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Here’s how to compensate employees that split their day between the office and telework
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Let’s say that some of your non-exempt employees choose to telework for part of the day and work at the office for part of the day, with enough time to perform personal tasks in between. Do you have to compensate them for the travel time between home and office?
Let’s check out some hypothetical scenarios.
The DOL spent NYE updating its FFCRA guidance and issuing new wage and hour letters
While you were busy partying at home like it’s 1999 (cue music) or on Zoom with friends, or playing socially-distanced Cards Against Humanity, or whatever it is that HR folks do to let off a year of scalding-hot steam, the U.S. Department of Labor was staying busy at work on New Year’s Eve.
The most-read The Employer Handbook blog posts of 2020
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For most, 2020 was a big dumpster fire.
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Brand new DOL guidance and the rest of what’s on tap for today’s “Zoom Office Hour” at Noon EST
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The nerds, err, readers have spoken! I’ll see you on Zoom on Wednesday (12/30) at Noon Eastern.
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Yesterday, I put out some feelers — Title VII friendly ones — to gauge interest in hosting “The Employer Handbook Office Hours” on Zoom tomorrow. And I was overwhelmed by the reader emails, fresh-baked cookies, and cryptocurrency. So, we’re on for tomorrow at Noon EST. Continue reading
Last night, President Trump signed the COVID-19 stimulus package into law after all.
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I love my blog readers, but clients get the concierge treatment with daily blog posts and weekly email updates. Last night’s client email update included the news that President Trump had just signed the legislation about which I blogged here and here last week.
Heads up! The DOL wants new rules for tipped employees, including tip pools with the back of the house.
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If you operate a restaurant or other establishment with tipped employees, the odds are that wage and hour laws have not been your top priority in 2020 — as opposed to, say, staying afloat.
It’s been a tough year. Continue reading
Actually, the FFCRA may sunset for ALL employees on December 31, 2020 after all😳😲😱
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Remember yesterday, when I told you that the House had passed a bipartisan bill that would allow businesses to voluntarily provide Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) leave in Q1 of 2021? And then the Senate approved the same measure by a 92-8 vote.
And all that was left was for President Trump to sign this monster 5,593-page bill into law.
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Congress won’t make employers provide FFCRA leave in 2021. But, you can if you want (and get tax credits).
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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19.
Perhaps, you’ve heard of it. Continue reading