Author: Robert Hernandez

An Epidemic of FLSA Violations And Multi-Million Dollar Penalties

Learning from your own mistakes is a good thing, but it's even better to learn from someone else's and avoid them altogether. Today's post is a cautionary tale referencing wage hour violations made by multi-million dollar organizations. FLSA violations committed repeatedly by large employers can rack...

02 April, 2019

From the HR Support Center: The Employment Laws Every Growing Organization Should Know About

Periods of growth are particularly exciting for small and midsize businesses, but they also bring new HR challenges. Along with adding employees—which may change the feel of your culture as well as your floorplan—your organization may become subject to federal and state laws that take...

01 April, 2019

Advanced HR 2.0 – Creating a Review Type

Review types are the names or categories given to different kinds of reviews for a company to use in the performance review process. For example: An annual review A 90 day review Each review type might have a different reviewer, template/document, or timeline associated with it....

29 March, 2019

Can ministers who live rent-free in a parsonage owned by a church have a housing allowance?

Yes, churches can designate a housing allowance for a minister who lives in a parsonage if the minister pays for utilities, repairs, furnishings or other eligible expenses. Ministers who live rent-free in a church-owned parsonage should not include the fair rental value of the parsonage in...

28 March, 2019

Who Owns an Employee’s Great Idea?

Let's say one of your employees comes to you with a great idea. The employee tells you over the last eight months she's been working on solving a really perplexing challenge your firm has with an old product. It's not even in her job responsibilities,...

27 March, 2019

Are Your Employees Tracking Time More Accurately Than You Are?

Today's post is for business owners who are using old school manual timekeeping systems or are not confident in the accuracy of their automated system. Employees Can Easily Track Hours and Wages With Free DOL App Did you know that the Department of Labor has a time...

26 March, 2019

From the HR Support Center: Can I Ensure That a Terminated Employee Doesn’t Get Unemployment?

We will be terminating an employee who’s been with us only a month. How do I ensure that they don’t get unemployment? Unemployment insurance (UI) benefit claims can be difficult to contest. Most state unemployment departments will only deny benefits if the employee’s misconduct rose to...

25 March, 2019

FAQ: Can I see an audit of who edited the time cards?

It is possible to see edits that were made to a time card, ranging from the type of edit it was to the login that performed the edit. TimeWorksPlus Open the employee time card for which you wish to see the edits Near the top left,...

22 March, 2019

Appeals court upholds federal tax exemption for clergy housing expenses

Episcopal News Service - In the latest installment in a nearly decade-long effort to have the Internal Revenue Service’s clergy parsonage exemption declared unconstitutional, the federal Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled just the opposite. A three-judge panel said March 15 that the principal effect of the...

21 March, 2019

EEOC Cases Illustrate Examples of Unlawful Discrimination at Work

The mission of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is to enforce federal anti-discrimination laws. When it receives and investigates a complaint that it deems legitimate, it tries to iron out a resolution with the employer in lieu of going to court. If that fails,...

20 March, 2019