Hiring Employees in the Military

Hiring Employees in the Military

Q: We have a potential new employee who is in the National Guard. He let us know that he needs one weekend a month off and two weeks a year to serve. Can you let me know what our responsibility is as a company to support this employee if we should hire him? A: If you...

Tips for Onboarding New Employees

The hiring and recruitment process is a time consuming one, but it is essential that an employer includes all of the crucial steps involved in getting a new employee acclimated to the organization. Though the recruiting, hiring and new hire orientation processes are...
Tracking Employees with GPS

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...
New York Day of Rest Law

New York Day of Rest Law

According to the New York Department of Labor, the One Day Rest in Seven law (also known as the New York Day of Rest law) requires New York employers to allow a minimum of 24 consecutive hours of rest for employees in any occupation involving factory, mercantile...
“Working Interviews” – Advice and Guidelines

“Working Interviews” – Advice and Guidelines

As part of an interview, some companies like to bring in a candidate to spend the day shadowing one of their  team members. These types of interviews are known as “working interviews,” and if a candidate does follow an employee for a day, the candidate would need to...
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