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Benefits in the News > By Subject > Fringe benefits - transit, discounts, other Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines Senate Panel Approves Mass Transit Benefit Contribution Increase IRS's Updated Version of Taxable Fringe Benefit Guide Sick Time Payouts Costing Chicago Teachers' Retirement System Culture Key to Work-Life Programs: AOL Benefits Build Culture of Trust Eight Discounted Perks Programs That Can Boost Employee Morale Seven Companies With Unique Employee Health Benefits Enhanced Commuter Benefit Might Be Tied to Payroll Bill Local Ohio Businesses Keep Employees Happy with Wide Range of Perks [Guidance Overview] IRS's 2012 Maximums for Valuing an Employer-Provided Vehicle's Personal Use Am I Legally Required to Give Bereavement Leave The Supreme Court Should Reexamine Decisions That Have Made It Hard for People to Sue Their Own States Wisconsin State Worker Severance Packages Scrutinized The Positive Economic Impacts of Paid Family Leave for Families, Businesses and the Public Prepare for Higher Child Care and Commuting Costs in 2012 [Guidance Overview] IRS Hikes 2012 Vehicle Values Cash Out of Paid Time Off May Be Tax Trap [Guidance Overview] Employer's Deduction for Flight Crew Meals Limited because De Minimis Rule Did Not Apply [Guidance Overview] IRS Mileage Rate Remains Unchanged Six Workplace Perks That Can Do More Harm Than Good Workplace Perks Aren't What They Used to Be Some Employers Turn to Quirky Perks for Workers New Jersey Governor's Issue with Public Workers Cashing in Unused Sick Days for Lump-Sum Payments [Guidance Overview] Standard Mileage Rate for Medical and Moving Expense Purposes Will Decrease Slightly for 2012 [Guidance Overview] Congress Fails to Extend Transit Subsidy; Employees Face Additional Taxable Income in 2012 Many U.S. Workers Fail to Use Their Earned Vacation Days How to Avoid Leave-Related Lawsuits Companies Struggling with Less Funding to Cover Expenses for Employees' Reward Trips Nebraska's City of Bellevue's Costly Carry-Over Time Still Vexing Step-by-Step Guide to Connecticut's Paid Sick Leave Counting Paid Time Off As FMLA Leave? Tell Employee You're Running Them Concurrently A Sabbatical Your Employer Might Actually Like PTO Programs One Way to Provide Employees with Adequate Leave While Cutting Down on Absenteeism and Costs U.S. Fares Poorly in Employee Holiday Entitlements Abilene, Texas, Entities Say Paid Maternity Leave Rare, but Options Are Available [Guidance Overview] IRS Releases 2011 Version of Publication 521 on Moving Expenses Employee Holiday Parties/Gifts Range from a Meal to Free Cars [Opinion] The Commuting Tax Break Puzzle: Why Driving Is Rewarded Over Taking the Bus New Jersey Mayors Endorse Governor's Plan to Alter Public Employees' Sick Leave and Vacation Benefits [Official Guidance] Text of IRS Notice 2012-1 on the 2012 Standard Mileage Rates (PDF) Five Holiday Benefits and Perks to Thank Employees Employee Perks Program Lets Small Businesses Offer Big Benefits Annual Year-End Holiday Practices Survey Finds Organizations Somewhat Less Likely This Year to Pick Up the Full Cost [Guidance Overview] Transit Pass and Vanpool Benefits to Shrink to $125 Per Month in 2012 Survey Finds Employees Can Expect More Perks in the Workplace this Holiday Season Employees Want Cash and Benefits Gifts for the Holidays [Guidance Overview] Transit Pass and Vanpool Deduction Benefits to Shrink to $125 Per Month in 2012 Worker Transit Benefits Scheduled to Shrink How to Avoid Leave-Related Lawsuits Americans Don't Enjoy Vacations as Do Global Peers Is Telecommuting Better for Your Health? Update DeMinimis Fringe Guidance, Group Tells IRS [Guidance Overview] Guidance on Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Law Now Available Sick-Time Payouts Spike as Minnesota State Employee Retirements Rise New Study Finds Paid Sick Days Would Decrease Unnecessary Emergency Department Use Important word about authorship: BenefitsLink® (BenefitsLink.com) provides this page for you, containing selected hypertext links to pages on the web that our editors think will be useful or interesting to you. But BenefitsLink is not the author or publisher of those linked pages (except as expressly indicated). You should contact directly the author of any such linked pages for copyright or other information about their contents. Webmaster: Dave Baker (click)   ·   © 2012 BenefitsLink.com, Inc. (contact the webmaster for reprint permission)   ·   Linking: Feel free to link directly to this page, even without specifically crediting BenefitsLink ® as its source. Glad you're here!   ·   Privacy Policy