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Your Responsibility to Provide Employee Healthcare Under the Affordable Care Act

September 8, 2016

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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 […]

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Ask Dave HR Legal Compliance – FLSA & Overtime

May 12, 2014

Question:  I have employees who need the money and want to work overtime, but I cannot afford to pay them overtime. A group of them have approached me and said that they will agree in writing to be paid straight time and not take 1.5 times their regular hourly rate for hours over 40, they just […]

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State Minimum Wage Increases for 2014 – Update Your State Notices

March 6, 2014

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 […]

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Ask Dave – HR Legal Compliance

February 3, 2014

Question: I sent a non-exempt employee on an overnight trip. On their return the next day, the employee’s plane was delayed and they were stuck on it until 7:00 PM. They normally work 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, but want to be paid for the extra 2 hours. Do I owe it to them?   Answer: Not under […]

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Ask Dave – HR Legal Compliance

November 11, 2013

Question:  We have a HR policy that requires our employees to give us two weeks notice if they are going to leave us. Yesterday, I had a employee give me his two week notice. I would like to make today his last day and just pay him through today. Is that legal?  Answer:  No, not according […]

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Ask Dave: Compliance with Overtime Pay

September 20, 2013

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 […]

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HR Policy Update: Time for a Workplace Bullying Policy?

July 18, 2013

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 […]

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Ask Dave: HR Legal Update: Unemployment Benefits

May 2, 2013

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 […]

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Ask Dave – HR Legal Compliance

March 4, 2013

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 […]

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HR Policies: Social Media & Satisfying The NLRB – Worth the Effort?

February 25, 2013

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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