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Pay Budgets for 2013–What’s the Plan?
Compensation Administration
| Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
"Compensation planning? There’s nothing more basic than the pay budget, and everyone needs good survey data to support their decision-making. Of course, we can’t generate great data unless you participate in our brief pay budget survey."
Here’s to the Crazy Ones
Compensation Administration
| Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
"I’ve been reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs, says business and leadership blogger Dan Oswald. Jobs was a polarizing figure, revered by many and hated by others. But regardless of how anyone might feel about him, there’s no denying the man was a creative genius."
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Should Off-site Employees Verify their Own time Records?
Wage and Hour
| Friday, May 11th, 2012
" Yesterday’s Advisor began attorney Paul Lopez’ five questions for avoiding problems due to overtime-based lawsuits. Today, the fifth question, plus an introduction to the “FLSA Bible.”"
Lopez is a labor and employment attorney with Florida law firm Tripp Scott. Here is his fifth question:
5. Do we have the employees themselves verify their time records?
[Go here for questions 1 to 4.]
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Retaliation by Compensation—Battleground for Comp Managers
Compensation Administration
| Friday, May 11th, 2012
"Any of your managers ever tempted to deny a raise to an employee who filed a complaint? Or deny the raise to the complaining employee’s significant other instead? That’s probably illegal retaliation and it could be very costly."
“Retaliation lawsuits are among the easiest to prevent,” says attorney Jody Katz Pritikin, but retaliation is a common reaction by managers who are embarrassed or angered by an employee complaint, and that means managers have to be on the watch for it.
Pritikin, who offered her tips at SHRM’s Employment Law and Legislative Conference, held recently in Washington, DC., is founder of Proactive Lawsuit Prevention.
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Five Questions for Avoiding Unpaid Overtime Claims
Wage and Hour
| Thursday, May 10th, 2012
"Seems like overtime should be about the easiest task on the HR to-do list, but it just isn’t. Attorney Paul Lopez suggests that employers ask themselves five questions to see whether they are vulnerable to overtime based lawsuits."
To avoid problems due to overtime payments under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Lopez, a labor and employment attorney with Florida law firm Tripp Scott, says anwer the following five questions:
- Do we know which employees are non-exempt?
- Do we know exactly how much time employees are working?
- Do we have clear, written overtime policies?
- Do we adhere to and enforce those policies?
- Do we have the employees themselves verify their time records?
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Employee Travel Pay Explained: Wage & Hour Road Rules for HR
Learn how to comply with wage & hour laws when figuring employee compensation for travel time.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Chemical Hygiene: What Your Chemical Hygiene Plan Must Include to Ensure Safety & Legal Compliance
Join us on May 17 for an in-depth webinar to make sure your CHP is up to date and OSHA-compliant. And be sure to bring your managers, supervisors, and team leaders along.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Conducting Workplace Investigations: A Step-by-Step Virtual Summit for HR Leaders
Learn how to conduct an investigation from complaint to closure with this interactive one-day web seminar.
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