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Dress Code in the Workplace
When it comes to a dress code in the workplace, knowing when and where to draw the line can be tricky. It requires a careful balancing of the needs of the business and employees' expectations not to be micromanaged on matters of personal taste. You can be formal or...
Calculating Per Diem Rates
There is no required per diem rate for employee expenses during travel for private employers, with the exception of government contractors. Whether, and in what amount, to offer a daily allowance for traveling employees while they are on the road should be set by...
Defining Full Time Employment
There is no single way of defining full time employment for all employment-related issues. Depending on what the classification will affect, your company policies, your insurance policies, and the requirements under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may all play a part in...
Employee Vacation Management
You want to support employees by providing the opportunity for work/life harmony, but you also have customers to service and a business to run. Sometimes it is difficult to juggle multiple vacation requests around popular vacation times, especially during the summer...
Notice of Exchanges and Subsidies
Q: I know that under the Affordable Care Act we need to give new hires a Notice of Exchanges and Subsidies. Are we required to have the employees sign something to prove they got this notice? What is the penalty if we do not have this documentation? A: There is no...
Benefits of Community Service for Businesses
It may come as a surprise to find that many job seekers take a company’s community service outreach programs into account when applying for and accepting jobs. If all things are equal, a highly desirable job candidate could decide between your company and a competitor...
Weapons in the Workplace
Q: We have an employee in our retail store who has demanded to be able to carry a Taser with him while at work. He has threatened to sue if he is not allowed to and is injured at work. How should we handle this? A: You certainly do not have to allow this employee to...
Tracking Employees with GPS
Installing a global positioning system (GPS) in company vehicles and employer-provided phones makes sense on several levels, including for the safety of the employees using them. But if you use a GPS to track the location of employees who work offsite, you might begin...
