Short Takes: Makeup Time
A few of my employees want to make up some time they missed, but the makeup time would end up being overtime, which I can’t pay. Is there a provision in the law that covers this situation?
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Short Takes: Final Paychecks
If we fire an employee, do we have some extra time to get the final paycheck to him or her?
Hiring: Don’t Get Burned: Verify Job Candidates’ Employment Histories
We’ve had two bad hiring experiences in which we found out later that candidates misrepresented certain areas of their background. Now, we want to improve our background checks. What can you recommend? — Isabella, HR Staffing Specialist in Oakland
Dress Codes: Can I Require a Certain ‘Look’ for My Employees?
We have a retail establishment with several branches, and as part of the branding of the stores we want all of our salespeople to wear the same look—khaki pants and a long-sleeved, button-down blue shirt with white pinstripes. Someone told me that requiring a “look” is the same as requiring a “uniform” and that we’d […]
Wage and Hour: Do Employees Get a Seven-Minute Grace Period When Late for Work?
We have been challenged by an employee who claims that all employees get a “grace period” of seven minutes before they can be reprimanded and docked any pay when late for work. For example, if the shift starts at 8:00 a.m. and the employee arrives at 8:07, the employee should be paid for the seven […]