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TSR: The "Secret Ingredient" for Executive Compensation?

Compensation Cafe

I t's an age-old question for those working in executive compensation: how do we align the interests of executives with those of the shareholders? The "tried-and-true" answer is to link executive compensation to organizational performance using performance pay. In theory, it's a simple answer.

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Expert Q&A: Understanding the DOL’s Overtime Rules

HR Digest

This threshold has been raised from the previous limit of $455 per week of 40 hours, which was set in 2004. Six discussions were held, and it was decided that the present compensation for overtime was inadequate. The DOL says this revision was “long overdue in light of wage and salary growth since 2004.

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How Improving HR’s Analytics Capability Prevents Chaos Over New Overtime Rule

Visier

The rules around overtime work have been largely unchanged since 2004 , but in May 2016 the U.S. In order to achieve this, HR must find an effective solution that will help them make the right compensation and workforce changes — while balancing the needs of staff and the business — every time the threshold is updated.

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Ep 63 – Your Fair Labor Standards Act Questions Answered

Workology

Casey Sipe was one of the presenters during our recent webinar. The Fair Labor Standards Act proposed changes really come down to compensation for our exempt-level workers, overtime for those who are hourly workers and what employers need to do if an employee’s salary doesn’t meet the minimum threshold.

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DOL Issues First Opinion Letters in 9 Years, Provides Clarity on FMLA and FLSA Matters

HR Daily Advisor

In the letters, key questions were addressed regarding the interplay of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the compensability of travel time for nonexempt employees. Are Short Rest Breaks Compensable When They’re Taken Under The FMLA ? Before starting her career in publishing, Ms.

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DOL Opinion Letters Rise from the Ashes

HR Daily Advisor

An opinion letter is an official, written opinion by the Wage and Hour Division of how a particular law applies in specific circumstances presented by an employer, employee or other entity requesting the opinion.”. Before starting her career in publishing, Ms.

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NAHR Welcomes New Fellows

HRExecutive

One association executive and three senior HR leaders were welcomed into the academy by their peers in recognition of their level of achievement, including Timothy Bartl, executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of the HR Policy Association and CEO of the Center on Executive Compensation; Peter M.

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