Can a Workers’ Comp Claim Hurt the Sale of My Business?
Question: One of my techs injured himself and is out on workers’ compensation and I don’t think the guy is coming back […]
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Does My Company Have to Report Injuries to Our Worker’s Comp Carrier?
Find out if your HVAC business can lawfully terminate an employee for falsifying the date that an injury happened from ACCA’s LegalTools Counsel, Brooke Duncan III.
Paying Employees For Time Spent on Social Media
Question: If an employee, particularly an hourly paid employee, receives and responds to e-mails and/or texts on his/her time after […]
How Am I Supposed to Handle Compensation for Travel Time?
Question: We pay a flat daily amount of $15 to our techs which we call a “travel fee.” Should this payment […]
How HVAC Contractors Can Handle Third-Party Sexual Harassment
How many times have you had a technician return from a service call and report an uncomfortable interaction with a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Do I Have To Allow An Employee To Return To Work?
Question: We have a service technician who is one of the highest paid employees in the company. He previously was in […]
Can I Fire An Employee On Worker’s Comp?
Question: I have an employee who fell without a witness. We sent him right to occupational health for treatment. Our policy […]
Preventing Workplace Harassment
Hollywood’s high-profile and highly publicized scandals are having a transformative effect on the country’s attitude toward harassment, and business owners […]
What Is Constructive Dismissal?
In the United States, except for workers employed under collective bargaining agreements or formal employment contracts, employment is generally considered […]
