Overtime Pay: Up to Speed on the Details

Overtime Pay: Up to Speed on the Details Your business must comply with the minimums for calculating and paying overtime as required by federal and state laws. The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor regulates overtime pay using the Fair Labor...

Putting a Stop to Workplace Violence

Putting a Stop to Workplace Violence Workplace violence is any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other threatening or disruptive behavior that occurs at your worksite. Threats and verbal abuse, as well as physical assaults, obviously...

How to Manage Employee Turnover

How to Manage Employee Turnover Your company’s ability to retain its brightest and most experienced staff keeps everything running smoothly day after day. Is turnover an inevitable part of the cost of doing business? Too often turnover decisions are the result...

Being on Time: How to Handle the Unpunctual

Being on Time: How to Handle the Unpunctual You not only expect employees to come to work on time, but also understand that being reliable is important. Staff coming in late can have significant time and cost consequences; chronic lateness can negatively affect...

Welcoming Back Parents

Welcoming Back Parents The nonprofit group Path Forward announced last summer that six San Francisco-based tech companies — GoDaddy, Zendesk and Instacart among them — were offering 18-week internships for approximately 20 midcareer professionals. The program is open...

All About First-Aid Kits

All About First-Aid Kits What should you have in a first-aid kit? Are you worried about paper cuts in an office or more serious injuries on a factory floor? The Occupational Safety and Health Act provides guidance and information on developing effective first-aid...