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Benchmarking Salaries Across Industries in the UAE 2024

Bayzat

To appeal to the best brains, many corporations now offer appealing employee benefits, focusing on better salaries and remunerations. As of 2024, many major UAE industries have increased their salaries in strategic positions to attract and sustain employees with great skill sets.

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How to Differentiate Between Exempt vs Non-exempt Employees?

HR Digest

Employees who are nonexempt are entitled to be paid the minimum wages at the least and they can also claim overtime pay for any work that goes beyond their contracted hours. These workers traditionally receive hourly wages for work done rather than a steady salary periodically. What is an Exempt Employee?

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Proposed 2015 DOL Overtime Rule Changes: Primary Duty Test

HR Bartender

Department of Labor (DOL) published its proposed changes to the overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Under the Act, to be exempt (from overtime), an employee must meet 3 requirements: The employee must be paid a minimum weekly salary; The employee must be paid on a salary rather than on an hourly basis.

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How to strike a balance between managing staff wellbeing and financial pressures

Employee Benefits

With the cost-of-living crisis enduring, employees from some sectors are likely to be seeking additional hours, usually through taking on overtime. We gave employees in stores and plants an incentive to finish their work on time, whereas premium overtime rates provided an incentive for them to work as long as possible,” he says. “We

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UK Power Networks uses total reward statements to boost engagement with benefits

Employee Benefits

Examples of these are our Tusker car initiative, which now has 250 users, and presenting available retail discounts just before Christmas as a timely reminder. The TRS outlines what employee benefits have been on offer for the past 12 months. Offering choice is key,” he concludes.

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Calculating Overtime When Your Employee Works a Fluctuating Workweek

Patriot Software

You’re likely familiar with the Fair Labor and Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) rules on overtime pay. But when you have employees who work varying schedules, you might be able to calculate overtime using the fluctuating workweek method. For example, the employee would earn the same weekly salary whether they worked 35 or 40 hours.

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Richard Branson: Prepare for proposed increases to national minimum wage

Employee Benefits

If implemented, this will represent a nearly 40% increase for those between the ages of 18 and 20, and severely impact the hospitality and retail sectors, where a large portion of the workforce is aged under 21. However, there is one particular aspect that is the most common cause of breaches.

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