You received a lawsuit from a disgruntled, terminated employee. Your lawyer is requesting all of your documentation to prove your case. You have everything documented, right? The key to winning lawsuits is documentation, thorough, accurate documentation. There are certain items, both good and bad, which should always be noted: failure to comply with company policy; […]
One of your employees just put a post advising you, his boss, to kiss a particular area of his body. You are angry and determine to fire him immediately. Then he sues and you have to pay him back wages and rehire him. What happened? Certain actions on social media, like protesting a policy are […]
Have you heard there’s a new FMLA poster? Have you heard you ‘have’ to purchase it? If you already have an FMLA poster on your wall, the answer is no, you don’t have to post this new version as long as you are currently displaying a legal FMLA poster. The most recent edition is dated […]
A great employee quit. She was wonderful, never complained, took on extra assignments, worked well over her 40 hours a week. She seemed happy enough…..why did she leave? Read that again and ask yourself these questions: Did I ever ask her if she had any concerns regarding the workload or anything else for that matter? […]
The attached article discusses this subject. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/rules-gps-tracking-employees-24502.html There are a few more things to keep in mind before docking pay. Be sure to discuss with the employee why he was stopped at a bar. Maybe there was shade in the parking lot and he was catching up on emails or paperwork, he wasn’t inside drinking. […]
Great, you’ve selected a new employee after reviewing hundreds of resumes and several interviews. Now it’s Day One. Do you know where your new employee is? More importantly are you prepared? You work hard to make a favorable impression on job candidates, talking about your benefits, your culture, etc., but what happens when they show […]
You looked at hundreds of resumes, you interviewed 25 candidates, you had second interviews with 5 and made a hiring decision. Everything is great, until Day 1. What happened? Does this scenario continue to happen to you? You did everything right, or did you? The first step of effective hiring is to have an effective […]
Requiring a salaried, exempt employee to use a time clock is not an FLSA violation. It is recommended, however, that an employer have a business reason to track an exempt employee’s hours. For example, an employer may opt to track an exempt employee’s hours for purposes of client billing, grant tracking, intermittent FMLA leave or sick […]
Effective December 1, 2016, the new rule will apply to all employees who were previously exempt under the White Collar Exemptions and subject to the minimum salary threshold. Certain white collar employees, such as some of those in sales, bona fide teachers, doctors, lawyers, and business owners, were not subject to the same (or any) […]
Outsourced HR staffing solutions as well as staff augmentation, typically reduce a onetime capital expense turning it into an operational expense. Organizations gain from the vast and ever evolving knowledge base and eliminate wasting valuable time. These are but some of the benefits that you can reap by implementing these solutions. As the workforce continues […]
