15 Jun 5 Things Employers Need to Know About Overtime Rules

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Original post benefitsnews.com With compensation taking up the biggest slice of the benefits pie, employers are paying close attention to the Department of Labor’s proposed changes to the overtime rules – expected to be released as early as this month – under the Fair Labor Standards...

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14 Jun The Supreme Court gives employee’s more room to sue you

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The Supreme Court’s latest ruling isn’t going to make a lot of employers happy.  The High Court just made it easier for employees to sue, claiming they were constructively discharged. Constructive discharge occurs when an employer makes a person’s working conditions so intolerable — via some underhanded...

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10 Jun Wellness Programs Benefit Employers, Employees

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Original post benefitspro.com Offering employee wellness programs isn’t just an exercise in altruism for employers. It pays off where most companies would value it most: the bottom line. According to Forbes, companies are jumping on the wellness program bandwagon right and left, to varying degrees. In fact,...

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02 Jun Remote Workers Are Happier

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Original post benefitspro.com People who work remotely are happier, according to a new survey conducted by TinyPulse, an employee engagement firm. The firm polled 509 U.S. workers who always work remotely about their job satisfaction and compared their responses to those of the roughly 200,000 U.S. employees...

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26 May Have You Taken Any PTO Lately?

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Original post benefitspro.com Americans might be workaholics, but not necessarily because they’re in love with work. Studies show Americans yearn for vacation time, but some of them can’t bring themselves to take it. A survey commissioned by Namely, a payroll and benefits company, finds that a majority...

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23 May How to Bridge the Wellness Disconnect

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Seventeen percent of HR executives versus 30% of business leaders think employee well-being is” very good,” according Optum Health’s Seventh Annual Wellness in the Workplace Study, conducted by the Optum Resource Center for Health & Well-Being....

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19 May Why Employers Should Consider Mindfulness Training as an Employee Benefit

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Resilience gained attention in the 1970s as psychologists and trauma researchers began to articulate the amazing ability of many people to bounce back following a devastating event, crisis or injury. Over time, researchers have identified the characteristics of resilient people, and have identified how to...

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18 May Final Rule Released: Fair Labor Standard Act, Overtime Regulations

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Today, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its final regulations making changes to Part 541 governing overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). As you know, SHRM leads the employer coalition, the Partnership to Protect Workplace Opportunity, on the rule and SHRM members...

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11 May Moving from Employee Wellness to Employee Well-Being

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Traditionally speaking, employee “wellness” programs have primarily focused on just physical health. Whereas employee “well-being” programs emphasize emotional, mental, social, and financial health in addition to physical health....

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28 Apr Employee Terminated upon Return to Work After Alcohol Treatment Could Proceed with Claims against Employer

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An employee terminated immediately upon his return from medical leave for alcohol rehabilitation presented sufficient evidence of discrimination under the Family and Medical Leave Act, Americans with disabilities Act, and Ohio state law to present his case to a jury, according to a federal court...

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