New healthcare laws can be confusing for small businesses to navigate, but nevertheless there are stiff penalties if your company meets the criteria for mandatory healthcare provision and you fail to do so. Understanding your responsibility to your employees and complying with the new Affordable Care Act laws is essential to avoiding fines. What is […]
Ask Dave HR Legal Compliance – FLSA & Overtime
State Minimum Wage Increases for 2014 – Update Your State Notices
Minimum wage increases will affect numerous states across the country in 2014. If a state has a minimum wage that is higher than the federal minimum, employers subject to the state minimum wage law are obligated to pay the higher rate to employees working in that state. State posting notices must be updated to reflect […]
Ask Dave – HR Legal Compliance
Ask Dave – HR Legal Compliance
Ask Dave: Compliance with Overtime Pay
Question: One of my employees worked 9 hours on Monday and Tuesday, 8 hours on Wednesday, and 7 hours on Thursday and Friday. Even though this totals 40 hours, the employee claims he is owed overtime pay for at least Monday and Tuesday. Is he right? Answer: No, unless you are in a few select states that […]
HR Policy Update: Time for a Workplace Bullying Policy?
Guest Blogger Sheila Scott, Director, Client Relations. Although U.S. law does not require employers to have a policy and training that address workplace bullying, experts say that such policies are good business practice and help promote a culture of civility and respect in the workplace. According to a survey sponsored by the Workplace Bullying Institute […]
Ask Dave: HR Legal Update: Unemployment Benefits
Question: ABC Corporation hired an employee who worked for 89 days and then was let go for poor performance. The employee has now applied for unemployment. How long did the employee have to work for ABC Corp. before becoming eligible for unemployment insurance (“UI”)? Answer: Eligibility for UI is not based on the amount of time worked […]
Ask Dave – HR Legal Compliance
Question: We have employees that occasionally drive between our local offices during the day. One employee claims that he should be getting reimbursed for mileage between offices because he is using his own car, is he right? Answer: Yes, in Massachusetts. The answer will depend on what state you are in. 455 CMR 2.03(4)(b) requires […]
HR Policies: Social Media & Satisfying The NLRB – Worth the Effort?
How much value do you place in your organization’s social media policy? Enough to go toe-to-toe with the National Labor Relations Board? Is the benefit to having such a HR policy now outweighed by the difficulty of meeting the NLRB’s lofty standards on this subject? Is compliance just too hard? Increasingly, employers are asking themselves […]
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