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4 Ways to Support Employees During a Crisis

UpstartHR

Focus for an hour? Focus for six hours? For more on this you can read some of my takeaways from Two Awesome Hours , where a doctor explains this in much more detail than I could. Over the last few weeks the environment has changed dramatically when it comes to work and life. At home, that’s not the case. You can do that.

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How to legally manage remote employees

Business Management Daily

Remote employees also need training in time-keeping and safety and accident prevention. Third, set the rules for the remote workday: Will there be set office hours? Without clear rules, working from home may reduce rather than enhance productivity. Exact remote employee figures are difficult to come by. Setting remote work rules.

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Asking Employees for Reimbursement After They?ve Departed ? Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

Exempt employees are paid their salary regardless of the number of hours worked. Therefore, it is not necessary to pay wages in addition to their regular salary for the time spent in the company meeting. Our company takes all employees (along with their family, significant other, friend, etc.) to Disney for the weekend.

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Even LAW FIRMS commit SIX-FIGURE wage and hour violations, apparently.

The Employer Handbook

Department of Labor press release , a Detroit law firm paid its administrative and support staff workers a salary for all hours worked but failed to pay at least 36 workers the overtime wages they earned. So, that will cost the law firm $112K in overtime back wages. What happened? According to this U.S.

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HR Compliance: Best Practices for Staying Up to Date

6Q

Federal laws and regulations cover a wide range of employment practices, including anti-discrimination, minimum wage, overtime pay, family and medical leave, workplace safety, and employee benefits. Workplace safety HR compliance helps to ensure that workplaces are safe and healthy for employees.

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Are paralegals entitled to overtime under the FLSA? Probably.

The Employer Handbook

Last Friday, I had the honor and privilege of presenting at the Philadelphia Association of Paralegals’ Education Conference. So, I asked the audience, which was comprised of most generalists, how many often worked more than 40 hours per workweek? Then, I asked how many were paid overtime for working over 40 hours per workweek.

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it’s your Friday good news

Ask a Manager

The minute theaters were recommended to close for Covid I pretty much knew I wouldn’t have a job to go back to when they opened again – and sure enough, I was furloughed at Easter and laid off in August. It’s your Friday good news, with more accounts of success even in this weird time. I’m a consultant in IT security.