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  • Provide a car for the spouse. Give information on schools, busing, libraries, etc.before they leave for the assignment. Give contact names of good doctors, dentists, etc. Provide language lessons. Contact information of other expatriates in the are…
  • Administrative and professional employees may be paid on a fee basis rather than on a salary basis. To determine whether the fee payment meets the minimum salary threshold, the amount paid to the employee should be tested by determining the time wor…
  • Unless the employee has an employment contract, his or her pay can be cut at any time. Having a legitimate business reason for the cut protects against any possible discrimination claims. It's important to note that some states have notice require…
  • Only a handful of states allow employers to mandate direct deposit. These states require that an employer have consent from the employee to deposit the check electronically, and often that consent must be in writing. I would recommend that you check…
  • Under the FLSA, domestic service employees caring for those unable to care for themselves are exempt from minimum wage and overtime whether they are hired directly by the patient or were placed there by a placement agency that prvides home care serv…
  • A federal judge has delayed the implementation of the rule. The federal government has agreed to revisit the issue, taking into consideration the concerns of the federal court. it will probably be March before we hear anything on it.  
  • A few ideas are: Encourage employees to carpool Provide incentive for purchasing hybrid cars Pass out energy efficient lightbulbs at work for people to take home Have a day where employees work in the community for the needy Collect supplies to mail…
  • The new law says that by October 16th, employers of commissioned salespeople in New York must prepare a written document, signed by both the employer and the employee, containing: • A description of how wages, salary, drawing account, commissions, …
  • Strange that they are talking so much about it. Are they thriving on the attention? There is really no need for them to talk about it so openly other than to get attention. I think it's definitely better to talk to the manager about the fact that it…
  • Our company doesn't have any appointed holidays, we use all floating holidays. So if an employee wants to take specific days off, he or she just uses their floating holidays.
  • You should communicate to this person that actively and willingly participating in team meetings is a part of their performance metrics, and if they don't improve their participation, they will see it in their performance review. Talk to the whole t…
  • It's sort of the same at our company. Everyone hates to see the summer go.
  • Tell me about the best and worst supervisors you have ever had.
  • I don't like listening to people chew loudly in the next cube!
  • This drives me crazy! Especially when you feel like it might affect your working relationship. We have someone who is always truying to sell us these wooden toys that he makes. He comes right up to you in your office and shows you his homemade catal…
  • Yeah, I have never heard of such a thing! We would never allow this at our workplace. In fact, we don't even allow space heaters. I would ban this for both the reasons you describe - smell and fire hazard - even though some employees might find it m…
  • You also need to consider if this person is "regarded as" having a mental illness under the ADA - in such as case you might be in big trouble firing him if he is covered by the ADA.
  • This sounds like it might be more of a discipline problem, than a fire drill problem. Perhaps explaining the importance of fire drills to them would help. Although fire and evacuation drills are not specifically required under federal OSHA standards…
  •  This case involved a woman who claimed she was discriminated against in pay, but she didn't file her claim within the 180 day deadline. She argued that the clock on that 180 days restarts each time an employee receives a paycheck that reflects past…
  • We give every applicant a personality profile test - though it is not required. We find that it really assists us in determining whether applicants will be a good fit for a certain job, and whether they would be happy. We don't place an enormous amo…
  • If you tighten your butt muscles, hold for ten seconds and release - over and over again - it can be a good butt workout. And everyone needs that!