by Steven | Sep 22, 2016 | Announcements, Human Resource Articles
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Important Recordkeeping Information: Employers subject to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements (employers with 50 or more full-time and full-time equivalent (FTE) employees) should be maintaining a secured monthly compliance binder or...
by Steven | Sep 8, 2016 | Announcements, Human Resource Articles
In every U.S. state except Montana, employment is presumed to be at-will, meaning either the employer or the employee can legally terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without notice, and with or without cause. The employer has not guaranteed...
by Steven | Jul 14, 2016 | Announcements, Human Resource Articles
Q: 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’t request, require, or authorize this work. How do we handle this?A: Although you didn’t give this non-exempt employee permission to check...
by Steven | May 4, 2016 | Announcements, Employment, Human Resource Articles
What is the difference between an exempt employee and a non-exempt employee? “Exempt” and “non-exempt” are employee classifications under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)—a federal law dating back to 1938 that requires certain employees to receive minimum wage and...
by Steven | Apr 22, 2016 | Announcements, Employment, Human Resource Articles
Can you bring on unpaid interns for the summer? Unpaid internships are permissible if they meet very specific criteria, but employers should proceed with extreme caution.The Department of Labor has a six-part test for determining whether interns may be unpaid....
by Steven | Apr 4, 2016 | Announcements, Human Resource Articles, Tax Articles
(IRS Health Care Tax Tip 2016-32, March 16, 2016 – Updated March 21, 2016) The health care law includes the employer shared responsibility provisions, which require applicable large employers to offer health coverage to full-time employees and their dependents. Those...
