Can Employers Make Vaccines Mandatory in COVID-19?
Question: Things seem to be calming down some, thank goodness, relating to COVID-19 and the avalanche of guidance and regulations and […]
Category: Legal
Independent Contractor VS. Employee
Question: Is it legal to hire someone for 30 days as an independent contractor and then switch them to employee status […]
Hope for the HOMES Act Comes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As soon as the nation began shutting down in response to the pandemic, America’s energy efficiency workforce – the biggest […]
How to Handle Employees and I-9s
Question: I’m interested in hearing how I should handle employees NOT coming to work their first day with form(s) of […]
Banking Employee Wages for Slow Periods
Question: Sometimes our company is busy; sometimes, not so much. We know we have to pay overtime for hours over […]
Paying Piece Rate/Spiffs/Commissions
Question: Are piece rate/spiffs/commissions permitted to be paid as a bonus once per quarter? Can “incentive pay” be saved up and […]
Paying Technicians for Shoddy Work
Question: Just wondering, I have a crew that is, I guess average. Normally they do okay. Recently for some reason, […]
Employees, Vacation, and Overtime Pay
Question: I have a question regarding paying an employee overtime. Let’s say an employee has 43 hours owed him/her in a […]
How Should I Handle Decreased Productivity With Older Workers?
Question: When you hire an older person, what might happen as their productivity become less? Is it fine to pre-establish […]
Hiring, Firing, and Everything in Between
In today’s world, understanding the law of managing a workforce is vital to avoiding needless legal entanglements. From hiring, to […]
What Procedure Do I Need To Follow To Drug Test An Employee?
Question: We have an employee who is working on a 90-day trial basis. I have a suspicion he might be on […]
When Do I Have To Start Paying Overtime?
Question: Do you have pay your field personnel overtime after 8 hours of work per day? Our current policy is that we […]
