Category: HR Management & Compliance
There are dozens of details to take care of in the day-to-day operation of your department and your company. We give you case studies, news updates, best practices and training tips that keep your organization fully in compliance with ever-changing employment law, and you fully aware of emerging HR trends.
Shift Premiums: Employees Win $32 Million When Hospital’s Pay Program Backfires; Avoiding Problems
Do Nonexempt Employees Earn Premium Pay for Working on a Holiday?
In past years, when an employee has been required to come into work on a company holiday, we have paid the employee time and a half for that day, even if he or she didn’t work more than eight hours that day or 40 for the whole week. As we head into the summer season […]
Commuting: Court Says Commute Time Not Transformed into Hours Worked Merely Because Employees Had to Carry Files
New Law Affects Penalties for Child Labor Violations
From the Experts: Reporting Time Pay, Part 1; Time for Employers to Pay Attention
Flexible Scheduling: Skyrocketing Gas Prices Call for Innovative Employer Responses
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Compensation: How Do We Set Up a Pay-for-Performance System?
How do we go about setting up a pay-for-performance incentive system? We are in the very early stages and just don’t know where to start. Thanks. —Anonymous in Alameda
What Motivates Teams? Again, It’s Not the Money
In yesterday’s Advisor, we looked at 8 factors that promote individual “happiness” at work. Today we’ll see how that plays out in a team setting, courtesy of BLR’s HR Department of One. Managing teams is different from managing individual contributors. Although there is clearly overlap in the “happiness factors,” there is also a clearly a different […]