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...
by Caroline | Jun 17, 2015 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
It’s June! The wonderful month when all your employees are trying to go on vacation or get married and you need an intern to fill in the holes. Unfortunately, if you are just now thinking about this, you may have missed the boat. A lot of companies start thinking...
by Caroline | Jun 4, 2014 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
Exempt, non-exempt, salaried vs. hourly, overtime vs. straight time…it’s confusing right? Not to the Department of Labor. That regulatory agency knows all the rules…like it’s okay if you don’t pay overtime to an hourly employee working in a computer occupation as long...
