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DECEMBER 5, 2018
Retailers are also facing a tough time filling all the extra positions the holiday season generates. The National Retail Federation (NRF) President and CEO Matthew Shay estimates that retailers will hire 650,000 seasonal workers for the 2018 holiday period, up 10% from 2017. For employers, this volume of new workers presents significant hiring, onboarding and training challenges. How does the onboarding process change during a peak period? . MORE
JANUARY 15, 2020
Studies show that women are less likely to apply for a position if they don’t feel like they qualify or haven’t completed all the requirements. I had the pleasure of interviewing Megan McCann. Megan is the CEO of leading IT recruitment firm McCann Partners , which she founded in 2011. MORE
JULY 14, 2015
Everyone has heard of it, but not everyone knows exactly what the FLSA regulates. Let’s take a look at the primary regulations imposed by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and give a quick overview of what else it covers. What Does the FLSA Cover? First and foremost, the biggest item that the FLSA is known for is providing minimum wage and overtime regulations. It also defines a workweek as 40 hours—and notes that all hours worked must be paid. MORE
APRIL 1, 2015
Do you believe that deducting from an employee’s wages can be done at an employer’s discretion? The law scrutinizes pay deductions very carefully, and it’s not as cut and dried as you might think. Attorney Ted Boehm has the facts when it comes to pay deductions. Boehm, an associate with the law firm of Fisher & Phillips, LLP, provided his insight into this tricky wage and hour issue in a recent webinar presented by BLR® and HR Hero®. Learn More. MORE
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
Have you recently tried to communicate with someone under the age of 25? I bet that your communicative outreaches are much more likely to gain a response if you choose any of the latter over the former. Thus, it shouldn’t be that surprising that a federal court is permitting a group of former interns (now plaintiffs) to use social media to reach out to potential class members concerning a wage-and-hour lawsuit against online blog network Gawker. MORE
JANUARY 15, 2020
While the wage gap is certainly something we need to be concerned about, the larger issue we need to address is the wealth gap. Women are accumulating financial resources at 1/3rd the rate that men are. Wealth is the number to watch. MORE
DECEMBER 13, 2017
Healthcare in the U.S. has been a hot topic for some time with congressional showdowns, insecurity around costs, and the steps that providers and organizations take to meet the rising tide of need. As a whole, the healthcare industry is growing. In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), healthcare occupations are expected to continue to have the fastest employment growth among all industries through 2024. Read the White Paper. MORE
APRIL 14, 2015
In yesterday’s Advisor , we reviewed the first 17 of our list of 27 management actions that can increase your company’s risk of being sued; today, we present the final 10 manager/supervisor actions that you must be training against. Treating some groups differently from others when it comes to documentation requirements during the Form I-9 (employment eligibility verification) process. Learn More. What else would you add to the list? MORE
MAY 20, 2015
On May 19, 2015, two California cities moved forward with large minimum wage hikes. Los Angeles Minimum Wage May Rise To $15 By 2020. The Los Angeles City Council voted on a plan to incrementally raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2020. According to the Los Angeles Times , the plan was approved 14-1. If the plan receives final approval, Los Angeles will become the largest city in the nation to adopt a large minimum wage hike. MORE
OCTOBER 13, 2016
Employment Law 360 reports that Hawaiian Airlines has been sued by a group of employees claiming that their mandatory unpaid 10-day customer service training course violated the Fair Labor Standards Act. According to court papers, trainees learned things like federal regulatory requirements and how to use a standard airline software system. … For its part, the airline argues that the lead plaintiff “was well aware the course was unpaid before she started”. MORE
MAY 17, 2017
Could higher salaries be the ticket to both? As the New York Times reported , the company’s revenue fell for the first time in its nearly half-century run as a public company in 2015, and sales fell for five straight quarters. Customers simply weren’t happy about long lines, messy bathrooms, and MIA staff — and only 16 percent of stores were meeting customer service goals, the Times story noted. Could higher salaries be the ticket to both? MORE
MARCH 23, 2015
Are your nonexempt employees sneaking a peek at work-related e-mail while off the clock? Watch out: There could be tricky wage and hour dangers ahead. Ever suspect your employees’ bosses may be pressuring them to respond to calls and e-mails after the workday ends? Have loyal employees trying to help out after hours and off the clock? Department of Labor investigators don’t stop with the complaining employee. Learn More. MORE
JULY 21, 2017
An edited version of this article was originally published on TLNT under the title “ 3 Steps to Building Engagement Among Hourly Workers.” ” It’s time to stop taking the hourly employee for granted. Despite the fact that hourly employees are nearly 60% of the US workforce , leaders have a tendency to discount them when formulating their employee engagement strategies. Hourly employees are the executors of the modern organization. MORE
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
Employers are accused of stealing $50 billion in wages annually. An organization called the Wage Authority Group released a recent report saying that employers are stealing up to $50 billion annually from workers. This dwarfs the $14 billion stolen from people through robberies, burglaries, larcenies, and motor vehicle thefts in the nation. million people with jobs — and pay them $20 an Hour. So what do they consider wage theft? MORE
MARCH 8, 2018
Following the lead of several other courts of appeals and the long-held position of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington—recently concluded that minimum wage compliance under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is determined by dividing the total weekly earnings by the total hours worked that week. MORE
JULY 6, 2015
Approximately 10 million Americans work in the restaurant industry, and it is one of the few industries where wages can legally be below the federal minimum wage of $7.25/hr. Department of Labor figures shows 19 states still pay restaurant workers the bare “federal tipped minimum wage” of $2.13/hr, with only 7 states requiring a wage above the federal minimum. The remaining 24 states fall in the middle of that spectrum. MORE
NOVEMBER 5, 2015
A new study by Payscale adds depth to the gender wage gap discussion. Forget the 78 cents on the dollar statistic; it’s 30 years out of date. They peg the current controlled wage gap at 2.7% and the uncontrolled wage gap at 25.6%. To arrive at the controlled wage gap, Payscale compared wages in identical jobs: HR Manager to HR Manager. They also controlled for education, experience, location, and hours worked. MORE
JUNE 29, 2017
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides eligible employees with 12 weeks of job-protected leave, but federal law does not require this leave to be paid–effectively leaving the decision in the hands of covered employers. In the absence of paid family or sick leave provisions in federal law, a growing number of states, including California, New York , Washington, and Arizona have begun to fill the gap. MORE
MAY 22, 2018
However, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which regulates things like wages and overtime, is in effect for covered employers with even just one employee. On the surface, time & attendance seems like an easy-enough thing to manage without help, right? For a startup, it’s possible that a small group of dedicated employees oversee nearly every operational piece of the puzzle. We believe the answer is yes. Read the Report. MORE
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
Earlier this year it was reported that the rise of zero-hour contracts (or ZHCs) has finally reached its peak in Britain. These casual work agreements absolve both employees and employers from committing to a fixed number of working hours, and have been endlessly torn apart in the press. Also read: How Your Company Can Leverage the Gig Economy. Either way, the volatile economy and increased demand for flexibility at work and home means that the 1.7 MORE
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
Our weekly recap of fundings, mergers & acquisition, partnership and other interesting news from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace. Ultimate Software Going Private in $11 Billion PE Deal: Announces Agreement to be Acquired by an Investor Group. Talent Development Pioneer Acquires Online College to Close Middle-Skill Gaps. Training Firm Besomebody Acquires Artificial Intelligence Startup Pixelbug. The New York Times). MORE
JANUARY 27, 2020
In late 2019, the American Institute of Stress pulled together “ 42 Worrying Workplace Stress Statistics ” from a variety of sources, including Gallup, Korn Ferry and the American Psychological Association. Some of the most troubling revelations: 83% of U.S. MORE
JULY 14, 2017
Forward-thinking companies like The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) are always on the lookout for innovative training opportunities that can help close the skills gap. This spring, the U.S. program as having met the national standards of apprenticeship. The recognition is “further evidence that our Dow U.S. Through the Dow U.S. The program supports Dow’s growth in the U.S. Click here to learn more. MORE
OCTOBER 15, 2019
In a recent industry overtime study published by TSheets by QuickBooks, we learned that many workers around the country are putting in long days. In the last year, 28% of events managers recorded an average of 52.7 hours per week, while 33% of developers and IT professionals recorded 47.4 hours on the clock each week. As a time tracking company, TSheets is in a unique position to track and study employee hours. In the last year: . MORE
OCTOBER 29, 2014
I once handled a wage-and-hour investigation in which the employer, before retaining my services, hired an HR consultant to help classify its employees as exempt or non-exempt. The DOL, however, disagreed, and reclassified half of the company’s employees (with corresponding back pay awards for unpaid overtime for those employees moved from exempt to non-exempt). The lesson here is not a happy one. wage and hour MORE
MARCH 23, 2017
On March 20, the Baltimore City Council voted 11-3 to approve a bill that would raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022. If ultimately enacted, the minimum wage would be the highest in Maryland. Under the proposed legislation, the minimum wage for employees working in the city would rise to $15 an hour by 2022. Currently, Maryland’s minimum wage is $8.75 in adopting a $15 minimum wage. MORE
APRIL 24, 2015
The path to value creation, according to a noted private equity executive in a recent Harvard Business Review article , is through return on invested capital (ROIC). Indeed, the best way to create real value in a business -- he says -- is by making smart investment decisions. First of all the obvious one: that the biggest category of investment for most organizations is employee compensation. The redesigned jobs will pay more -- significantly so in some cases. MORE
AUGUST 23, 2016
2015 was another historic year for federal wage and hour lawsuits, and it’s predicted that 2016 will be no different. According to law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP “New federal labor regulations, the fight for a minimum wage hikes and an intense focus on independent contractor classification and joint employer status create a perfect storm for new lawsuits.” . It’s safe to say that the suing workers were well compensated from the settlement. . MORE
MARCH 12, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) has now classified COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, as a worldwide pandemic. While other countries are seeing more fatal impacts than we are in the US, the situation here grows more serious and wide-spread every day. With COVID-19 impacting people and businesses across the country and around the world, many companies are trying to figure out their options of how best to balance business needs with employee health. MORE
JANUARY 8, 2018
One essential part of a retail manager’s job is creating the employee schedule. You have to know what the store needs, have a sense of sales trends, and be able to anticipate shopping spikes, all while making sure to keep the wishes of your employees in mind. It depends on who you ask, and what tools the manager is using. The last question is perhaps the most interesting. What happens when the store is short-staffed? MORE
MAY 8, 2018
This Teacher Appreciation Day, the proof is in the timesheets. According to the Pew Research Center , US primary school children spend an average of 943 hours in the classroom each year, while secondary school children receive another 1,016 hours of instructional time. All told, by the time they graduate high school, a child will have spent around 11,700 hours of their life — over 12,000 if they attended kindergarten — learning from various teachers. MORE
JANUARY 15, 2020
More conversations need to take place at the executive level. As part of my series about “the five things we need to do to close the gender wage gap” I had the pleasure of interviewing Jessica Wooke, Chief Experience Officer at RobustWealth. MORE
MARCH 1, 2018
Wage theft refers to infractions of the California Labor Code involving the payment of wages to worker. A Los Angeles restaurant has been ordered to pay $519,706 for wage theft violations uncovered by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office. Twenty-five servers at the restaurant were paid far below the minimum wage (as little as $4 per hour), were not paid overtime or rest breaks and were required to work off the clock. MORE
JUNE 21, 2019
If you’ve hired employees and/or lost employees to competitors during the past year, you know the challenges of the current labor market, and hopefully have taken some proactive steps to address those issues. But for those employers attempting to hire – and keep – entry level employees, the challenges are particularly daunting. But some of the current statistics are eye-popping: • The retail industry reported 75% first year turnover in 2017. • MORE
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
Many of our clients mistakenly believe it is up to them to decide whether to pay their employees on an hourly (non-exempt) or salaried (exempt) basis. Often, they classify employees, such as CSRs and inside sales professionals, as exempt and salaried when, in fact, the law requires that they be paid hourly and eligible for overtime. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), administered by the U.S. No changes were made to the “duties test”. MORE
MARCH 29, 2017
I’ve have been through the interview process for a job with a small company. In my second interview, I met with the manager for about two minutes because apparently he was double booked for interviews. HR called me the next day and said that the manager was impressed with those two minutes and wanted to send me an offer letter. Four hours later, HR gives me a call saying they want me to start right away. One of those things was the salary. MORE
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
By now, most of you have heard that a federal judge issued an injunction to the FLSA laws that were going to cause most of our companies to do one of two things to a select group of employees - either increase salaries to continue to make lower level professionals eligible as exempt employees or move those employees to hourly status, making them OT eligible. The injunction means you aren't required at this time to make the changes covered by that executive order. MORE
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
In today’s business climate, risk management is more important than ever, as litigation experts forecast that employers will continue to face stark wage and hour compliance risks. In this article (Part II in our series of lessons learned from landmark lawsuits ), we’re recapping some serious wage and hour violations of times past in order to illustrate the dangers of non-compliance: . The plaintiff claims that : . MORE
DECEMBER 18, 2019
A stark reality for companies operating in today’s economic environment is the need – or opportunity, rather – to establish an international presence in the marketplace. Know the cultural norms. This includes benefits, perks and other potential motivators in the workplace. MORE
MAY 22, 2017
What if lifelong learning promised steady increases in the quality-of-life for your family, better earning power, increased recognition, guaranteed career advancement and greater job satisfaction? Ongoing learning, personal development, and training offer all of these benefits and more. In business, lifelong learning protects workers from downsizing, layoffs, mergers, technology upgrades and greater collaboration practices. The same is true in other areas. MORE
MAY 26, 2016
As most of us are well aware, there are some upcoming changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that will have an impact on millions of employers nationwide. Namely, the Department of Labor (DOL) is updating the requirements for employees to qualify for the “white collar” overtime exemptions. In short, the proposed changes will update the minimum salary level required for an employee to qualify under any of the white collar exemptions. MORE
HR Daily Advisor
MARCH 23, 2015
Are your nonexempt employees sneaking a peek at work-related e-mail while off the clock? Watch out: There could be tricky wage and hour dangers ahead. Ever suspect your employees’ bosses may be pressuring them to respond to calls and e-mails after the workday ends? Have loyal employees trying to help out after hours and off the clock? Department of Labor investigators don’t stop with the complaining employee. Learn More.
HRWatchdog
MARCH 1, 2018
Wage theft refers to infractions of the California Labor Code involving the payment of wages to worker. A Los Angeles restaurant has been ordered to pay $519,706 for wage theft violations uncovered by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office. Twenty-five servers at the restaurant were paid far below the minimum wage (as little as $4 per hour), were not paid overtime or rest breaks and were required to work off the clock.
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FingerCheck
AUGUST 23, 2016
2015 was another historic year for federal wage and hour lawsuits, and it’s predicted that 2016 will be no different. According to law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP “New federal labor regulations, the fight for a minimum wage hikes and an intense focus on independent contractor classification and joint employer status create a perfect storm for new lawsuits.” . It’s safe to say that the suing workers were well compensated from the settlement. .
FingerCheck
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
In today’s business climate, risk management is more important than ever, as litigation experts forecast that employers will continue to face stark wage and hour compliance risks. In this article (Part II in our series of lessons learned from landmark lawsuits ), we’re recapping some serious wage and hour violations of times past in order to illustrate the dangers of non-compliance: . The plaintiff claims that : .
HRWatchdog
MAY 20, 2015
On May 19, 2015, two California cities moved forward with large minimum wage hikes. Los Angeles Minimum Wage May Rise To $15 By 2020. The Los Angeles City Council voted on a plan to incrementally raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2020. According to the Los Angeles Times , the plan was approved 14-1. If the plan receives final approval, Los Angeles will become the largest city in the nation to adopt a large minimum wage hike.
Workology
NOVEMBER 5, 2015
A new study by Payscale adds depth to the gender wage gap discussion. Forget the 78 cents on the dollar statistic; it’s 30 years out of date. They peg the current controlled wage gap at 2.7% and the uncontrolled wage gap at 25.6%. To arrive at the controlled wage gap, Payscale compared wages in identical jobs: HR Manager to HR Manager. They also controlled for education, experience, location, and hours worked.
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HR Daily Advisor
MARCH 23, 2017
On March 20, the Baltimore City Council voted 11-3 to approve a bill that would raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022. If ultimately enacted, the minimum wage would be the highest in Maryland. Under the proposed legislation, the minimum wage for employees working in the city would rise to $15 an hour by 2022. Currently, Maryland’s minimum wage is $8.75 in adopting a $15 minimum wage.
Bonfyre
JULY 21, 2017
An edited version of this article was originally published on TLNT under the title “ 3 Steps to Building Engagement Among Hourly Workers.” ” It’s time to stop taking the hourly employee for granted. Despite the fact that hourly employees are nearly 60% of the US workforce , leaders have a tendency to discount them when formulating their employee engagement strategies. Hourly employees are the executors of the modern organization.
OmegaHR Solutions
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
Employers are accused of stealing $50 billion in wages annually. An organization called the Wage Authority Group released a recent report saying that employers are stealing up to $50 billion annually from workers. This dwarfs the $14 billion stolen from people through robberies, burglaries, larcenies, and motor vehicle thefts in the nation. million people with jobs — and pay them $20 an Hour. So what do they consider wage theft?
Get Hppy
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
Earlier this year it was reported that the rise of zero-hour contracts (or ZHCs) has finally reached its peak in Britain. These casual work agreements absolve both employees and employers from committing to a fixed number of working hours, and have been endlessly torn apart in the press. Also read: How Your Company Can Leverage the Gig Economy. Either way, the volatile economy and increased demand for flexibility at work and home means that the 1.7
Tsheets
OCTOBER 15, 2019
In a recent industry overtime study published by TSheets by QuickBooks, we learned that many workers around the country are putting in long days. In the last year, 28% of events managers recorded an average of 52.7 hours per week, while 33% of developers and IT professionals recorded 47.4 hours on the clock each week. As a time tracking company, TSheets is in a unique position to track and study employee hours. In the last year: .
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Tsheets
MAY 8, 2018
This Teacher Appreciation Day, the proof is in the timesheets. According to the Pew Research Center , US primary school children spend an average of 943 hours in the classroom each year, while secondary school children receive another 1,016 hours of instructional time. All told, by the time they graduate high school, a child will have spent around 11,700 hours of their life — over 12,000 if they attended kindergarten — learning from various teachers.
Compensation Cafe
APRIL 24, 2015
The path to value creation, according to a noted private equity executive in a recent Harvard Business Review article , is through return on invested capital (ROIC). Indeed, the best way to create real value in a business -- he says -- is by making smart investment decisions. First of all the obvious one: that the biggest category of investment for most organizations is employee compensation. The redesigned jobs will pay more -- significantly so in some cases.
Thrive Global
JANUARY 15, 2020
More conversations need to take place at the executive level. As part of my series about “the five things we need to do to close the gender wage gap” I had the pleasure of interviewing Jessica Wooke, Chief Experience Officer at RobustWealth.
nettime solutions
DECEMBER 13, 2017
Healthcare in the U.S. has been a hot topic for some time with congressional showdowns, insecurity around costs, and the steps that providers and organizations take to meet the rising tide of need. As a whole, the healthcare industry is growing. In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), healthcare occupations are expected to continue to have the fastest employment growth among all industries through 2024. Read the White Paper.
Thrive Global
JANUARY 15, 2020
Studies show that women are less likely to apply for a position if they don’t feel like they qualify or haven’t completed all the requirements. I had the pleasure of interviewing Megan McCann. Megan is the CEO of leading IT recruitment firm McCann Partners , which she founded in 2011.
Thrive Global
JANUARY 15, 2020
While the wage gap is certainly something we need to be concerned about, the larger issue we need to address is the wealth gap. Women are accumulating financial resources at 1/3rd the rate that men are. Wealth is the number to watch.
EmployeeConnect
MAY 22, 2017
What if lifelong learning promised steady increases in the quality-of-life for your family, better earning power, increased recognition, guaranteed career advancement and greater job satisfaction? Ongoing learning, personal development, and training offer all of these benefits and more. In business, lifelong learning protects workers from downsizing, layoffs, mergers, technology upgrades and greater collaboration practices. The same is true in other areas.
Advos
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
Our weekly recap of fundings, mergers & acquisition, partnership and other interesting news from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace. Ultimate Software Going Private in $11 Billion PE Deal: Announces Agreement to be Acquired by an Investor Group. Talent Development Pioneer Acquires Online College to Close Middle-Skill Gaps. Training Firm Besomebody Acquires Artificial Intelligence Startup Pixelbug. The New York Times).
TLNT: The Business of HR
JULY 6, 2015
Approximately 10 million Americans work in the restaurant industry, and it is one of the few industries where wages can legally be below the federal minimum wage of $7.25/hr. Department of Labor figures shows 19 states still pay restaurant workers the bare “federal tipped minimum wage” of $2.13/hr, with only 7 states requiring a wage above the federal minimum. The remaining 24 states fall in the middle of that spectrum.
Affinity HR Group
MARCH 12, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) has now classified COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, as a worldwide pandemic. While other countries are seeing more fatal impacts than we are in the US, the situation here grows more serious and wide-spread every day. With COVID-19 impacting people and businesses across the country and around the world, many companies are trying to figure out their options of how best to balance business needs with employee health.
Ohio Employer's Law
OCTOBER 13, 2016
Employment Law 360 reports that Hawaiian Airlines has been sued by a group of employees claiming that their mandatory unpaid 10-day customer service training course violated the Fair Labor Standards Act. According to court papers, trainees learned things like federal regulatory requirements and how to use a standard airline software system. … For its part, the airline argues that the lead plaintiff “was well aware the course was unpaid before she started”.
Zenefits
JUNE 29, 2017
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides eligible employees with 12 weeks of job-protected leave, but federal law does not require this leave to be paid–effectively leaving the decision in the hands of covered employers. In the absence of paid family or sick leave provisions in federal law, a growing number of states, including California, New York , Washington, and Arizona have begun to fill the gap.
nettime solutions
JANUARY 8, 2018
One essential part of a retail manager’s job is creating the employee schedule. You have to know what the store needs, have a sense of sales trends, and be able to anticipate shopping spikes, all while making sure to keep the wishes of your employees in mind. It depends on who you ask, and what tools the manager is using. The last question is perhaps the most interesting. What happens when the store is short-staffed?
Affinity HR Group
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
Many of our clients mistakenly believe it is up to them to decide whether to pay their employees on an hourly (non-exempt) or salaried (exempt) basis. Often, they classify employees, such as CSRs and inside sales professionals, as exempt and salaried when, in fact, the law requires that they be paid hourly and eligible for overtime. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), administered by the U.S. No changes were made to the “duties test”.
Workable
DECEMBER 18, 2019
A stark reality for companies operating in today’s economic environment is the need – or opportunity, rather – to establish an international presence in the marketplace. Know the cultural norms. This includes benefits, perks and other potential motivators in the workplace.
nettime solutions
MAY 22, 2018
However, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which regulates things like wages and overtime, is in effect for covered employers with even just one employee. On the surface, time & attendance seems like an easy-enough thing to manage without help, right? For a startup, it’s possible that a small group of dedicated employees oversee nearly every operational piece of the puzzle. We believe the answer is yes. Read the Report.
Affinity HR Group
JUNE 21, 2019
If you’ve hired employees and/or lost employees to competitors during the past year, you know the challenges of the current labor market, and hopefully have taken some proactive steps to address those issues. But for those employers attempting to hire – and keep – entry level employees, the challenges are particularly daunting. But some of the current statistics are eye-popping: • The retail industry reported 75% first year turnover in 2017. •
Ask a Manager
MARCH 29, 2017
I’ve have been through the interview process for a job with a small company. In my second interview, I met with the manager for about two minutes because apparently he was double booked for interviews. HR called me the next day and said that the manager was impressed with those two minutes and wanted to send me an offer letter. Four hours later, HR gives me a call saying they want me to start right away. One of those things was the salary.
HR Daily Advisor
MAY 26, 2016
As most of us are well aware, there are some upcoming changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that will have an impact on millions of employers nationwide. Namely, the Department of Labor (DOL) is updating the requirements for employees to qualify for the “white collar” overtime exemptions. In short, the proposed changes will update the minimum salary level required for an employee to qualify under any of the white collar exemptions.
Cornerstone On Demand - Talent Management
JANUARY 27, 2020
In late 2019, the American Institute of Stress pulled together “ 42 Worrying Workplace Stress Statistics ” from a variety of sources, including Gallup, Korn Ferry and the American Psychological Association. Some of the most troubling revelations: 83% of U.S.
Compensation Today
MAY 17, 2017
Could higher salaries be the ticket to both? As the New York Times reported , the company’s revenue fell for the first time in its nearly half-century run as a public company in 2015, and sales fell for five straight quarters. Customers simply weren’t happy about long lines, messy bathrooms, and MIA staff — and only 16 percent of stores were meeting customer service goals, the Times story noted. Could higher salaries be the ticket to both?
Ohio Employer's Law
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
Have you recently tried to communicate with someone under the age of 25? I bet that your communicative outreaches are much more likely to gain a response if you choose any of the latter over the former. Thus, it shouldn’t be that surprising that a federal court is permitting a group of former interns (now plaintiffs) to use social media to reach out to potential class members concerning a wage-and-hour lawsuit against online blog network Gawker.
Ohio Employer's Law
OCTOBER 29, 2014
I once handled a wage-and-hour investigation in which the employer, before retaining my services, hired an HR consultant to help classify its employees as exempt or non-exempt. The DOL, however, disagreed, and reclassified half of the company’s employees (with corresponding back pay awards for unpaid overtime for those employees moved from exempt to non-exempt). The lesson here is not a happy one. wage and hour
HR Daily Advisor
JULY 14, 2017
Forward-thinking companies like The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) are always on the lookout for innovative training opportunities that can help close the skills gap. This spring, the U.S. program as having met the national standards of apprenticeship. The recognition is “further evidence that our Dow U.S. Through the Dow U.S. The program supports Dow’s growth in the U.S. Click here to learn more.
HR Daily Advisor
APRIL 1, 2015
Do you believe that deducting from an employee’s wages can be done at an employer’s discretion? The law scrutinizes pay deductions very carefully, and it’s not as cut and dried as you might think. Attorney Ted Boehm has the facts when it comes to pay deductions. Boehm, an associate with the law firm of Fisher & Phillips, LLP, provided his insight into this tricky wage and hour issue in a recent webinar presented by BLR® and HR Hero®. Learn More.
The HR Capitalist
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
By now, most of you have heard that a federal judge issued an injunction to the FLSA laws that were going to cause most of our companies to do one of two things to a select group of employees - either increase salaries to continue to make lower level professionals eligible as exempt employees or move those employees to hourly status, making them OT eligible. The injunction means you aren't required at this time to make the changes covered by that executive order.
HR Daily Advisor
JULY 14, 2015
Everyone has heard of it, but not everyone knows exactly what the FLSA regulates. Let’s take a look at the primary regulations imposed by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and give a quick overview of what else it covers. What Does the FLSA Cover? First and foremost, the biggest item that the FLSA is known for is providing minimum wage and overtime regulations. It also defines a workweek as 40 hours—and notes that all hours worked must be paid.
SumTotal
DECEMBER 5, 2018
Retailers are also facing a tough time filling all the extra positions the holiday season generates. The National Retail Federation (NRF) President and CEO Matthew Shay estimates that retailers will hire 650,000 seasonal workers for the 2018 holiday period, up 10% from 2017. For employers, this volume of new workers presents significant hiring, onboarding and training challenges. How does the onboarding process change during a peak period? .
HR Daily Advisor
APRIL 14, 2015
In yesterday’s Advisor , we reviewed the first 17 of our list of 27 management actions that can increase your company’s risk of being sued; today, we present the final 10 manager/supervisor actions that you must be training against. Treating some groups differently from others when it comes to documentation requirements during the Form I-9 (employment eligibility verification) process. Learn More. What else would you add to the list?
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