and financial pressures

Employee Benefits

Employers need to ensure there is a culture where people can discuss financial concerns. With the cost-of-living crisis enduring, employees from some sectors are likely to be seeking additional hours, usually through taking on overtime. Other employers are providing financial support in different ways.

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Proposed 2015 DOL Overtime Rule Changes: Primary Duty Test

HR Bartender

Department of Labor (DOL) published its proposed changes to the overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Under the Act, to be exempt (from overtime), an employee must meet 3 requirements: The employee must be paid a minimum weekly salary; The employee must be paid on a salary rather than on an hourly basis.

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Understanding and preventing wage theft in your organization

Business Management Daily

When employees put in a hard day’s work for their employer, they expect fair compensation for every hour they spend on the clock. There are countless cases of employers altering employee paychecks, failing to pay back wages, and withholding final wages — which are all forms of wage theft. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always happen.

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17 Items That Need To Be Included In Your Employee Handbook

Genesis HR Solutions

Handbooks help manage your employees and keep your business compliant with the ever-growing list of employment rules and regulations. Notice and disclaimer / Acknowledgement of Receipt A notice and disclaimer indicates the handbook is not a contract of employment and that the handbook is subject to change.

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Clarifying pay issues around COVID infections & vaccinations

Business Management Daily

Nevertheless, OSHA is still encouraging employers to institute their own shot mandates. In other words, you’re not making vaccination or testing a condition of their employment. If they ended up working overtime during those weeks, once you add in those hours, you’re also going to have to adjust their regular and overtime rates.

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Waiving HDHP Deductibles Has Little Effect on Premiums, Study Says

InterWest Insurance Services

Employers who offer health savings account-eligible high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) to employees can significantly expand pre-deductible coverage for certain drugs used to manage chronic conditions — with only a tiny effect on premiums. Overtime costs. Absenteeism. Illness-related presenteeism. Cost of temporary workers.

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First impressions of OSHA’s COVID vaccine mandate

Business Management Daily

Employers have been waiting with anticipation and the wait is finally over. Which employers are covered? Employers with 100 or more employees are covered under the ETS. The following employers aren’t covered: Federal contractors and subcontractors, which are already subject to their own ETS. Which employees are covered?