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New Minimum Wages Are Coming to Florida

Zenefits

The constitutional amendment to gradually raise Florida’s official minimum wage from $8.56 per hour to $15 per hour by September 2026 has won the vote. The first minimum wage hike to be approved in almost 15 years (from $5.15 an hour to $6.15 an hour to $6.15 on September 30, 2025.

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2024 Mid-Year Legal Updates: Understanding the New Federal Overtime Rule 

MP Wired For HR

This update will drastically impact how businesses classify employees and calculate wages. This update will drastically impact how businesses classify employees and calculate wages. Enacted in 1938, the FLSA aimed to improve working conditions and ensure fair wages for American workers. What Constitutes Hours Worked?

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Yes, Talent Acquisition Matters For Restaurants Too

Hoops

Recruitment and retention are two of the top five industry challenges, rising above food costs in a 2016 operator survey by the National Restaurant Association. Beyond escalating wages, it’s the stealthier costs of hiring, training, scheduling, and retaining staff that sneak up on restaurateurs.

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Understanding Minimum Wage (Updated for 2020)

Zenefits

Federal minimum wage laws have been in effect for more than 90 years, but many small and midsize businesses (SMBs) don’t fully understand what the law encompasses. The recent “Fight for 15” has put minimum wage in the spotlight, with many lobbying for a higher starting salary for American workers. See image below).

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Understanding Time and a Half: Calculations and Common Challenges

Replicon

It mandates that overtime hours, typically those exceeding 40 hours in a workweek, be compensated at a rate of one and a half times the regular pay rate. It mandates that overtime hours, typically those exceeding 40 hours in a workweek, be compensated at a rate of one and a half times the regular pay rate.

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Christine Spadafor On How We Need To Adjust To The Future Of Work

Thrive Global

Employees, particularly younger ones entering the workforce, are prioritizing corporate Purpose when selecting prospective employers. They want to work for companies committed to establishing ESG strategies and goals?—?and and executing on them. They want to work for companies showing results on DEI goals. and living it?—?are A WWII vet.

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National Customer Service Week: A Thank You to Those Who Answer The Call

Payactiv

Learn to put your personal issues aside as you try to explain and listen with understanding, compassion, the patience of a saint, and nerves of steel. As businesses transitioned online in the wake of pandemic lockdowns, e-commerce skyrocketed 49% and call center employees became the most essential part of an essential economy.