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[Guidance Overview] Employee Benefit Changes Included in Financial Bailout Law

Three Perks That Work in Lieu of Raises

[Guidance Overview] New York Municipalities/school Districts: Paid Time Off for Breast Feeding and Prostate Cancer Screening

EEOC Sues Dillard's Over Sick Leave Inquiries

Sabbaticals Still a Rarity in Business But Becoming More Common, According to Book

[Official Guidance] Text of IRS Rev. Proc. 2008-59: Ordinary and Necessary Business Expenses of Employees Traveling Away from Home (PDF)

Rewarding a Multigenerational Workforce: A Survey of WorldatWork Members, September 2008

Benefit Practices Inside the 'Best' Workplaces

[Guidance Overview] San Francisco Mandates Employers to Provide Transportation Benefits (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] 2008 Presidential Election: Candidates' Employment Proposals, updated 09/22/08 (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] IRS's Priority Guidance Plan for 2008-2009 Guidance Year

Some Texas Companies Helping Employees Cope with Higher Transportation Costs

The 2008 100 Best Companies for Working Moms

[Guidance Overview] Ruling on Trust Contributions Illustrates Use of Unused Sick and Vacation Leave to Fund Retiree Health Benefits

Still-Rising Gas Prices Encourage Employers to Think Outside the Box

[Guidance Overview] Important Changes for Transportation Plans

[Guidance Overview] IRS Delays Effective Date of Guidance on Using Smartcards or Debit Cards for Mass Transit Benefits until January 1, 2010

[Guidance Overview] New San Francisco & Massachusetts Guidance (PDF)

[Official Guidance] Text of IRS 2008-2009 Priority Guidance Plan, Including Reg Projects for Retirement Benefits, Executive Comp, Healthcare and Other Benefits (PDF)

International and Cross-Border Retirement and Fringe Benefit Plans: IRS Advisory Committee Survey Seeks Opinions of Employers, Administrators, Practitioners, Consultants

Sick Leave Payouts to Sarasota County, FL Employees Causing a Stir

More Employers Utilizing System of Paid Time Off in Lieu of Vacation, Sick Leave or Other Leave Policies

Opposition by Governor Prompts Supporters to Drop Paid Sick Leave Measure from Ohio Ballot

[Guidance Overview] Corporate Jets: How to Deal With the Tangle of FAA and IRS Rules (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] IRS Delay of Effective Date of Electronic Payment Card Guidance for Transit Expenses

Low-Cost, High-Value Benefits Can Aid Retention in a Difficult Economic Climate

Backers of Ohio Sick-Leave Initiative Pull Issue from Ballot

[Guidance Overview] Year-End Bonuses and the All-Events Test: Time to Review (PDF)

IRS's Notice Delaying Effective Date of Smartcard Guidance for Transportation Benefits

[Opinion] Two Interesting But Different Cases - Both Related to Broad Impact ERISA Has Across the Workplace

[Guidance Overview] San Francisco Will Require Employers to Offer Transportation Benefits (PDF)

[Official Guidance] Text of IRS Notice 2008-74: Extension of Time for Transit Systems to Comply with Voucher Requirements (PDF)

Paid Sick Days Highly Valued by Employees

New Intel Benefit Offers Free Homework Help

Segal Examines What Motivates Employees of Different Ages

[Guidance Overview] IRS Issue Paper Concludes That Employee Tool and Equipment Plans Generally Fail Accountable Plan Rules

Cut Commuting Costs by Using Employer Benefits

Employers to Offer Benefits to Offset Higher Fuel Prices, New Study Shows

Mayor Signs San Francisco Commuter Mandate

Employers Get Creative to Ease Impact of Gas Prices

[Guidance Overview] On-Site Health Clinics Require an Ounce of Legal Prevention

Workers Want Time Off for Fun

States Push Laws to Require Paid Sick Leave Days

Lower Costs, Higher Morale Benefits of Four-Day Work Week

[Guidance Overview] Employer's Dollar Limit on Nontaxable Gifts Is Not Imposed by De Minimis Fringe Benefit Rules

[Official Guidance] Text of IRS Rev. Proc. 2008-48: Treatment of Dependent by Noncustodial Parent When Custodial Parent Has Not Released Claim (PDF)

Employers Ignoring Workers' Pain at the Pump, According to Survey

Access to and Use of Paid Sick Leave Among Low-Income Families With Children

San Francisco Mandates Transit Benefits

New Analysis Shows How Paid Sick Leave Bill Would Force Significant Modifications in Companies' Benefits

San Francisco Transit Break Would Reduce Payroll Taxes

Telework for Federal Workers Becomes More Attractive As Quality-of-Life Concerns Spike

With No Paid Sick Leave, Workers Face Grim Choices

GM Benefits to Cost Salaried Employees More

Giving Time Off to Help Save a Life

California Lawmakers Determine Paid Sick Leave Benefit too Costly

[Opinion] Potential for Paid Sick Leave Mandate in Ohio Warrants Pro-Active Strategy

Federal Employees' Sick Leave

The New Workplace Perk: Gasoline

Survey Finds that Gas Prices Influence Employer Policies for Auto-Bound Employees

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