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By Sean Kelly, SnackNation cofounder and CEO There’s an epidemic in the American workplace. It’s undermining your company’s ability to reach its full potential, and zapping individual employees of their energy and purpose.
By Jane Meacham While acknowledging that maintaining traditional defined benefit (DB) pensions has become either too expensive or too burdensome, several Fortune 500 company retirement plan sponsors would like to replicate for their defined contribution (DC) plans some of the efficiencies from their DB plans, according to a new survey report from BNY Mellon.
Federal lawmakers introduced a bill September 14 that would prohibit all employers from asking about a job applicant’s salary history.
In Illinois, employees soon will be able to use their sick days to care for family members.
By Jennifer Carsen, JD, Senior Legal Editor It seems like just yesterday we were all having such fun with the 2015 Form 1095-C, doesn’t it?
By Celine Vignal, cofounder of Zenytime Over the last decade, employee health has been a major focus for HR professionals, with initiatives like nurse hotlines, weight loss programs, and on-site vaccinations becoming the norm. While wellness benefits have been on the rise, the types of benefits have clearly shifted to become more inclusive and less […]
By Jennifer Carsen, JD, Senior Legal Editor Over the past several years, you’ve undoubtedly noticed the increased number of gluten-free products on the grocery shelves … gluten-free menus at restaurants … and more and more friends and family who are choosing to “go gluten-free.”
By Kate McGovern Tornone, Editor Employers in California and New York City may soon face new limits on the use of applicants’ salary history.
Our company’s policy is that employees need to average 35 hours per week in the previous year to qualify for vacation time. Do weeks taken as unpaid FMLA count as “0 hour” weeks in the calculation of average hours worked, or should they be excluded when we determine vacation benefits?
Employers looking to remain competitive in the talent marketplace must stay abreast of the latest trends in salary and benefit offerings. Doing so will help to attract and retain talent in the coming years.