Wage and Hour Best Practices for Compliance With Labor Laws
Owners of very small businesses often do everything themselves. They don’t have an HR person reminding them what’s legal and what’s not and so they try to keep up with the changing …
Owners of very small businesses often do everything themselves. They don’t have an HR person reminding them what’s legal and what’s not and so they try to keep up with the changing …
Many employers simply do not allow unauthorized/unapproved overtime, and they outline this in the company handbook. The stipulation might read something like this: “We do not pay for unauthorized overtime. Approval must …
California labor laws are a little different from federal labor laws. For example, California has daily overtime laws in addition to weekly overtime. Therefore, even if employees’ weekly hours don’t exceed 40, …
When we wait around for something to happen – waiting for someone to show up, standing in a long line, counting down the minutes till we leave for an appointment, or being …
The Department of Labor reports that most workers are employees and that classifying employees incorrectly as independent contractors robs employees of their benefits. It also robs the government of their taxes. You …
Employers have always faced penalties for misclassifying employees as independent contractors but now, with the Affordable Care Act (ACA), some employers are finding yet another reason to try to skirt around the …
Making a mistake on your employees’ payroll obviously costs the employee their due wages, but it can also cost you, the employer, in lawsuit damages. This is the last place you want …
Employers who operate multiple companies don’t always realize that their employees who work for both must have their hours at each company combined for overtime calculations. When employees work for two different …
In general, employers cannot deduct pay from an exempt employee’s paycheck. The amount of money an exempt employee makes is not based on the number of hours she does or doesn’t work. …
The Fair Labor Standards Act governs most types of jobs in the US. There are some types of jobs, however, in some industries that are not covered by the FLSA either because …
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