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In another rare decision on compensation issues, the Connecticut Supreme Court upheld the criminal conviction of an employer who failed to pay wages. In State v. Lynch, 287 Conn. 464 (2008), the court held that an employee's agreement to defer the a... More...

Excerpted from Michigan Employment Law Letter written by attorneys at the law firm of Vercruysse Murray & Calzone, P.C. Workers who qualify as executive, administrative, or professional employees may be exempt from the overtime requirement... More...

Global salaries are expected to rise by an average of 6% in 2008 - 1.9% above inflation - according to a study by Mercer. The study of 62 countries worldwide shows a strong correlation between 2008 forecasted inflation and forecasted average pay incr... More...

Six of the world's 10 highest-paying countries for information technology (IT) managers are in Western Europe, according to a new survey by Mercer. Switzerland pays the highest salaries followed by Denmark, Belgium and the UK. The United States and C... More...

Despite the strengthening economy and growing job market, salary increases will remain steady in 2007. According to the 2007/2008 US Compensation Planning Survey from Mercer Human Resource Consulting, US employers plan to award average pay increases ... More...

Is payroll expense a liability for your organization? More often than not the answer is yes, but no one is going to work for free. So how can you change the game and make payroll strategic? By challenging your payroll staff to see their roles as esse... More...

On May 25th, 2007, President Bush signed an Iraq funding bill that included the first federal minimum wage increase in nearly ten years. The bill increases the minimum wage in three increments to $7.25 by Summer of 2009. The first increase takes effe... More...

For 2007, employers again anticipate a "merit" or base-pay increase budget of slightly less than 4 percent, according to various published compensation surveys, according to Sibson. And, once again, organizations are asking themselves:" "Can this 'li... More...

Jay and Pat have a recent book called “High Performance Pay, Fast Forward to Business Success,” which they released with WorldatWork, but this is not, by any means, their first book. They have a couple of other major books in the compensa... More...

A primary challenge for all leaders is sustaining or enhancing business results. To add value to the business, rewards must be part of the business solution. Today that is often not the case. Only when businesses achieve goals and attract the bes... More...

Surveys show that people are most likely to leave an organization because of what they view as poor management or poor leadership. This may be true, but we seldom see a concerted effort to retain an individual with critical talent by replacing the su... More...

Base pay is the largest single element of human resource cost. Getting the most out of expenditures on base pay is or should be a priority. Most organizations state in their human resource policy manual or employee handbook that they pay for performa... More...

On July 1, 2006, the minimum wage in Shenzhen increased by over 17% in the city´s special economic zone (SEZ) and by over 20% in the surrounding suburbs. The minimum monthly wage in both areas went up by 120 yuan (US$15), rising to 810 yuan (US... More...

On January 6, 2006, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai signed a law to raise the minimum wage at foreign firms in Vietnam. The new minimum wage policy came into effect on February 1, 2006. Under this law, the minimum wage is now set at $55 a mo... More...

Excerpted from South Dakota Employment Law Letter, written by attorneys at Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & Lebrun, P.C. Although most employers are familiar with Title VII (which addresses various kinds of employment discrimination against a number of... More...

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Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Criminal Conviction for Failure to Pay Wages

Payroll Deductions That Don't Affect Exempt Status

2008 Worldwide Pay Survey

IT Pay around the World Survey 2007 – Country Rankings

Base Pay Increases Remain Steady in 2007, Mercer Survey Finds

Make Payroll a Strategic Part of Your Business

U.S. Federal Minimum Wage Increase

Small Packages = Big Bucks: Making Merit Matter

Thought Leader Interview with Jay Schuster and Pat Zingheim: High Performance Pay

Reflection on High-Performance Pay

Clues to Determine if Pay Needs a “Strategic Tune-Up”

Can Base Pay Reward Performance?

China: Cities Set to Increase Minimum Wage

Vietnamese Government Passes New Law to Increase Minimum Wage at Foreign Companies

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