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Fred Meyer Employees Strike Against Unfair Labor Practices

HR Digest

Local 555 also stated that the employer was also offering a poor plan for compensating new hires and had no intention of sufficiently improving the pension plans as the union members had hoped. The post laying out the details of the discussion showed no restraint in expressing their feelings on the matter.

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Higher pay rises could lead to £142k gender pensions gap

Employee Benefits

Higher pay rises for men than women could result in a gender pensions gap of £142,603, according to new findings. Research commissioned by investment solutions firm Fidelity International revealed that men typically receive £733 more than women when their salary is increased.

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Annuity Myths and Facts

Money Talk

Examples include surrender charges, sales commissions (loads), management fees, and mortality charges. They are often bought with money from settlements, investment accounts, and pension plan lump sum distributions. Annuity salespeople sometimes convince people there are no fees but, of course, there are.

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Ohio Court Says Healthcare Benefits and Pension Contributions Not to be Used in Computing AWW

The Workcomp Writer

Quoting Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law , an Ohio appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s Industrial Commission that had refused to consider various fringe benefits in the form of health and welfare benefits, as well as the employer’s contribution to several pension funds as “wages” or “earnings” under Ohio Rev.

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Middle-Income Earners Can Be Millionaires

Money Talk

Backstops Can Mitigate Risk-Taking - Some investors feel that they can take on more investment risk when they have a guaranteed source of income (think tenured educators or retirees with a pension and/or annuities).

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Capita TVL staff accept pay deal

Employee Benefits

from £23,680 to £30,000, provides the option of a company car , and abolishes the long-standing commission scheme for the 139 visiting officers within the field operation. after the commission scheme has been consolidated. The deal, which applies to the firm’s 165 field staff, increases starting salaries on average by 9.5%

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Top 5 reasons to check your payslip

cipHR

For the 2021/22 tax year (and through to 2025/26), the tax code for most people under 65 who only have one job or pension is 1257L. While the onus is on employers to pay their employees correctly, there is some responsibility on the employee to make sure that any variable payments, such as overtime or commission, are paid.

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