Question: Do we need to pay our remote employees for a full day if they lose internet access for a few hours? Answer: It depends on their status under the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA). Your exempt employees need to be paid their full salary for...
Question: Is there anything different we should do when terminating a remote employee? Answer: For the most part, no. Your termination process should look much the same. However, there are a few extra steps you may need to consider: If your employee is in a different...
Reimbursing your employees for work-related expenses is nothing new, but the practice was primarily limited to on-site employees. However, with the arrival of COVID-19 and the pandemic that forced people into an unparalleled shift toward the remote-work lifestyle, the question of whether or not remote...
A 2021 survey by the consulting agency beqom found that 80% of U.S. workers expect their employers to let them work remotely multiple days per week. Most respondents, 65%, also said they would accept a pay cut to work remotely. Additionally, a 2021 survey by PayScale...