Category: Benefits
Dave and Busted? - Are You Cutting Hours to Avoid the ACA Employer Mandate?
Since its passing in 2010 the clarion call of Obamacare opponents was that the employer mandate would incentivize employers to cut hours so as to reduce the number of "full time" employees for whom they would be required to provide health insurance. In 2015 (the first year of the...
Let’s Ketchup on Recent Class Action Lawsuits
Last month a group of individuals filed a class action lawsuit accusing the former H.J. Heinz Co. (now Kraft Heinz) of breaching an agreement the company had with executives in which the company would make donations to charities as part of the benefit package. The Complaint is premised on...
Falling Prices, Rising Wages: Wal-Mart Announces $9.00 an Hour Minimum Pay Scale
Wal-Mart Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon announced last week that in April Wal-Mart will pay its employees a minimum of $9.00 an hour—$1.75 more than the current federal minimum wage of $7.25. Going a step further, by February of 2016, Wal-Mart has announced that its lowest hourly rate of...
