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Benefits in the News > By Subject > Fringe benefits - transit, discounts, other Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines Highly-Paid Boston Public Employees Enjoying Free Commutes in Taxpayer-Funded Cars Paid Sick Leave is 'Basic Human Right,' Senator Says A Look at Legally Required Accommodations for Pregnant Women in the Workplace [Guidance Overview] Hey Boss, Buy Me a Bike? A Look at Unusual Qualified Transportation Fringe Benefits Working Moms Taking Less Maternity Leave New Jersey Politicians Grandfather Own Benefits But Limit Those of New Workers [Guidance Overview] IRS Proposes Regs Allowing Deduction for Some Employee Local Lodging Expenses Enhance Incentives for Employees Through 'Individualizing' [Guidance Overview] Perk Available Only to Retirees Was Not a 'Pension Plan' Subject to ERISA Requirements Congress Bypasses Opportunity to Liberalize Commuter Reimbursement Cap The Future of Absence and Disability Management, Part 2 GSA Boosts Mileage Reimbursement Rate for Federal Employees Massachusetts Legislature Eyes Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Where to Get Social Security Help Is Mandatory Paid Sick Leave the Prescription for Healthy Workers, Healthy Businesses and a Healthy New York City Economy? Ohio Spent $96 Million on Unused Paid Time Off in 2010-11 Some Companies Turning to Personal Concierge Services in Effort to Improve Productivity Senate Gives Public Transportation A Boost Senate Supports Boosting Commuter Subsidy Compromise May Clear Way for Massachusetts. Bill Seeking Paid Sick Days Employee Benefits Can be Written Off by Employer Commuting by Public Transit on the Rise Chart: Employer-Provided Sick Leave Benefits, March 2009 [Guidance Overview] Cars, Trucks and Vans: Deduction Limits Out for 2012 [Official Guidance] IRS Rev. Proc. 2012-23 on Automobile Depreciation Deductions and an Updated Table of Amounts to Be Included in Income (PDF) [Guidance Overview] 2012 Automobile Depreciation Limits Released More Governments Look to Require Small Businesses to Provide Time-Off Benefits Telework Week 2012 Encourages More Work from Home Paid Sick Leave: Prevalence, Provision, and Usage among Full-Time Workers in Private Industry [Guidance Overview] So You Provide Meals for Your Employees. Is the Chef's Salary Part of the 'Direct Cost'? Prospects for Boost in Mass Transit Tax Break Dim Your Perks Aren'T Motivating Your Employees Employee Perks That Don't Work Chicago's City Colleges Take Charge of Leave, Insurance Occasionally' Providing Meals to Employees ? What Does it Mean for Employer Tax Compliance? [Opinion] Viewpoint: Strengthen Employee Loyalty with Corporate 529 Plans Paid Sick Days for New York City Workers Would Lower Health Care Costs by Reducing Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits New York State Senate Passes Bill to Restore Commuter Tax Benefit Chicago Public School Officials Cracking Down on Big Payouts for Sick Days Private Company Incentive Pay Practices Survey [Official Guidance] IRS Notice 2012-19: Determination of Foreign Housing Cost Amounts Eligible for Exclusion or Deduction for 2012 (PDF) Senate to Consider Reinstatement of Pre-Tax Transit Benefit Parity in Highway Bill From Unlimited Burritos to On-Site Yoga, Boulder Firms Pile on Perks Senate Panel Approves Mass Transit Benefit Contribution Increase IRS's Updated Version of Taxable Fringe Benefit Guide Sick Time Payouts Costing Chicago Teachers' Retirement System Culture Key to Work-Life Programs: AOL Benefits Build Culture of Trust Eight Discounted Perks Programs That Can Boost Employee Morale Seven Companies With Unique Employee Health Benefits Enhanced Commuter Benefit Might Be Tied to Payroll Bill Local Ohio Businesses Keep Employees Happy with Wide Range of Perks [Guidance Overview] IRS's 2012 Maximums for Valuing an Employer-Provided Vehicle's Personal Use Am I Legally Required to Give Bereavement Leave The Supreme Court Should Reexamine Decisions That Have Made It Hard for People to Sue Their Own States Wisconsin State Worker Severance Packages Scrutinized The Positive Economic Impacts of Paid Family Leave for Families, Businesses and the Public Prepare for Higher Child Care and Commuting Costs in 2012 [Guidance Overview] IRS Hikes 2012 Vehicle Values Cash Out of Paid Time Off May Be Tax Trap [Guidance Overview] Employer's Deduction for Flight Crew Meals Limited because De Minimis Rule Did Not Apply Important word about authorship: BenefitsLink® (BenefitsLink.com) provides this page for you, containing selected hypertext links to pages on the web that our editors think will be useful or interesting to you. 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