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Employee Misclassification Penalties
Employers may unknowingly trigger risks of labor violation penalties and fines by improperly classifying employees as independent contractors. These employee misclassification penalties can be quite steep, so it’s important to be vigilant when hiring a worker....
Can an Employer Make Employees Use Vacation Hours?
Q: Can an employer legally make their employees use their accumulated vacation hours? A: Yes. An employer can tell an employee that they need to take time off. However, that rarely bodes well for the morale of the employee if they don’t want to take the time off. Some...Employers Must Use Revised Form I-9 in September 2017
UPDATE: the new Form I-9 must be used for all new hires beginning today, September 18, 2017. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will release a new Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, on Monday, July 17. Employers will be able to...
Create an Engaging Workplace to Stand Out From the Rest
Most employees are not engaged at work—70% according to Gallup. This is no new trend. The combined number of unengaged and actively disengaged employees remains high from year to year. Poor engagement results in less productivity, less creativity, higher absenteeism,...
