By Unknown author – From the Open Clip Art Gallery – http://openclipart.org/, CC0, Link See what I did there? Don’t worry; I’ll be here all week. What is WARN? The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) requires employers with 100 or more employees to provide at least 60 calendar…
Image by Carlos Insignares from Pixabay Let’s say that some of your non-exempt employees choose to telework for part of the day and work at the office for part of the day, with enough time to perform personal tasks in between. Do you have to compensate them for the travel…
Dance Party by Blaise Sewell from the Noun Project While you were busy partying at home like it’s 1999 (cue music) or on Zoom with friends, or playing socially-distanced Cards Against Humanity, or whatever it is that HR folks do to let off a year of scalding-hot steam, the U.S.…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay For most, 2020 was a big dumpster fire. COVID-19 didn’t exactly do wonders for the ruby-studded computer servers in the Bloggerdome. When stuff got real in March, this blog caught 🔥🔥🔥. Take a look at the top posts from 2020: 5. “GOTCHA! You won’t…
JMacPherson from Calgary, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons I won’t judge you if you don’t judge me. 🤐 Although I won’t provide drinks for everyone, I will be serving up knowledge – ba dum bum – today at noon eastern on Zoom for the final 2020 edition of…
working hours by ProSymbols from the Noun Project Yesterday, I put out some feelers — Title VII friendly ones — to gauge interest in hosting “The Employer Handbook Office Hours” on Zoom tomorrow. And I was overwhelmed by the reader emails, fresh-baked cookies, and cryptocurrency. So, we’re on for tomorrow…
Image by ahmad triyawan from Pixabay I love my blog readers, but clients get the concierge treatment with daily blog posts and weekly email updates. Last night’s client email update included the news that President Trump had just signed the legislation about which I blogged here and here last week.…
Nan Palmero from San Antonio, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons If you operate a restaurant or other establishment with tipped employees, the odds are that wage and hour laws have not been your top priority in 2020 — as opposed to, say, staying afloat. It’s been a…
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Remember yesterday, when I told you that the House had passed a bipartisan bill that would allow businesses to voluntarily provide Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) leave in Q1 of 2021? And then the Senate approved the same measure by a 92-8 vote. And…
Image by ahmad triyawan from Pixabay The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. Perhaps, you’ve heard of it. The FFCRA will expire on December 31, 2020. But,…