When bringing new talent onto your team, it pays to be forward-thinking in your approach to employee onboarding. First impressions are important, and the follow-through your leadership demonstrates over the next 30 days will be the ultimate test of how your organization measures up. A discouraging first month can make or break an employee’s decision to…
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The media has shown us that businesses break the law when hiring independent contractors all the time. From FedEx’s $228 million settlement to resolve claims that it mislabeled over 2,000 FedEx workers, to Uber’s $100 million settlement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought against it by drivers in California and Massachusetts, corporations are improperly classifying
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We received a lot of interest from readers after publishing our article on common ways businesses unknowingly break the law, which we included in our monthly newsletter. With the advice of those same legal contacts, we are sharing some additional blunders that can get businesses into big trouble today. Here are five more common ways
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You’re a business owner, which means you operate and manage your own business. Whether you have just one employee, fifteen, or fifty, regardless of the size of your operation, you’re responsible for complying with federal and state laws that apply to your business and your workers. We rounded up some of the most common ways
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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires non-discretionary bonuses to be included in the regular rate of pay when determining overtime pay. By definition, a non-discretionary bonus is a bonus that is “promised or expected and tends to be dependent on the quality, quantity or efficiency of production or hours worked,” according to SHRM. It
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The House of Representatives recently passed legislation we think you should know about. If both acts are passed, major changes will directly impact you and your business. The Working Families Flexibility Act The Working Families Flexibility Act was passed on Tuesday, May 2. If signed into law, this act would allow overtime-eligible employees to opt
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It’s a popular question that doesn’t often get addressed — how long is an employer required to keep employee records, and when can you dispose of them? Let’s go over what’s stated in the law, and then read between-the-lines. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) states that every employer covered under its jurisdiction (which is most
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What causes the mid-day slump? According to chronobiologists, our mid-afternoon drowsiness can largely be attributed to the body clock in the hypothalamus, which, in interaction with the sleep drive, produces a dip in alertness in the afternoon. Other experts point to body temperature as another factor in the mid-day slump, which varies throughout the day
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It’s now easier than ever to spot when an employee works an overnight shift, thanks to a new time card icon that visually points to the next day to indicate the end of the shift. You can see this new feature in action in the time card below. As you can see, the punch times are
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The New York City Council voted Wednesday, April 5 to approve legislation that will ban employers from asking job applicants about their pay history when considering them during the hiring process. The bill will impact approximately 3.8 million workers and will prohibit public and private employers from requesting salary history information and querying public records
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