Feb 17, 2015 | Consulting Services
Employers must establish fair personnel practices and policies, and apply them equally to all staff. Providing each employee with an employee handbook that explains the workplace’s rules, practices, and policies is a necessity, and presents clear advantages to the...
Feb 9, 2015 | Consulting Services
Did you know that just because you are paying an employee on a salary basis, it does not immediately make that employee ineligible for overtime? The crucial distinction depends on the wage and hour classifications: whether the employee is exempt or non-exempt from...
Feb 5, 2015 | Consulting Services
The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons. One of those specified reasons is the birth of a child. While the FMLA covers both husband and wife in...
Feb 3, 2015 | Consulting Services
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has much to say about how you need to keep employees safe when the winter winds are howling. Also, the Fair Labor Standards Act and state laws have spawned reams of rules on when you are obliged to pay workers...
Jan 12, 2015 | Consulting Services
One of the most common questions we hear from our clients regarding employee break schedule issues is whether employers may give different break amounts and schedules to employees in different departments. You may have different rest and meal periods for employees...
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