FAQs About Missed Employee Time Punches
Almost every employer has been faced with trying to solve the eternal puzzle of how to correct missed employee time punches and what to do about them. Whether employees forget to clock in at the start or to clock out at the end of their shift or fail to punch… Read More
New Hampshire Labor Law Poster Update: Gender Identity Discrimination
Effective September 10, 2019, a mandatory update to the New Hampshire Labor Law posting requirements went into effect. All New Hampshire employers are required to post in a conspicuous, well-lit location for ALL employees and applicants a current labor law poster along with any updates released throughout the year. The… Read More
Payroll Fraud Alert: Direct Deposit Scam
Recently, there has been a significant increase in the number of employers across the country who have been targeted by payroll fraudsters. Scammers continue to get more resourceful, cunning and technically savvy in their attempts to defraud victims by gaining access to financial accounts as well as valuable personal information. Read More
Processing the Final Paycheck for a Deceased Employee
As an company owner, HR representative and/or workforce supervisor, there are many undesirable challenges that come with managing people. Sometimes things like finding the words to address an employee’s body odor, having to solve personality conflicts that remind one of being back in high school or terminating a single employee… Read More
Maine First State to Require Paid Leave for Any Reason
While many states are enacting paid family leave and/or paid sick time laws, Maine is the first state to take things a step further. Starting January 1, 2021, under L.D. 369, Maine employers will be required to provide their employees with paid personal leave under its Earned Employee Leave Act. … Read More
3-Month Delay to the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML)
Originally published on June 13, 2019, updated June 14, 2019 While the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave program does not become fully enacted until January 1, 2021 (with most benefits available) and July 1, 2021 (with all benefits being available), initially employers were required to start notifying their employees with… Read More
My Coworker Stinks and Other Office Olfactory Offenses
HR professionals are often tasked with dealing with some very unpleasant circumstances – mass layoffs, negative performance reviews, disciplinary plans and terminations of individual employees. When you have a vast number of diverse people all working in close proximity to each other, personality conflicts and other personal preferences can also… Read More
2019 EEO-1 Reporting Deadline and Requirements
As part of compliance regulations, applicable employers must submit their EEO-1 reports to the EEOC each year. Typically, the deadline for the EEO-1 survey is March 31, 2019. Had this year been a typical year, the date would have moved to April 1, 2019, since the deadline falls on a… Read More
Learning Management System: A Tool to Tap and Track Your Company’s Tribal Knowledge
As more baby boomers retire and the tenures of millennials average just a few years instead the decade-long tenures of their predecessors, unwritten knowledge (also known as tribal knowledge), is rapidly in decline. This knowledge loss can be especially detrimental in industries that are also seeing a decline in… Read More
Survey Says: 10 Things to Ask Yourself Before Conducting an Employee Survey
In the face of worker shortages, many employers are now painfully aware of the benefits of having a happy and engaged workforce, namely retaining existing employees and recruiting new ones. One method many companies select for trying to measure employee engagement and satisfaction levels is an employee survey. As… Read More