by Caroline | Oct 31, 2016 | Communication, Compensation and Benefits, Culture, FLSA, Hiring, Leadership, Management, Overtime, Tracking Hours
Happy Halloween! Yes, All Hallow’s Eve is upon us today, which gives organizations exactly 31 days to comply with the largest Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime regulation change in many years. This change is estimated to affect more than seven million...
by Caroline | Sep 23, 2016 | Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, HR Strategy, Interviewing, Leadership, Management, People Evaluation, Recruiting
Here’s a question that every HR professional knows to ask a candidate and every DIY-er probably never did: “Have you thought about what you’re going to tell your current employer when he asks why you’re leaving?” What!? You ask. What a crazy question! Why on earth...
by Caroline | Jul 18, 2016 | Compensation and Benefits, HR Strategy, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, rewards
Every year, Payscale puts out a Compensation Best Practices Report. This year, they reported some scary employment compensation data: while 73 percent of companies believe they pay fairly, only 36 percent of employees report that they’re being fairly paid....
by Caroline | Jun 1, 2016 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Culture, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Leadership, Management
People struggle with change. It scares us and makes us feel unsettled. Some of us respond to that by getting mad. Some respond by saying “This isn’t fair” which essentially means, “This isn’t what I was expecting.” If you have to change something in your organization,...
by Caroline | May 25, 2016 | Compensation and Benefits, HR Technology, HRCompliance, HRIS, Labor Law, Leadership, Management
As I discussed last week, many small business leaders choose to pay everybody salary, regardless of the rules. I’m thinking they won’t be doing that any more, now that the Department of Labor has issued new overtime rules and will be cracking down on people who...
by Caroline | May 19, 2016 | Compensation and Benefits, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Management, Non profit HR, rewards
The Department of Labor released new rules yesterday which include significant changes to how employees are classified as exempt or non-exempt, which means you may have a bunch of employees who are suddenly going to be eligible for overtime beginning December 1st of...
