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How to Hire Great Employees: 4 Tips for Emotionally Intelligent Interviewing
Hiring great employees is essential for building a successful team. Learn how to improve your selection process with emotionally intelligent interviewing techniques and avoid making weak, unprepared questions.
An employee let us know they got a part-time job and would like to change their hours. Do we have to change their schedule?
No. An employee wanting to change their hours because they got a second job is not something you’re required to accommodate. Even so, we wouldn’t recommend immediately giving the employee an ultimatum to keep working their current schedule or resign. Instead,...
What should I do if an employee was paid incorrectly?
Mistakes are an unfortunate reality of doing business, but mistakes with payroll are different – and potentially extremely problematic. When you overpay an employee, you lose money. When you underpay an employee, you agitate him or her – and could potentially face...
Employee LinkedIn Job Title is Different Than the One They Were Given. Should We Say Something?
It depends. There are many reasons an employee may choose to use a job title on LinkedIn that is different than their official job title with your organization. For one, employees may feel that their job title doesn’t accurately or meaningfully describe the work they...
Can we make a policy that employees who quit without notice won’t get their final paycheck?
No, federal law requires you to pay employees for all hours they have worked. While you can and should have a policy defining job abandonment (e.g., if an employee no-shows and no-calls three days in a row, you’ll take that as a resignation), you are not allowed to...
Do I need to get permission to run a background check?
The short answer is yes: the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires you to get permission from your applicant or employee before conducting a background check. Aside from this legal requirement, telling applicants what to expect as part of the selection process is...
Voting Leave Compliance For Upcoming Elections
Election Day is almost here, so as an employer, now is a good time to brush up on voting leave laws. Most states require that employers provide at least a few hours off to vote, and many of those require at least some of that time off to be paid. The advance notice...
How to Reclassify Previously Exempt Employees as Nonexempt
Any employee can be classified as a nonexempt employee, although we generally recommend that all employees in the same role have the same classification.That being said, exempt employees sometimes feel there is a certain “status” involved in being salaried and...
What is Age Discrimination
Question: What is age discrimination? Answer: Age discrimination (sometimes called ageism) means treating people less favorably because of their age. In the workplace, this commonly happens when an employer favors a younger worker over an older one. In some cases, age...
An Employee Can No Longer Lift 50 Pounds – Can We Terminate?
Question: An employee in a job that regularly requires lifting 50 pounds now says they can only lift 25 because of an off-the-job injury. Can we terminate? Answer: Possibly, but proceed with caution. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers that...