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compensation & benefits

employee relations

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Benefits

• Cafeteria Plans - IRS FAQs
• California COBRA
  • FAQs Dept. of Managed Health Care
    • Senior CA-COBRA
• Equal Benefits Ordinance - domestic partners - San Francisco
• Employee Benefits Security Administration Laws, regulations and guidance
• Employee Benefits Legal Resource Site Maximum Benefits and Contributions Limits for 1996-2003
• Health Benefits Advisor - DOL elaws
• HIPAA 
  • U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
    • Modifications - Privacy Standards - Final
• International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans
• Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) - DOL
  • EFAST - ERISA Filing Acceptance System 5500etc
• SDI State Disability Insurance - California
• West Group - Employee Benefits

California

• Industrial Relations, Department of
  • Division of Labor Standards Enforcement DLSE
  • Child Labor Law Pamphlet 2000
  • Wages - laws relating to time place and manner of payment
  • Which Wage Order? - selecting the proper order
  • Division of Labor Statistics and Research
  • Fatal Occupational Injuries
  • Opinion Letters
  • Prevailing wage data
  • Minimum Wage - CA history, 1943-present
  • News Releases (DIR)
  • Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board
  • Wage Orders (1-17) IWC
    • Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Orders 2001 with Summary . pdf
    • Summary only . pdf
    • Statement as to the Basis - Wage Orders, & Computer Professionals (SB 88) .pdf
  • Workers' Compensation
    • Classification Codes
• Insurance, California Department of
• Legislative Analyst's Office
• Legislation-Bills etc.
• Managed Health Care, California Department of
  • Statutes And Regulations Relating to
    Health Care Plans in California
• National Guard - California
• Ninth Circuit (Federal) Court Decisions (California's Circuit Court)
• Prevailing Wage Information
• Proposition 65 - The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Actof 1986. Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
• Regulations, California Code of
• Senate
  • Listen to the Senate - You can now listen to live Senate Hearings and Floor Sessions
  • Locate your Senator - California
• Tax Information Center - business and personal

Compensation

• American Payroll Association
  • State Links tax, revenue, labor, child support and new hire reporting
• Bay Area Compensation Association
• BLS - Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Occupational Compensation Surveys - BLS
  • Economy at a Glance - BLS
• CompensationLink.com - Global on-line service
• DataMasters - Computer industry surveys, costs of living comparison and more
• Minimum wage and overtime statistics for all states. DO L
• Paycheck calculation tools PaycheckCity.com Numerous pay related calculators.
• Salary Finder - Compares salaries for various cities for cost of living differences.
• Salary and Wage Surveys - Employers Group
• WorldatWork - Compensation Association

CPI-BLS

• CPI All
• CPI Western Region

Federal Government

• Labor Department (DOL)
  • BLS - Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Child Labor - Federal -Youth Rules
  • COBRA Continuation of Health Coverage - FAQs, laws, regs., etc.
  • Elaws - Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and small business
  • Employee Benefits Security Administration Laws, regulations and guidance
    • Compliance Assistance for Group Health Plans, HIPAA, etc

Medicare

• Medicare - Official U.S. site
• Medicare Basics - .pf HHS

Medical

• Centers For Disease Control
• Columbia University, Healthwise - Search index
• MEDLINEplus - Ntl. Library of Medicine, Ntl. Institutes of Health
• National Mental Health Association - Mental Health 
• Yahoo Medical Sites

Military

• DOL USERRA Advisor
• USERRA Facts for Employers - regarding military leaves

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

• United States Department of Commerce - Census Bureau - SIC converted to NAICS

State Disability Insurance (SDI)

• California SDI

Social Security

• Social Security, On-Line - Social Security Administration
  • Calculators - benefits calculators
  • Employer Reporting Instructions & Information
  • Employment Support For People with Disabilities
  • Foreign Workers and Social Security Numbers
  • Marriage, Divorce and Name Changes
  • Ticket to Hire Work Program referral service for qualified workers with disabilities

Statistics

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Tax Stats - data files compiled from tax and information returns filed with the IRS
• White House Statistics Briefing Room - current federal economic indicators

Tax

• Employers Tax Guide Circular E, IRS .pdf
• Employers Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits IRS .pdf
• State Board of Equalization
• Tax - California Franchise Tax Board (FTB)
• Tax - Federal, Treasury Department
  • W-4 Form 2003
  • Federal Income Tax - Brochure explaining tax and penalties.  I.e., penalties for falsification of W-4.
• Travel, Entertainment, Gift & Car Expenses - IRS .pdf
• Tax & Accounting Sites