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The Future of Transparency

Compensation Cafe

Internet searches for the phrase "salary transparency" grew about 63% from March 2014 to March 2015, according to Google Trends data. Companies have to clean up all their pay discrepancies, gaps and other “dirty” compensation laundry. Simpler, easier and more workable. Like nature, pay transparency will not be denied.

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What does Massachusetts’ equal pay law mean for employers?

Workable

According to SHRM’s 2016 Job Satisfaction and Engagement Report , compensation is still a top contributor to employee engagement, and even more important than it was in 2015. Would employers really ask for compensation after a candidate is hired? What’s good for candidates may also be good for employers.

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3 reasons to get a short-term disability policy

Workable

A significant percentage of the workforce will be in need of short-term disability leave and US law (with the exception of six states ) doesn’t guarantee any compensation. Nearly half of all educated professionals have no short term disability coverage, according to a 2015 report. Still not sure it’s worth your while as an employer?

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Just-in-Time Scheduling—Good News and Bad News

HR Daily Advisor

You have to determine whether “call-in” or “on-call” status should be compensated or treated as hours worked. Senate July 15, 2015, and is currently in committee. As examples, here are the features of two city laws: San Francisco Retail Workers Bill of Rights (July 3, 2015). Call-in and on-call. Paid time off (PTO)/sick.

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Stand by me: employee retention strategies from the pros

Workable

A 2015 SHRM/Globoforce survey puts employee retention at the top of the list of challenges facing HR leaders. At Workable, we namecheck managers when we promote our jobs on social media , so that candidates can see what kind of people they’ll be working with. Compensation and benefits. So in this case, yes, compensation counts.

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Prepare Your Questions For #HRTechWorld and #HRTechConf

In Full Bloom HR

For 2015, I’ve done a thorough update and added more of my own thoughts on the answers to these questions. Are there other workable definitions that make sense for some vendors? Nonetheless, I’ve included a few answers so that you’ll know (as though there was ever a doubt) where I stand. What are our options here?

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New overtime law: an employer’s guide

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Obama’s new overtime law, which has been debated since the summer of 2015, aims to fix this. The new law also reclassifies the cut-off for “highly compensated employees,” (HCE) from those who earn above 100,000 a year to those who earn more than $134,000. For example, tell employees how you’ll compensate voluntary overtime.