HR Benefits

Benefits are a form of compensation paid by employers to employees over and above the amount of pay specified as a base salary or hourly rate of pay. Benefits are a portion of a total compensation package for employees. Employee benefits are designed to provide security to you and your family, and to improve your quality of life. This is FindLaw’s collection of HR Benefits articles, part of the Human Resources section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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Congress Raises H-1B Cap

The American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act (referred to as "AC21")), signed into law on October 17, 2000 raised the H-1B cap for FY2000 through FY2003 to 195,000 visas per year. At the same time, the special "H-1B training fee ...
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Electronic Verification: An Option for Employers

The INS has implemented the Basic Employment Confirmation Pilot Program, which confirms the employment eligibility of newly hired employees to work in the United States. The Pilot Program is being conducted by the INS and the Social Security ...
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Employer Sanctions

November 6, 1996 marks the 10th anniversary of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). Although the legislation may be best remembered for its generous "amnesty" for undocumented aliens, of more lasting import were the employer sanction ...
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Employers at Risk for Outsourcing to Save on Employee Benefit Costs

Outsourcing work to save on employee benefit costs may become riskier for employers as a result of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. In Inter-Modal Rail Employees Association v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co., the Supreme Court ruled ...
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Employment Authorization

Every employer must have proof that every employee is authorized to be employed in the United States at the time the employee is hired. This means that you must be able to provide documents to the employer proving your eligibility for employment ...
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IRA & Retirement Plans Update

p> Many people save for their retirement through tax-deferred arrangements such as employer-sponsored retirement plans (a pension or profit sharing plan, for example) or Individual Retirement Arrangements ("IRAs"). A Tax-deferred arrangement means ...
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Employment Based Preferences for Permanent Residence

Includes: Note: All three categories require an offer of employment and a labor certification. Category 3 is subject to a long waiting period ...
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Executive Order: Government Contractors & I-9s

President Clinton issued an Executive Order which bars federal contractors who knowingly hire unauthorized alien workers from obtaining additional government contracts for a period of one year. Under the Executive Order, if the Attorney General ...
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Frequently Asked Questions about Visas

Q. What is the difference between a B-1 visa and a B-2 visa? A. A B-1 visa is issued to a visa applicant who is coming to the U.S. for business purposes (not for employment in the U.S.) such as a business meeting or conference, a trade show, to take ...
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General Facts on Women & Job Based Health Benefits

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the labor force is becoming more diverse, older and more female. Today, those changing labor force demographics are already evident in terms of the increased number of working women. Working women are ...
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