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Should you involve employees in the hiring process? Those in favor point to an interest on the part of candidates, especially younger candidates, in interacting with employees before they’re hired.
Does your organization allow employees’ children be present in the workplace?
Inspections for wage and hour law compliance by state and federal authorities are increasingly common. Here is what New Hampshire employers need to know.
When dealing with California final pay laws, the details are where it gets tricky. For example, if an employee resigns with two weeks’ notice, normally you would have until the employee’s last day to provide the final paycheck—but what if you want to ask the employee to not work the notice period? When is the […]
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Our organization is going high-tech in a big way (because our industry has), and we have a number of people who can’t or won’t keep up with the changes. As a group, they are definitely the “older generation.” If they can’t be productive in our new mode, we’ll have to let them go, but a) […]
Travel pay can get expensive. Is there a way around it? Actually employers can get some relief: under both state and federal law, employers are allowed to pay a different rate for travel time than for regular work hours. In other words, employers are legally allowed to pay a different (lower) rate for overnight travel time than regular working time.
Question: We are looking for information regarding medical benefits when someone is out on leave under the FMLA. We understand that the eligible employee’s job is protected while out under the FMLA, and that they are able to make payments on their medical benefits while out on leave. If an employee exhausts all of his […]
The executive benefits and perquisites landscape may make you recall lessons from high school geology. Movement is often slow, but can result in dramatic shifts. As the competitive landscape adjusts to economic and societal forces, so do the ways companies seek to attract and retain their key executives. To find out whether (or how) benefits […]
While many organizations have pledged to be more inclusive and diverse, and 2019 has experienced all-time historic lows for national unemployment rates in the United States, 85% of college grads who fall on the autism spectrum are still unemployed.