No Surprises in Performance Reviews
Performance reviews are a key element of any employee training and development process. Frequent feedback is crucial in reinforcing positive behaviors and addressing and correcting negative ones.
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What Is Talent Relationship Management?
We’re always looking for ways to hire more effectively and efficiently, and to keep a strong pipeline of resources and potential places to find new talent. As the unemployment rate shrinks, the pool of available talent does the same and makes our efforts to find and cultivate top talent even more critical.
How to Handle DOL Wage and Hour Audits
Inspections for wage and hour law compliance by state and federal authorities are increasingly common. Here is what New Hampshire employers need to know.
Gone Are the Days of ‘Maternity’ and ‘Paternity’ Leave
I am often asked to recraft a company’s parental leave policy, usually in response to an employee seeking leave for the impending arrival of a new family member that falls outside the company’s current medical disability policy (e.g., an adoption). The employer wants to be generous and provide adoptive parents the same leave it provides […]
Ageism: What Can I Do with Older Employees Who Won’t Adapt to New Methods?
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) […]
Understanding Neurodiversity in the Workplace
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.
Q&A on California final pay laws
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 […]
California travel pay: Blended rate calculation example
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.
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Ask the Expert: Handling Medical Benefits after Employee Exhausts FMLA
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 […]