Benefits & Compensation

Understanding Your Employer Health Benefit Options

Nov. 1, 2018

Many CEDR members are interested in offering health benefits to their employees but are discouraged by high costs and complex...

Texas Employers: Paid Sick Leave Laws in Legal Limbo

Sep. 26, 2018

When we tell business owners and managers about paid sick leave laws, the most common response we hear is, “I...

Emerging Exceptions to Paid Sick Leave Laws: Progress at Last

Jul. 7, 2017

Paid sick leave laws have continued to make employers sick with their complexity and rigidity (we recently addressed them here...

How to Set the Pay Range for Any Position

Apr. 6, 2017

When you make a new hire, how do you decide on the rate of pay? If you’re like most managers...

Paid Sick Leave Still Contagious Across the Nation

Apr. 6, 2017

Changes in employment law tend to occur in waves, as different states create their own legislation on whatever topic has...

Apple Must Pay 2 Million to Employees: Let’s Learn from its Mistakes

Feb. 1, 2017

Keeping up with every applicable federal, state, and local employment law is no easy task for small business owners (unless...

QSEHRA: A New Healthcare Reimbursement Option for Small Employers

Dec. 29, 2016

It may look like a word found in alphabet soup, but QSEHRAs—Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangements—are a useful new...

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Compliance for Small Employers: You Have Options!

Nov. 11, 2016

It’s about time to renew health benefit plans for 2017, and the Affordable Care Act — also known as the...

The Gig is Up: Employer Pitfalls in the Gig Economy

Nov. 1, 2016

Do you work with independent contractors? If you’ve taken an Uber or stayed in an AirBnB rental, then you certainly...

Trending in Employment Law: Equal Pay Legislation

Sep. 28, 2016

Employment laws are sometimes like dominos. Once one state passes a law, others tend to follow suit. For example, the...

Overtime Exemption Rules Infographic

Jul. 27, 2016

Wouldn’t it be great if the FLSA exemption rules were simple to learn and follow perfectly? Well, we can’t change...

Working from Home: Employee Dream, Employer Nightmare

Jul. 6, 2016

More and more frequently, employees ask for and value the opportunity to work remotely from home—and in many ways, technology...