article thumbnail

Wage Fixing Indictment Has Implications for Employers

ACA Times

3 minute read: A recent federal wage-fixing indictment against the former owner of a health care staffing company indicates that the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division is taking a closer look at the competition in labor markets. Employers nationwide, especially health care operators, would be wise to take notice.

article thumbnail

Is Job Skills Training a Valuable Perk? Hourly Workers Say Yes

Visier

A big part of making good on these pledges is offering job skills training to entry-level employees and hourly wage workers. Paul’s is just one of many examples from a recent Luminera Foundation report on how employer-sponsored education programs can put hourly workers on the career path to higher wage jobs.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Conference Board Announces CEOs Plan to Increase Wages by a Minimum of 3%

HR Digest

Businesses have been aiming to draw and keep employees by raising hourly wages relative to inflation by 0.3% During a Thursday second-quarter earnings call, Hermanns stated that wages are still being pushed higher due to a lack of available workers. growth in average union wages that resulted from recent labor negotiations.

article thumbnail

How to Motivate Hourly Employees

Fond

They are the retail workers, the customer service reps, the servers, nurses, programmers, and the front-line staff who are at the core of whether your business survives or fails. . An hourly employee is paid for the number of hours they work each week–unlike a salaried employee, who is paid a set wage no matter how many hours they work.

article thumbnail

Timekeeping Integration - The Key to Compliance

Speaker: Cynthia Hoyt, Regional Sales Director, Southland Data Processing

Another ruling on a wage and hour class action law suit. Significant burdens stem from constant cost pressures eating away at limited revenues. Tracking employees' time on paper just isn't cutting it, and you could be left holding a timebomb.ready to explode at any minute. There is a light at the end of the tunnel.

article thumbnail

Strategic Compliance: Wage Garnishment Risk Avoidance

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at ADP , a comprehensive global provider of cloud-based human capital management solutions. Some people might look at the title of today’s article and say, “Wage garnishments? Some people might look at the title of today’s article and say, “Wage garnishments?

article thumbnail

Attention on Deck: Register Now for HR Boot Camp

HRWatchdog

CalChamber’s HR Boot Camp is a comprehensive, two half-day training event that will cover many important aspects of the employment life cycle. CalChamber’s HR Boot Camp is a comprehensive, two half-day training event that will cover many important aspects of the employment life cycle. Common wage and hour issues.