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Employee Leave: Setting Your PTO Policy

BerniePortal

*This blog is adapted from the HR Party of One episode, Employee Leave: Setting Your PTO Policy which you can view below. labor groups started pushing for an official “workweek” as early as 1866, to employers’ disdain, instituting a period of push-and-pull between employer groups and labor groups that has arguably continued up to today.

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6 must-have policies for a strong employee handbook

Insperity

So, unless you’re your business’s sole employee – or you’re running a family business with only you, your sister and cousin as employees – you need an employee handbook. It’s a roadmap of how they should act, and it speaks to your company culture. Not having clear policies can mean big problems. Code of conduct. Race/color. Disability.

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What is mandatory overtime? A legal look at this common practice.

Business Management Daily

Mandatory overtime is the practice of requiring employees to work more than a standard 40-hour workweek. It is sometimes referred to as compulsory or forced overtime. Simply put, employers can make workers put in as many extra hours as the employer sees fit. Mandatory overtime laws. Why mandatory overtime ?