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HR Dive | September 02, 2020

Employers must pay employees who work remotely or who telework for all hours worked of which employers either know or have reason to believe were performed, even if they have a rule against doing such work, the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Wage and Hour Division said in a Field Assistance Bulletin published Aug. 24. The agency noted that an employer's obligation to pay employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act is based on both "actual knowledge" or "constructive kno...

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Workhuman | April 25, 2022

Workhuman®, pioneers of the human workplace, announced key milestones on its global sustainability journey. Workhuman is on a mission to make work more human around the world, and a large part of that is ensuring that the company is making progress toward a more positive impact on the environment. To commemorate Earth Day, the company is sharing more details about its sustainability programs, commitment, and achievements. As an important step in its sustainability journey, Wor...

HR STRATEGY

Paychex | March 08, 2021

The global pandemic has widely stimulated technology adoption, presented new challenges and changed how, where, and when work gets done. To help address these challenges, Paychex, Inc., the Human Resource software and services company that offers the power of effortlessness for increasingly complicated workplaces, announced several enhancements to its analytics offering in Paychex Flex®, the company's cloud-based HR-tech platform. Paychex also included a new retirement services solution ...

HR Dive | March 31, 2020

U.S. employers could see their healthcare costs increase between 4% and 7% in 2020 due to COVID-19 treatment and testing costs, according to the results of a Willis Towers Watson actuarial analysis of self-funded employers released March 26. The results assume a 30% infection level of COVID-19, but Willis Towers Watson noted that the actual cost increase depends on how sick those infected with the disease become. Costs may increase further should the pandemic's U.S. impact be more severe: a ...