Compensation Articles

Business » Human Resources » Compensation | By Jacquelyn Donner @ Wednesday, 19th November 2008 @ 1:20 AM

Human Resource certifications do not mean just a set of letters after your name. Although you can add the PHR or SPHR letters after your name after you pass the exam. There are many responsibilities that come along with this certification including employee relations and factors involving compensation. Remember that for the exam the questions will focus on your daily activities you perform during human resource functions. Requirements before you take the exam include a minimum of 2 years... more...

Business » Human Resources » Compensation | By Arnold Hernandez @ Friday, 15th August 2008 @ 6:37 PM

To forego concerns about labor overtime, overtime claims, wage claims and to insure employee performance businesses often implement creative commission structures designed to benefit the motivated employee and the employer. California overtime and compensation laws are generally very protective of workers and the legal system for the most part protects workers against creative commission schemes. In one such creative commission structure the employer attempted to circumvent the law by n... more...

Business » Human Resources » Compensation | By Arnold Hernandez @ Friday, 15th August 2008 @ 5:58 PM

Overtime, straight time and other compensation for entering a trainee programs is often an area of litigation. Training is often an area of litigation where overtime claims are filed to demand not only payment for overtime, but for straight time when wages are not paid, because the rules are often misinterpreted. Overtime lawsuits arise when individuals feel their overtime rights have been violated, and sometimes they arise when trainees are unhappy because of training hours in excess... more...

Business » Human Resources » Compensation | By Arnold Hernandez @ Friday, 16th May 2008 @ 10:13 AM

Some of the highest paid employees in the country relative to their skill, education and knowledge are service workers that regularly receive tips. Dancers, waiters, waitresses, and bartenders often earn more than professionals including nurses and lawyers. It is not uncommon for a bartender to earn $80,000 a year or a dancer to earn $200,000 a year. Often this leads to business managers and owners to take tip income from these workers and redistribute it or pocket it, or as a b... more...

Business » Human Resources » Compensation | By Jack Deal @ Wednesday, 19th March 2008 @ 1:04 AM

Like the rat in the cage we are driven by rewards. It\'s only human and also perhaps rat nature. Suffice it to say it\'s nature. So when compensation, the reward, becomes stagnant so does productivity. If like rats we are paid by the time we spend in the cage, then the expected level of productivity is simple compliance. By focusing on minimum standards employees tend to get there and stay there; a comfort zone or twilight zone or Bermuda Triangle whatever else i... more...

Business » Human Resources » Compensation | By Anthony Smith @ Thursday, 8th November 2007 @ 11:10 PM

Among company benefits, more often than not employees rank health insurance as the more important. It is estimated that more than 60% of American who have health care receives it through some type of employer sponsored group plan. While various state regulations differ, there are certain benefits to having coverage through an employer. This makes the offering of health care plans a strong bargaining tool. Many employees take a lower wage in order to get good insurance. Small business owners... more...

Business » Human Resources » Compensation | By Arnold Hernandez @ Friday, 20th April 2007 @ 11:32 AM

Recently the California Supreme Court rendered a decision in interpreting California Labor Code Section 226.7. The issue was whether Labor Code section 226.7 provided for payment of one additional hour of pay when an employer failed to provide a meal break after five hours of work or a rest period after four hours of work and therefore it was pay and subject to a three year statute of limitations, meaning the employee could bring a claim three years after the fact, or if it was p... more...

Business » Human Resources » Compensation | By Taff Martin @ Sunday, 22nd October 2006 @ 3:56 PM

Have you ever been involved in an accident at work? Hopefully the answer is no, but please realize that accidents at work do happen and more often than you may think. Most of the time it\'s a matter of a specific hazard but there are a number of procedures that can prevent an accident at work from occurring in the first place. Your Personal Safety Around The Workplace Your employers have to make sure that adequate safety measures are in place in and around the whole of your wo... more...

Business » Human Resources » Compensation | By Dave Poon @ Wednesday, 18th October 2006 @ 1:21 PM

Being an employee of any company allows you to receive some perks, fringe benefits and privileges aside from the salary that you regularly receive. One of the most important benefits that you should get at work is a health benefit or medical plan. Especially for jobs which present risks on your health or on your life, make sure that you are always adequately insured. First, take a look at the disadvantages to you, as an employee, if you do not have sufficient health benefits from... more...