New DOL rules will take effect soon. To manage these new higher payroll costs, your supervisors must keep careful tabs on hours work and have documentation to back it up to properly manage employees time. Common mistakes to avoid include: Casual Overtime – employees should have approval to work overtime, if they don’t have it, […]
Tardies, long lunches, taking off early has become out of control. How did it happen? The truth is managers are at fault for allowing these issues to get out of control. All it takes is one employee bending the rules and others will follow. It’s time to fix the problem. Review the attendance policies with […]
1 – Preparation Review the Facts Document Reasons Prepare a Script 2 – Location Private Don’t use your office, in case the situation gets intense and you need to walk away 3 – Witness Gives the employee less opportunity to make false statements about what occurred This should be a manager not directly involved with […]
That’s how much Pepsi paid for an EEOC race-bias charge resulting from a background check. If your company performs background checks, make sure they are used in a nondiscriminatory way and that you are complying. For assistance with properly performing background checks and using them properly, contact our HR Professionals today at CyQuest!
In a move that caught many in the benefits community by surprise, the IRS issued Notice 2016-70 on Nov. 18, giving employers subject to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) 2016 information-reporting requirements up to an additional 30 days to deliver these forms to employees. The notice affects upcoming deadlines for ACA information reporting as follows: The IRS […]
A federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction on the Department of Labor’s new overtime rules, which were slated to go into effect on December 1, 2016. The judge ruled that the Department of Labor (DOL) likely overstepped its rule making authority by raising the […]
A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the Department of Labor’s new white-collar overtime rules from taking effect on Dec. 1. A preliminary injunction issued Nov. 22 means employers only have to pay overtime to exempt workers who make less than $23,660 annually—not $47,476, the salary threshold set out in final rules issued in […]
The new overtime rule that is set to begin December 1st: Are you considering reclassifying some of your employees to non-exempt and paying them overtime, while giving a few others a raise to keep them as exempt? Is this okay? Yes, all employees may be classified as non-exempt. Being classified as non-exempt is considered a benefit to […]
Having plants in the office is great for putting green in the bank. Plants are known to reduce pollutants, molds, and bacteria in the air. Numerous studies, at both U.S. universities and abroad, indicate that plant life in the office can increase productivity and creative problem solving by 12%-15%, improve recall, focus attention, and inhibit […]
