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The Essential Guide to the FLSA’s Wage and Hour Requirements
When it comes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), there are many potential missteps that small businesses can make. Unlike some laws, the FLSA doesn’t generally have exemptions for small businesses. If your company earns at least $500,000 a year or has employees...
The Essential Guide to the FLSA’s Wage and Hour Requirements
When it comes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), there are many potential missteps that small businesses can make. Unlike some laws, the FLSA doesn’t generally have exemptions for small businesses. If your company earns at least $500,000 a year or has employees...
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How HR Investigations Work for Small Businesses
HR investigations are a systematic way to determine the facts underlying a workplace complaint. For small businesses, HR investigations help create a fair, safe workplace. Because you don’t want a specific situation or complaint influencing how you conduct your...
Pandemic Planning – Health in the Workplace:
With increased media coverage about the Ebola outbreak, employers may wonder what workplace action should be taken. This is also a good time to discuss keeping your workplace germ free as the flu season gets into full force. Keep in mind that the likelihood of Ebola...
Is a Disciplinary Action Meeting Paid Time? What about other Meetings?
Question & AnswerQ. We had a disciplinary issue with an hourly employee last week. Instead of reporting at normal time to work, we instead asked that they report later in the morning for a meeting with supervisors. In the meeting, we suspended her for two days and...
2015 Injury & Illness Reporting
Upcoming Changes to OSHA Reporting and Recordkeeping RequirementsOn January 1, 2015, a final rule from the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will take effect that will change the current injury and illness reporting and...
Understanding Employer Pay Obligations for Travel Time
For many employers, sending employees out into the big, wide world to perform their job duties is an everyday occurrence. However, many employers are not aware of the situational details that may make time compensable or not compensable for non-exempt employees....
November 15th Marks a Big Day for the Affordable Care Act
The Health Insurance Marketplaces (also known as the State Health Exchanges) will be opening on November 15 for individuals to enroll in non-employer sponsored plans for 2015. While employers are generally not greatly impacted by open enrollment for individual plans,...
‘Proud to be gay’- How Tim Cook’s announcement will affect office attitudes
While Tim Cook’s proud and public declaration didn’t exactly come as a shock to Silicon Valley, equality advocates are saying the CEO’s statement could help change attitudes in workplaces all around the world.As Steve Job’s successor and head-honcho at Apple,...
2015 – What do employers need to know about tracking employee hours for healthcare reform?
We have received several questions around this topic as 2015 approaches. How employers schedule hours for their hourly and part-time employees this year will affect how hours are calculated next year for healthcare reform. If employers want to ensure part-time...
Healthcare Reform – Employer Mandate Penalties
The Employer Mandate is the Health Care Reform provision that requires all employers with 50 or more full time equivalent employees to offer a certain level of health insurance coverage at an affordable rate to all full-time employees, or face a penalty. The Employer...
Great Interview Questions – Find out key indicators early in the process
In today's market, finding the right person who will fit your culture and even more so, live up to your expectations, takes time on the front side. Asking probing questions can be very telling. Asking the same questions consistently of all candidates ensures you're...
New Rules for Reporting Injuries & Illnesses (OSHA)
New OSHA Rule Changes Employers' Injury/Illness Reporting RequirementsOn September 11, 2014, OSHA issued a final rule regarding employers' recordkeeping and reporting of occupational injuries/illnesses. The final rule takes effect on January 1, 2015, and includes a...
Attention Employers with 100+ Employees – EEO1 Reports are due Sept 30th
EEO-1: Who Must FileStandard Form 100 (EEO-1) must be filed by --All private employers who are:subject to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972) with 100 or more employees EXCLUDING State and local...
Password Protection Laws
In 2012, Maryland became the first state to prohibit employers from requiring employees or job applicants to provide passwords to their personal social media accounts. Since then, the trend for states to limit employers' access to personal online content has been...
Contraceptive Mandate Accommodation
Agencies Release New Accommodations from Contraceptive Mandate for Nonprofit Organizations and for Closely-Held, For-Profit Corporations Agencies Release New Accommodations from Contraceptive Mandate for Nonprofit Organizations and for Closely-Held, For-Profit...
New York City Earned Sick Time Act (Paid Sick Leave Law)
Effective April 1, 2014, under the New York City Earned Sick Time Act, certain employers with five or more employees who are hired to work more than 80 hours a calendar year in New York City must provide paid sick leave which employees can use for the care and...
Exempt & Non-Exempt – LinkedIn in the News
LinkedIn forks over $6 million in back wages, damages for unpaid overtimeLabor Department accused the company of shortchanging 359 workersIt doesn’t pay to short employees for working overtime. Just ask LinkedIn.The U.S. Labor Department announced on Monday that the...
Background Checks-When do they Cross the Line
Employers have become well-attuned to the importance of selecting job candidates that are qualified and will fit well with the organization’s culture. Prior to extending an offer of employment to a viable candidate, best practices in conducting a background check are...
Religion in the Workplace
We all know that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on a job applicant’s or employee’s religion. However, did you know that federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws also require employers to provide workplace accommodations to...
How Asure Software Views The Changing Business Climate
By Craig SeagerChannel Director for EMEA/APACIn my first Channel-focused blog post we discussed how important we view our Asure Software relationship with our Channel partners.Now I want to share our view of how the business world is evolving and the benefits we see...
California Employers Now Allowed to Impose 90 Day Waiting Period for Health Care Coverage
Governor Jerry Brown recently signed legislation that once again changes the health care landscape for California employers who offer health insurance to their employees. Previously, employers in California who offered group health plans could implement a maximum...
Tech Companies & Cool Cultures
Twitter tops all in culture and values, employees sayTech industry accounts for 11 out of 25 companies rated highest by employees, according to Glassdoor report.Roof-top meetings and friendly colleagues helped to make Twitter’s employees the happiest in the country,...
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