Editor’s Note: Sometimes, readers ask about past TLNT articles they may have missed. That’s why on Fridays we republish a Classic TLNT post some of you … Read more
Goodies and Gimmicks Won’t Get You a High-Performing Workforce
A while back, I was doing a public program on how to keep employee morale high and shared my “Forget the Goodies, Gimmicks, and Gala Events Approach to … Read more
Paying Employees For Overtime Work Is Not a By-The-Job Matter
By John E. Thompson Recent reports have described more than one scenario in which an employer violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act because the … Read more
What Motivates Workers? Most Employers Seem to Guess Wrong
To Our Readers: This week, TLNT is continuing our annual tradition by counting down the 35 most popular posts of this past year. This is No. 15. Our … Read more
New Hikes Will Give Washington, Oregon Highest Minimum Wage Rates
By Alyssa Engelberg On January 1, 2013, the minimum wage for employees working in Washington will increase to $9.19 per hour. On the same day, the minimum … Read more
Some Lessons For Employers From a Successful Off-the-Clock OT Case
By Ted Boehm It might sometimes seem from the parade of headline-grabbing, employee-favoring court decisions that employers are destined to lose in … Read more
When Can An Employer Require An Exempt Worker Take Unpaid Leave?
By Eric B. Meyer Like most employers, you likely have a workforce comprised of both non-exempt and exempt employees. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Bonuses & Perks are Returning, But Nutty Gifts Are, Too
We’re getting pretty deep into the holiday season, and as a recent press release from Careerbuilder put it, “The Scrooge economy appears to be … Read more
Is It Ever OK For Employers to “Round” an Employee’s Worktime?
By John E. Thompson For many years, some employers have chosen to “round” non-exempt employees’ time entries in computing their wages. … Read more
Cash is King, But Here Are 3 Reasons Why it Doesn’t Motivate Employees
I’ve written often about why cash not a good method for motivating employees (including my post yesterday as well as these older ones on cash bonuses … Read more
Do Bonuses Matter? They Do If Part of a Fair and Equitable Rewards System
Ever since financial scandals rocked the business world and the worldwide financial crisis that followed, the role of reward systems in business has become … Read more
What Motivates Workers? Most Employers Seem to Guess Wrong
What motivates us at work is ultimately a very personal and individual topic, though generalities do apply. That’s why I get a chuckle out of research … Read more
Post-Election Wage-Hour Laws: What You Should Be Watching For
By John E. Thompson Now that the election is behind us, employers should consider what they might anticipate in the field of wage-hour law, which is … Read more
Court Upholds Employer’s Overtime-Reducing Work Week Change
By Ted Boehm The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (based in St. Louis with with jurisdiction over Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, … Read more
What Would Your Employees Choose? More Money or a Better Boss?
There was a survey done recently by Michelle McQuaid and the results were picked up by a number of media outlets and delivered as big news. The basis of … Read more
Labor Department Cranking Up Compliance Pressure on “Joint-Employers”
By John E. Thompson Readers will recall that, in 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that it would pay particular attention to multi-party … Read more
Pennsylvania Court Throws Out “Fluctuating Work Week” OT method
By Eric B. Meyer What is the fluctuating work week method of overtime compensation? Why is it no longer good in Pennsylvania? And why should you care? Lets … Read more
Some FLSA and HR Management Questions In Wake Of Hurricane Isaac
By John E. Thompson Recurring wage-hour issues tend to arise during the recovery from a natural disaster. We posted the following item last year in … Read more
All-Out Campaign Underway to Raise FLSA’s Minimum Wage
By John E. Thompson We have previously reported on legislation introduced earlier this year to increase the federal Fair Labor Standards Act‘s … Read more
New Jersey Law Says Officers May be Personally Liable For Unpaid Wages
By Eric B. Meyer Want another reason not to enter into a long-term contract with an employee? Most employment arrangements in the United States are … Read more