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Common Questions

How Do I Handle Employees that Complain About Another?

Common Customer Question #12: We have an employee with a disfigured hand. It doesn’t affect his work or otherwise bother him, but other employees have...

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How Should Businesses Handle Pokémon Go?

Pokémon Go is a free-to-play game for iOS and Android devices, which has exploded in popularity among individuals of all ages since its debut. It has...

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Switching Employee Exempt Status

Common customer question #10: We will soon be switching several employees from exempt to non-exempt. For the most part we’d like to keep their yearly ...

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What to Expect if Your State or City Passes Paid Sick Leave

Common customer question #13: What should I expet if my state passes paid sick leave? While only five states and the District of Columbia have passed ...

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How Do I Know Which FLSA Rules Apply to My Company?

Common customer question #8: How do I know if the FLSA applies to my company? Is there any exception for small employers? The Fair Labor Standards Act...

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Do We Have to Pay an Employee for Work They Did While on Vacation?

Bonus customer question: A non-exempt employee has asked to be paid for the hour she spent checking work email while she was out on vacation. We didn’...

Human Capital Management Common Questions

When Exempt Status Is A Status Symbol

Employees who will be transitioned from an exempt to non-exempt classification because of the new FLSA overtime rules may resent the change in classif...

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What Should I Do When Someone Changes Their Legal name?

Common customer Question #6: What Should I Do When Someone Changes Their Legal Name? Great question! There are a few administrative considerations whe...

Common Questions

Working with Summer Scheduling Challenges

With summer underway employees have more scheduling challenges than usual. Vacations, summertime child care concerns, and the desire to take advantage...

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What Does the FLSA Say About Clocking In and Out?

Common customer question #5 Does it violate the FLSA to require a salaried, exempt employee to clock in and out? No, it doesn’t violate the FLSA to ha...

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Which Employees Does the new FLSA rule affect?

Common customer question #4 Does the new FLSA rule affect all exempt employees? What about part-time employees? Effective December 1, 2016, the new ru...

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What Do We Do With Non-exempt Employees and Lunch Breaks?

Common customer question #2: Do we have to require our employees who are being switched from exempt to non-exempt to take their lunch breaks if they p...