RED FLAGS FOR ANTITRUST EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a new initiative to criminally investigate and prosecute employers who enter agreements with their competitors to limit or fix...
View ArticleTHE COMPENSATION MODEL
The compensation discipline seeks to maximize competitive advantage by attracting and retaining the most qualified workers to an employer. Best practice in today’s workplace considers total...
View ArticleKEY OBJECTIVES OF A COMPENSATION PROGRAM
Compensation can be defined as a reward earned by employees in return for their time, skills, effort, and knowledge. Compensation includes direct financial compensation, such as: Wages Bonus and...
View ArticleINTERNAL PAY EQUITY COMPLIANCE
A company’s approach to internal pay equity is as important as the actual pay programs it implements. Many factors can impact internal pay equity such as internal increases remaining low while new...
View ArticleLINKING PAY PRACTICES WITH BUSINESS OBJECTIVES
Compensation plays a critical role in organizations’ ongoing and increasingly challenging efforts to attract, retain, and motivate a talented workforce. Compensation design and management play a vital...
View ArticleHIRING STRATEGIES IN A TIGHT JOB MARKET
It is becoming increasingly challenging to recruit top talent due to the relatively low unemployment rate, the increase in job openings, and the lack of experienced candidates. These factors require...
View ArticleFAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (FMLA) AND JOINT EMPLOYMENT
Joint employment exists when an employee is employed by two or more employers who both benefit from the employee’s work and are sufficiently related or associated with each other. The analysis for...
View ArticleEFFECTIVE JOB DESCRIPTIONS
Job descriptions describe the major duties and responsibilities of a position or job and are an essential part of hiring and managing employees. They are tools to help your applicants and employees...
View ArticleINTERN PROGRAM BEST PRACTICES
Is your summer intern program ready to launch? A review of some important information will help to make your program a success. First, ensure your program is compliant with Department of Labor...
View ArticleMINDFULNESS: EMBRACED BY BUSINESS
In a world where multitasking and information overload are the norms, an old idea, ‘mindfulness’, is becoming increasingly appealing to organizations who are effectively applying it to their...
View ArticleWAGE AND HOUR POTHOLES
Every company should perform wage and hour audits periodically; minimally once a year and twice a year if possible. It is easier for you to catch and correct errors than to risk discovery from...
View ArticleHUMAN RESOURCES: THE GATEKEEPER FOR COMPANY ETHICS
Business ethics are important to every business and are often a component of a company’s core values. However, that doesn’t mean that the organization as a whole is ethical. To build an ethical...
View ArticleDO YOU PAY EQUITABLY AND FAIRLY ENOUGH TO SATISFY EEOC?
You may think you are paying your employees fairly and equitably until the EEOC comes knocking at your door to perform an audit. It is commonly known that EEOC requires that all employees are treated...
View ArticleMINIMUM WAGE UPDATE JULY 2017
Voters in four states Arizona, Colorado, Maine and Washington approved ballot measures that will raise their state minimum wage by between 43% and 60% over the next few years. Arizona, Colorado, and...
View ArticleCOMPENSABLE TIME
Employers need to ensure they count all worked hours as paid hours for their non-exempt staff. For example, when an employee eats lunch at their workstation or desk and their lunch is interrupted by...
View ArticleWHEN DOES SALARY MOTIVATE EMPLOYEES?
Studies have shown that salary can just as easily de-motivate employees as motivate them. In fact, salaries generally operate as negative reinforcement rather than positive. For example, an...
View ArticleGET MORE OUT OF YOUR TURNOVER METRIC
Most HR departments miss an opportunity when it comes to measuring and reporting turnover. The goal of any HR metric is to provide information on how to improve the measured item. As Peter Drucker...
View ArticleTEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF ADA ISSUES
Day in and day out, we at Pautsch Spognardi & Baiocchi Legal Group LLP, get more questions about disability discrimination and accommodation than any other law. We developed a quiz to alert you to...
View ArticleANSWERS TO ADA ISSUES QUIZ!
Day in and day out, we at Pautsch Spognardi & Baiochhi Legal Group get more questions about disability discrimination and accommodation than any other law. Listed below are the questions AND...
View ArticleTO CHECK OR NOT TO CHECK: A BACKGROUND CHECKS PRIMER
Conducting thorough pre-employment background checks are a critical tool in mitigating new hire risks. There are many types of background checks available to HR professionals that can be conducted...
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