Work can be sickening. Literally. During an appearance at the recent Great Place to Work annual conference this month n New Orleans, Stanford business … Read more
Like It or Not, Pay Transparency Is Coming (So Better Get Ready)
Yes, the big focus today on pay transparency is political. The history of the Paycheck Fairness Act is a dead giveaway – it was proposed by Senate … Read more
Employers Stuck in the Middle on Evolving Equal Pay Laws
By Gregory D. Hanscom President Obama recently signed two executive orders changing the landscape of equal pay protections applicable to federal … Read more
U.S. Senate Once Again Rejects Paycheck Protection Act
By Ilyse Wolens Schuman As expected, U.S. Senate supporters of the Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 2199) failed to muster the 60 votes needed to advance the bill … Read more
A New Fad: States, Local Governments Hiking the Minimum Wage
By Gregory Hanscom A centerpiece of President Obama’s current legislative agenda is raising the federal minimum wage. While many doubt a bill raising the … Read more
The Disinformation Surrounding the “Tipped-Employee Minimum Wage”
By John E. Thompson A White House report promoting a substantial jump in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act‘s minimum wage perpetuates now widely … Read more
When It Comes to Pay, Everything in Moderation – Including Moderation
Compensation professionals do a lot of moderating. We work to moderate expectations. We work to moderate misunderstandings with incentive pay. And … Read more
Senate Committee Debates Fairness of Paycheck Fairness Act
In advance of an expected floor vote, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing this week to discuss the merits of the … Read more
Spreading the Peanut Butter: Across-the-Board Pay Hikes Are a Bad Idea
“Spreading the peanut butter” is a term used by one of my international clients to describe a general increase, the granting of an … Read more
BLS Minimum Wage Report: Is There Anything Worthwhile In it?
By John E. Thompson The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has released a report entitled Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers, 2013 which claims that … Read more