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Line up Your Executive Compensation Program with Corporate Objectives
Creating an executive compensation pay package requires a carefully integrated strategy. BLR's Fundamentals of Executive Compensation--Download, a practical handbook that includes sample employment agreements and model equity plans, shows you how to recruit the talent that can lead your organization ahead of the competition while aligning their compensation with your organizational goals. Includes helpful sections on how to navigate complex tax laws, securities laws, and accounting principles you must consider.
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Best-Paying States for Women
Women in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and New Jersey had the highest median earnings in the United States last year, according to a report by the Census Bureau.
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5 Most Effective Ways to Coax Employees from Retiring
A recent survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) revealed the most effective ways that employers can incentivize older workers to put off retirement--by asking these workers what would make them stay.
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This Week's Poll
What/who gives you the most headaches in your HR job?
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Last Week's Poll
See how many HR professionals say they feel underpaid.
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Make Your Supervisors the Front Line of Defense Against Employee Lawsuits
BLR's new and improved Easy Trainer: Hiring, Discipline & Termination gives you customizable, easy-to-use training sessions on key employment topics such as hiring, discipline, interviewing, grounds for termination, and many more.
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Salary Increases for Healthcare Industry Exceed Projections
Base salaries for managers and executives who work for health systems and hospitals rose higher than the average projected 2008 salary increase budget, according to a new survey.
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Many Employers Helping Employees Deal with Gas Prices
More than 40 percent of employers have taken steps to help employees deal with higher gas prices, according to a poll on HR.BLR.com and Compensation.BLR.com.
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Top 10 Compensation Stories in Last 90 Days
The following 10 articles are the most popular among Compensation.BLR.com readers in the last 90 days.
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Help Employees Escape Financial Dire Straits (and Improve Your Bottom Line)
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When employees are worried about money, they're less productive, less healthy, and distracted, explains Louis Falzetti, who works with Dave Ramsey of radio and TV fame, as executive vice president at the Ramsey organization. Falzetti says that financial stress actually costs between $750 and $2,000 a year per employee. The situation is dire, but employers are in a position to help by providing for personal financial education.
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[Trial or subscription to Compensation.BLR.com required.]
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Compensation Q&A
Questions from our Ask the Experts archives
If we are experiencing a slowdown, can we ask hourly employees to voluntarily take unpaid time off? Are we legally obligated to offer them unemployment benefits even if they volunteer to take the time off? If we are obligated to offer them unemployment, is it after a certain number of nonworked days?
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HR Challenge: I-9 Forms
In July, the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security began producing the U.S. Passport Card. The new card provides a less expensive and more portable alternative to the traditional passport book and will expedite document processing at United States land and sea ports-of-entry for U.S. citizens traveling to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda. The card may not be used to travel by air. Can the card be used in the Employment Eligibility Verification form (I-9) process, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services?
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Compensation Hot Topic: Health Insurance
An HR Forum member is asking whether a possible change in health insurance for employees over age 65 is discriminatory on the basis of age.
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Compensation.BLR.com
Are you overpaying your employees? Find out at lightning speed on this comprehensive database of state- and industry-specific salary and benefits benchmarking data for hundreds of jobs, plus a library of FLSA and other legal guidance, best practices, white papers, and comp and benefits news, updated daily. 14-Day Trial!
Employee Compensation in [Your State]
Arranged alphabetically by topic, this comprehensive resource explains in plain-English all key state and federal wage and hour laws--from minimum wage to overtime classification.
HR Audit Checklists
Pilots depend on checklists. So should you! Detailed, reproducible lists on EEO, job descriptions, recordkeeping, hiring, benefits, and requirements of all key HR laws to run through before you or your managers take a major step. Don't let one slipup damage your career.
SmartPolicies
Create the most-needed HR policies at about $1 each. Prewritten, legally reviewed, and ready-to-use on a CD. Boot up, include your specifics, print. You're done! Policies for attendance, harassment, compensation, discipline, and many more.
FLSA Self-Audit Guide
Are all your jobs classified properly for the new FLSA overtime regulations? Discover wage & hour problems before the government does. Easy to use, it can pay for itself many times over because of the trouble it avoids.
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