 Read the full article at this link: SHRM.org |
09 October 2013
• “Survey: Average 2014 U.S. Salary Increases to Remain at 3%”
08 October 2013
• “Plan to Minimize Spread of Flu and Legal Risks in the Workplace during Flu Season”
Read the full article at this link: JacksonLewis.com |
04 October 2013
• U.S. Help-Wanted Advertising – September 2013
”Online advertised vacancies were up 209,700 in September to 5,184,600, according to The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine® (HWOL) Data Series released today. The September rise is the first rise of over 200,000 since December 2012. The September Supply/Demand rate stands at 2.3 unemployed for each vacancy with a total of 6.3 million more unemployed workers than the number of advertised vacancies. See the complete report at this link: The Conference Board |
03 October 2013
• “Employers Hold the Line on Health Benefit Costs”
| ”U.S. employers expect their health benefit cost per employee to rise by 4.8 percent, on average, in 2014, according to a survey by consultancy Mercer. Cost growth slowed to 4.1 percent in 2012, a 15-year low. The projected increase for 2014, while still relatively low, represents a slight uptick.”
See the complete report at this link: SHRM.org |
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims – 28 September 2013
[Jobless]
| In the week ending September 28, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 308,000, an increase of 1,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 307,000. The 4-week moving average was 305,000, a decrease of 3,750 from the previous week's revised average of 308,750.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.3 percent for the week ending September 21, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's unrevised rate. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending September 21 were in Puerto Rico (4.0), Alaska (3.2), New Jersey (3.1), Virgin Islands (3.0), New Mexico (2.9), Connecticut (2.8), Pennsylvania (2.7), California (2.4), Illinois (2.4), Nevada (2.4), Arkansas (2.3), and District of Columbia (2.3). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending September 21 were in Oregon (+489), New Jersey (+327), Massachusetts (+306), Colorado (+304), and Maine (+194), while the largest decreases were in California (-3,754), Georgia (-2,719), New York (-2,376), South Carolina (-1,516), and Washington (-1,178). Source: USDOL-BLS |
02 October 2013
• Filing Date for VETS100, 100A Extended
| The filing deadline for VETS 100 and 100A reports has been extended to October 31, 2013.
See the complete report at this link: USDOL |
01 October 2013
• USDOL Issues Final Rule on the Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service
| Summary of the Major Provisions of the Final Rule:
This Final Rule makes changes to several sections of 29 CFR part 552, the Department's regulations concerning domestic services employment. The Department is slightly revising the definition of ``domestic service employment'' in Sec. 552.3 to clarify the language and modernize the list of examples of professions that fall within this category. This Final Rule also updates the definition of ``companionship services'' in Sec. 552.6 in order to restrict the term to encompass only workers who are providing the sorts of limited, non-professional services Congress envisioned when creating the exemption. Specifically, paragraph (a), which uses more modern language than appears in the 1974 amendments or 1975 regulations, provides that ``companionship services'' means the provision of fellowship and protection for an elderly person or person with an illness, injury, or disability who requires assistance in caring for himself or herself. It also defines ``fellowship'' as engaging the person in social, physical, and mental activities and ``protection'' as being present with the person in his or her home, or to accompany the person when outside of the home, to monitor the person's safety and well-being. Paragraph (b) provides that the term ``companionship services'' also includes the provision of care if the care is provided attendant to and in conjunction with the provision of fellowship and protection and if it does not exceed 20 percent of the total hours worked per person and per workweek. It defines ``care'' as assistance with activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living. Paragraph (c) provides that the term ``companionship services'' does not include general domestic services performed primarily for the benefit of other members of the household. Paragraph (d) provides that the term ``companionship services'' does not include the performance of medically related services, and it explains that the determination of whether the services performed are medically related is based on whether the services typically require and are performed by trained personnel, such as registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, or certified nursing assistants, regardless of the actual training or occupational title of the individual providing the services. To better ensure that live-in domestic service employees are compensated for all hours worked, the Department is also changing the language in Sec. Sec. 552.102 and .110 to require the keeping of actual records of the hours worked by such employees. The Department is revising Sec. 552.109, the regulatory provision regarding domestic service employees employed by third-party employers, or employers other than the individual receiving services or his or her family or household. To better ensure that the domestic service employees to whom Congress intended to extend FLSA protections in fact enjoy those protections, the new regulatory text precludes third party employers (e.g., home care agencies) from claiming the exemption for companionship services or live-in domestic service employees. See the complete report at this link: The Federal Register |
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