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The results of our 2015 Employee Leave Survey are in and reveal that 99.4% of participants offer some form of time off to employees (marginally up from 98.9% in 2014). Here are a few more highlights of the survey: Paid time off (PTO) is available to 96.6% of those responding to our survey. Paid sick […]
What if, during an interview, an applicant asks you to bear with him or her because he or she has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? What if you subsequently decided not to hire that candidate? Have you exposed your company to liability? When you consider that 1 in 25 adults has some form of ADHD, it’s […]
You’d think employees would be eager enough for their paychecks that they would make sure to turn in time sheets promptly. But that’s not always the case, and employers may be tempted to withhold pay as a not-so-gentle reminder for workers to submit their hours on time. That’s temptation best avoided, though, according to attorneys […]
We have some non-exempt employees traveling to Poland. How do we calculate international travel in line with FLSA rules?
Since fair season has come to an end, so has the stomach-churning rides on the Ferris wheel. For one company, however, rides on the Ferris wheel take on a whole new meaning.
Sharon McKnight, CCP SPHR In a previous position as an HR director, I was tasked with developing a sustainable pay system for a large hourly workforce within a production-oriented environment—lots off manual labor at multiple positions, many requiring similar experience and skill sets.
Millennials have aged and many have now gained enough experience to be in leadership positions. Therefore, understanding what motivates them—and how to pay them in comparison to other generations—becomes even more important.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced what it’s calling “one of the largest recoveries of overtime wages in recent years.” Halliburton, an oil and gas service provider, has agreed to pay $18,293,557 for overtime owed to 1,016 employees nationwide.
Skilled healthcare professions dominate CareerCast’s 2015 list of the highest paying jobs, with surgeon, psychiatrist, and physician rounding out the top three.
We have heard quite a bit from John Sullivan, PhD, professor, author, corporate speaker, and advisor, over the last few weeks concerning employment branding. Today we wrap up our discussion with his thoughts on the best examples of employment branding he’s encountered. We asked Sullivan what he thought were the best companies as far as […]