October 22, 2013
5 Employee Handbook Policies that are Downright SCARY! Happy Halloween! To celebrate properly, we’ve compiled a list of 5 employee handbook policies so bad, they’re SPOOOOOOKY. (Insert
October 15, 2013
Illegal, Illegal, Legal: Your Options for Limiting Overtime "When it comes to overtime, can we notify employees that if it's unauthorized, it won't be paid?" I typically see this issue manifest
October 8, 2013
On Her Last (Broken) Leg: Can You Terminate Now? “One of my dental employees is on her last leg at the office and coincidentally just today I put an ad out to find a replacement . . . she texted me
October 1, 2013
One Employer's Perspective (mine) on the Affordable Health Care Act Within my own company, a small business of less than 20 employees, my stance as a co-founder has always been that we will do as
September 26, 2013
“Winning in Overtime,” and Paying For It, Too Dear Mr. Edwards, I recently read your article “Winning in Overtime” in the August Issue of Dental Economics. I have been working in the Human
September 5, 2013
SendGrid, Applebee’s & the NLRB: Oh My! Last week, a story in the HR news caught my eye: SendGrid, a tech company, is feeling heat for firing a female employee because she tweeted a
September 5, 2013
Treading Softly around Maternity Leave I have a pregnant employee who works two days per week, and has been with the company for less than a year. Last week, she approached me to let me know that
September 5, 2013
What to Do? Employee Keeps Saying “No” to Going the Extra Mile How do I handle an employee that always says no to going the extra mile? She always says she has something personal like her kids or
September 5, 2013
The Riddle of Overtime: Hourly vs. Regular Rate of Pay Before we start: We promised to keep our blogs short and entertaining. This one is neither. I've never worked with an employer who doesn’t
September 5, 2013
To Bonus, or not to Bonus? I was talking about staff raises with several colleagues the other day, and one of them mentioned an alternative approach that he uses in his practice. Instead of giving
