The most common FLSA exemptions are white collar exemptions. They can be broken down into five main categories, including:
How to Determine if a Job is Exempt or Non-Exempt
The terms non-exempt and exempt can cause a lot of confusion for workers and employers. Exemption status determines if you receive overtime pay for working more than 40 hours in a work week. The exemptions are governed by the Fair Labors Standard Act (FLSA).
Yelling at Co-Workers and Employees: Is It Ok?
Yelling; it’s a part of human communication. Sometimes it’s good and sometimes not. People yell for many different reasons. Maybe it’s to assert themselves over others, or to make their presence known. Maybe they want to incite confrontation or satisfy an ego.
The Unique World of “Leave of Absence” Policies
When an employee takes a “leave of absence,” this time away from work can take many forms depending on the situation. From the Family & Medical Leave to Short Term Disability to jury duty to bereavement to military leave, these various policies and structures do share the common purpose of allowing an employee to take time away from work above and beyond vacation time or sick days, while also protecting the employer from potential abuses of these leave requests.
Make Mentoring Meaningful
Complex human resource challenges such as increasing employee retention and improving workforce productivity are common concerns to have in your organization.
Download: Editable Meeting Agenda [PDF]
In “Step 2” of our article about taking your meetings from unproductive to motivating, we identified setting an agenda as an important step to conducting a successful meeting. As a follow up, here’s a free resource that will help you set a meeting agenda. This PDF download includes space for meeting details, topics, meeting attendees/stakeholders, desired results, and notes.
How to Plug Wearable Technology into your Wellness Program
For many years, employers have implemented wellness programs for their employees to encourage and promote a healthy lifestyle inside and outside of work. These wellness programs are proven to provide positive opportunities to their employees to help improve their fitness, nutrition, and get a kick start to making more health-conscious decisions.
Free Printable Daylight Savings Time Change Poster – March 8, 2015
Download this free printable Daylight Savings Time Change Poster to alert your staff of the impending time change on Sunday, March 8, 2015.
Training Your Interns: An Investment in Your Company’s Future
Providing employees with opportunities for training and development is typically framed in terms of a long term investment by the employer. You, the employer, invest time and resources into developing an employee’s skill set and in turn they become a more valuable contributor. Ideally, this employee feels appreciated and valued enough to stick around and make your investment worthwhile.
The State of Childcare Reimbursement in the U.S.
The Bureau of Labor reports that in 2015 there are more than 30 million working mothers and fathers with children in the US. In 2014, 13% of state and local government industries had access to workplace-funded childcare. Only 10% of private industries had access to such funding.
Why Having a Compensation Strategy is a Must
How much should you pay your employees? Why should you have a compensation strategy? And when was the last time you reviewed your strategy?
