While there are a lot of important questions to ask in an interview, there are also some questions that you shouldn’t ask. You may want to find out as much as you can about your prospective employees, but the Equal [...]
Payroll is often the largest expense for a company. Payroll can get even pricier when errors are made. The following are a few ways that payroll errors can cost your company. Labor Hours Spent Correcting Errors Every single error made [...]
Employee files are some of the most important files in any organization. It’s critical to make sure that you have what you need to prove that employees are legally allowed to work and to ensure that you’re taking proper steps [...]
If your drug testing policy has been in place for a decade or even just a few years, it may be time to re-evaluate. With the changes in marijuana laws, the changes to DOT workplace drug testing rules, and the [...]
Most jobs are considered to be “at will” employment, but employees may still be able to sue an employer if the reason for termination is determined to be illegal. Unfortunately, termination is something that nearly every workplace must deal with, [...]
The U.S. Equal Pay Act of 1963 mandated that women and men in workplaces be paid equally for equal work. Despite this mandate, 53 years later women are still only making an average of 80 cents for every dollar made [...]
When incidents occur that affect the well being of employees or undermine the company culture, it is important to address the issues in a way that is effective and legal. Far too often, employee incidents and grievances are swept under [...]
New rules about salary thresholds and overtime pay will go into effect on December 1, 2016. The new rules will replace the legislation that has been in effect since 2004 and will potentially affect about 4.2 million workers. The rules [...]
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed a bill into law on August 1, 2016 that has the potential to change the way that salaries are determined in a major way. The law bars employers from asking about what an employee candidate [...]
In January of 2015, several organizations including NELP (National Employment Law Project) and All of Us or None took action to urge President Obama to issue an executive order to “ban the box” on job applications. “The box” in reference [...]
