Short Takes: Meal Periods
Some of my nonexempt employees want to work through their meal periods so they can take off early. Is this OK?
Category: HR Management & Compliance
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Short Takes: Jury Duty
Do I have to pay employees who go on jury duty? What about court appearances?
Wage & Hour: Do We Have to Pay When a Shift is Cancelled?
Do we have to pay an employee who is scheduled to work a shift if the shift is cancelled and we can’t reach him to tell him that he does not have to report to work? In our case, the employee had already left for work and could not be reached. When he arrived at […]
Diversity: How Can We Defuse Our Affinity Groups?
We’ve got some conflicting “affinity groups” at our organization. We thought it would be a good idea to support these groups and that doing so would help our diversity initiative. We support them a little financially, provide space, and let the groups organize on company time. Now some of the groups are getting a little […]