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Do I have to notify an employee before I change her status from exempt to nonexempt? For various legal and practical reasons, you should give notice in this circumstance. Two of those reasons: 1) Employers are required to keep records of a nonexempt employee’s hours worked each day, which typically means that nonexempt […]
Special from the Advanced Employment Issues Symposium, Las Vegas In yesterday’s Advisor consultant Andrew Botwin offered his take on employee engagement; today, he reveals 14 signs of disengagement, plus we get an introduction to the all-comp-in-one website, Compensation.BLR.com. Signs of Disengagement Botwin, who is CEO of SPC (Strategy People Culture) Consulting Florham Park, New Jersey, […]
The basic rule of pay-for-performance? You can’t pay for performance unless you can measure performance performance on a consistent, credible basis, says consultant Paul R. Dorf, Ph.D., APD. Workplace compensation is essentially a supply and demand system, says Dorf, who is managing director of Compensation Resources, Inc. in Upper Saddle River, NJ. Supply has been […]
by Daniel Pugen McCarthy Tetrault An increasingly difficult task for HR professionals is managing absences related to injury and illness. How far can you go to make an employee prove he or she is legitimately ill or legitimately able to return to work without restriction? The following are some tips to help your Canadian business […]
The more employees travel for business, the more exposure employers have – often with costly consequences. Businesses must be prepared for problems that might arise when male and female employees travel together, whether domestically or internationally. Contrary to popular belief, what happens in Vegas doesn’t really stay in Vegas – it gets told in court.
Nearly two years after Congress passed the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced recently that employers should not expect to see new regulations providing a more detailed explanation of the law’s requirements anytime soon. To understand the reasons for the delay and how it may affect employers, we spoke with […]
Yesterday’s Advisor featured the Four Ms of setting good appraisal goals; today, legal pitfalls in appraisals, plus an introduction to a unique leadership training system. Because poor performance is often advanced as the reason for a termination, the performance appraisal system is often the crux of the defense against a wrongful termination suit. Here’s how […]
By Chris Hill, the founder and CEO of Spotlite Reaping the rewards of a rich assortment of medical and voluntary insurance products—such as lower costs and higher levels of employee satisfaction and retention—requires an engaging enrollment process that provides employees with all they need to make purchase decisions they feel good about. Read more.
Litigation value: Ryan gets nothing today, but in a few years ….. who knows? The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) significantly broadened the ADA’s definition of disability. Ryan had me asking myself how much during last night’s rerun episode, Trivia. During the trivia contest, the organizers confiscated Ryan’s smartphone. Ryan held out for all of eight seconds before deciding that he would rather be ejected from […]
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