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We have two exempt people. One works four days a week (32 hours week) and her salary was adjusted by a percentage when she went to four days. This is not a big problem as she is not called on to work the extra day. The biggest problem is our "con…
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These are my sentiments exactly guys! I think the DOL would catch on to this pretty quickly!
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You do need to check your state laws about being required to give a lunch hour. Some states do not require this. As far as eating at the desk and leaving early, if an employer wishes to allow this, this can be done if your staffing allows it. Kee…
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An employee cannot be a volunteer for a job that you would normally pay someone to perform. The company is getting the benefit of employment without having to pay for it.
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In my years of experience in HR, I have found that an employee is liable to tell you anything if it's in their favor. One of their favorite lines is: "My attorney advised me......". I always reply "I will be glad to pass this on to the company's …
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>THis is very interesting and news to me. One thing I wondered... in >some states you can't begin drawing unemployment until severance is >over. Others, you can "double dip" draw both at the same time. I >wondered if this would…
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You might get your DO a copy of the Fair Labor Standards Act. It is just a matter of time before a misclassified employee files a complaint with the DOL for back wages and your company gets an audit and a big fine plus having to pay back wages for…
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>Do you or can you charge for the Direct Deposit service? We don't charge for this service and I have never heard of anyone who did. It is really an advantage to the company as well as the employee as it saves time and money not having to…
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>Rockie - in response to your question regarding, I have an answer... > >Several years ago I worked for a union facility and we were looking at >goingto mandatory direct deposit. Many workers had a problem with >this and we co…
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Unless you have the capability of opening an account for him to directly deposit the money in it yourself, I can't see where you would have an option but to cut him a check. When it gets to him late or lost in the mail a few times, he may change hi…
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As far as I know, there is no requirement to use special mailing privileges to mail payroll checks to those who choose not to have direct deposit. Direct deposit IS for the convenience of the employee and to insure that their checks are in their ac…
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Since this person signed the agreement, you probably have what amounts to a promissory note which is legally binding. Consult counsel on this before you proceed. You may not get your money back, but you could get a lien against property or a judgme…
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Most states have garnishment laws governing what you can and can't garnish wages for. We could not do this in South Carolina as garnishment is illegal except for income taxes or child support payments. In no instance that I know of, could you take…
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We don't charge our exempt employees PTO bank or GASP! dock their pay if they work any portion of the day. Most of our exempt individuals consistently work more than 40 hours a week and if they occcasionally come in to take care of a few things ear…
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You are right to be concerned when it comes to docking time for exempt level employees. What happens is that the exempt employee's exempt level status is lost as soon as this practice starts. The law says if you are going to treat them as an hourl…
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When I worked for a hospital, if employee did not submit time, then they had to wait for next payroll to get paid. The supervisor was first contacted to make sure this was not the company's fault. According to our DOL, if the employee never submits…
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Generally (in most states)you can't "garnish" wages from an employee, but I would certainly ask her to reimburse it. If she wants you to take it out of her final check, I would get her ok in writing.
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Never have I heard of a 15 minute rule in dealing with exempt individuals. I've only heard if an exempt employee works any part of a week, they are not docked their pay. We don't charge exempt individuals PTO time if they work any portion of a day…
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Mandatory attendance at classes, etc. required by an employer is counted as hours worked; so..if it is over 40 hours in a work week, employees are paid overtime This is hourly people. In order to avoid overtime,you could adjust their hours in that…
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Good advice from Theresa. Personally, I have never understood why the government would allow one to claim more exemptions than they actually have. We have numerous employees who "take advantage" of this "windfall" only to find themselves owing a bu…
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If the employee was the one who failed to properly turn in his hours, I would say it was perfectly legal to wait until the next pay period to pay them; given this was the fault of the supervisor (company), then the employee should have a manual chec…
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Pork - I think this is the best thing that an HR Director can do for their sanity's sake! I, too, have found that HR is ultimately put in charge of trying to discipline employees for actions that should be monitored and addressed by the supervisor.…
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Some of our employees take 30 minute lunches and some take one hour lunches, depending on which area they work in. Anyone taking less than 30 minutes, is considered a break which is paid time. Always, there is abuse of the system from some folks. …
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I send a new hire packet out with the offer letter and copy of their job description, asking that the employee complete and bring this with them on the first day of employment,along with the required documentation for the I-9 form. This greatly red…
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I would think if the individual was deceased. the final paycheck would be party of the estate and made out to "The Estate of ".
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I understand from our controller that any bonus is considered income and is reported on the W-2.
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I don't know of any state that would allow you to withhold pay to cover any type of shortage, etc. unless the employee had agreed to it. State law governs when final paychecks have to be released, usually no later than the next regularly scheduled …
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When I first came to this facility, we had the same issue. We do not have "designated breaks" where we have to give so much in the morning,so much in the afternoon, etc. We simply allow people to take a couple of minutes when they need to. We do …
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Number one lesson: Don't do anything by "oral agreement". If anything is to be changed, it should be in writing. Number two lesson: Never change a contract without an attorney's input. Contracts are tricky, tedious instruments which can cause y…
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I think what this lady is talking about is the limitations on social security earnings. Since she will probably be drawing her social security at 62, there is an annual limit as to what she can earn a year (can't remember right off the bat what it …