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Employment Laws: Navigating the Maze of Regulations

HR Digest

From the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), we’ll break down the essential regulations that can impact your business. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA): A Balancing Act The FMLA is like that aunt who always shows up uninvited to family gatherings.

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What you need to include in a small business employee handbook

Business Management Daily

First, they act as an in-depth introduction to your company for new hires. Employee handbooks also act as a reference point for current employees. Employees can reference their employee handbook when a question or concern arises about holiday pay, sick leave, or the dress code and find an answer quickly. Medical leave.

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Simple steps to create an employee handbook

Business Management Daily

Current employees can also benefit from having a quick reference guide when a question or concern arises about sick days, various types of leave, reporting harassment, or office policies. Also consider who to direct staff to with policy questions, leave requests, or workplace safety concerns or accidents.

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New employment laws to watch in 2020

Insperity

Updates to the so-called “white-collar exemption” to federal overtime rules have been in the works for a long time. 1, workers must earn at least $684 a week, or $35,568 per year, to be exempt from federal overtime rules. Changes at the state and local level: Paid leave policies. As of Jan. LGBT employment protections.

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Employee handbook examples and sample policies

Business Management Daily

After the table of contents, you can move on to a thorough list of employment policies including leave policies, company property usage guidelines, your company culture code or mission statement, and non-discrimination policies. Please exercise care when recording your hours and leave time taken. to 5:00 p.m. Attendance policy.

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Ask the Attorney: Shredding I-9s, employee leave pay and more

Business Management Daily

One of our most trusted advisors on all things employment law, Nancy Delogu, answers readers questions about when (and if) it’s safe to shred I-9 forms, salaried versus hourly paid leave and discussing medial information of a non-employee. The answer is the “salary pay” requirement of the Fair Labor Standards Act ( FLSA ).

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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.