Managing a Wage & Hour Investigation- Part Two of Two
Ensure that managers and employees are cooperative during the investigation. DOL wage and hour staffers will have a lot of questions, so provide an overview of what they should expect.
Ensure that managers and employees are cooperative during the investigation. DOL wage and hour staffers will have a lot of questions, so provide an overview of what they should expect.
You can avoid those feelings of dread and uneasiness by following some HR best practices, adhering to the State and Federal Regulations regarding the wage and hour provisions of the Department of Labor.
Available HR Self-Service Kiosks are great tools for a wide variety of tasks, especially online learning activities. There are numerous online education companies offering everything from employee safety to cooking classes.
Everyone knows that the more human interaction with manual reporting tasks is introduced, the more opportunity for error exists. By using an HR system that is fully automated, the business of time management becomes a lot more accurate with much less time devoted to the tasks.
A Harvard Business School study indicated that goal setting was more than 70% more effective when they were written vs. floating in someone’s head. That story has been floating around for more than forty years. Notable statement, but it doesn’t address goal setting methodology, especially for HR. Merely writing down...
Everyone knows how easy it is to lose a document; it has happened to each of us at least once in our professional careers. It can happen regardless of whether you use an electronic document storage system, or if you still use paper. The fact is, it is easier to misplace a paper document than an electronic one.
Ever hear this excuse? It’s almost as bad as “I moved over the weekend, and can’t find my way to work!” Believe it or not, the “you didn’t tell me” defense is heard in courtrooms all across the country on a near-daily basis. It might be about work rules, procedures, time and attendance, or any number of...
When addressing an employee for a disciplinary action, it is important to be as consistent as possible, lest you are labeled as one showing favoritism to one over another.
To ensure your compliance rating remains above reproach for your personnel records, are there any benefits to sticking converting from paper to digital?
In today’s litigious society, it is imperative that a businessperson be consistent when it comes to employee discipline, up to and including termination. In a perfect society, we would never have to be concerned about such things, but we are imperfect beings in an imperfect world.