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Final OT Rule Announced

This morning (May 18, 2016), President Obama and Secretary Perez announced the Department of Labor’s final ruling on the proposed new overtime regulations that will extend protections to millions of additional workers currently classified as exempt. Virtually every...
Reduce the toll taken by employee absence

Reduce the toll taken by employee absence

What you’ve probably intuited about employee absence is true: It is costly, in terms of profit, efficiency, and compliance. Then again, not granting time off for vacation, holidays, planned, unplanned, or extended leave would be inhumane (and give you a pretty rotten...
FLSA Proposed Rule Delayed. What does it mean for you?

FLSA Proposed Rule Delayed. What does it mean for you?

Earlier this year, the Department of Labor stated it would have a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) proposed rule in place for white-collar overtime exemption regulations by the end of November 2014. Now it’s mid-November, and the DOL is backpedaling on that statement....
Mobile Scheduling Makes Great Sense for Hourly Industries

Mobile Scheduling Makes Great Sense for Hourly Industries

The old way: Take an employee’s call and get the bad news that he or she needs to have a shift covered; scramble to find someone to take it, usually through trial and error. The new way: Using mobile scheduling that every employee can access at any time, an employee...