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

Employee Benefits

With the cost-of-living crisis enduring, employees from some sectors are likely to be seeking additional hours, usually through taking on overtime. We gave employees in stores and plants an incentive to finish their work on time, whereas premium overtime rates provided an incentive for them to work as long as possible,” he says.

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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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Four in ten workers do not feel secure in their jobs

Workplace Insight

The findings come as job cuts hit the headlines across many sectors, including at tech companies and professional services firms, and following ongoing challenges in industries that were hit hard by the pandemic, such as hospitality.

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Clarifying pay issues around COVID infections & vaccinations

Business Management Daily

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. Can we place on FMLA leave an employee who contracted covid and is hospitalized? We don’t know where he’s hospitalized and his family is unresponsive. Leave issues.

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Waiving HDHP Deductibles Has Little Effect on Premiums, Study Says

InterWest Insurance Services

These costs show up in several ways: Direct usage of medical services such as preventable ER visits and hospitalization. Overtime costs. The reason: According to research from Johns Hopkins University, poorly managed chronic medical conditions cost employers an estimated $198 billion every year. Absenteeism. Cost of temporary workers.

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17 Items That Need To Be Included In Your Employee Handbook

Genesis HR Solutions

It also clarifies the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations for paying overtime. Overtime Use this section to clarify your company’s position on overtime pay for employees who qualify. The federal overtime provisions are contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Get all the information in this guide.

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Learning from History

Florida Workers' Comp

Imagine hospitals overcome with too many patients. Imagine a scenario in which hospitals would pitch tents in an attempt to accommodate an epidemic "in every state." It was "especially bad" and the system was "overwhelmed," Time reported in January 2018: Hospitals Overwhelmed by Flu Patients Are Treating Them in Tents.