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Your Career Q&A: How to Resign Without Burning a Bridge
Quitting without notice can make life difficult for a suddenly short-handed manager and your colleagues, who have to pick up the extra workload. Remember: It's a small world
How Automation Will Affect Your Workforce
Today, executives have to cut through a lot of hype around automation. The right question for them to ask and answer isn't which jobs are going to be replaced, but…
Can Employees Use Airbnb for Business Travel?
Businesses may want their employees to use house-sharing platforms—such as Airbnb—to save money on travel expenses, and employees may want to use such services for convenience and comfort. But is…
Resident Watchman Not Entitled to 24/7 Wages
An employer did not violate the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay its employee wages for watchman services for the entire time the employee was required to reside…
Blended Rate Was Improper Under the FLSA
An employer that paid its employees the same "blended" hourly rate regardless of the hours worked violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), even though the practice may have resulted…
Rely on Interviews, Not Job Descriptions, for FLSA Audits
Dissatisfaction among workers who believe they've been misclassified as exempt from overtime may prompt an employer to conduct a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) audit to determine whether the employees…
Viewpoint: Feedback, ‘Feedforward’ and Frequency for 21st Century Performance Management
Traditional appraisals fall short of their promise because they do not forecast or prepare an employee for the future. If feedback is constructive and informs you where there were missteps,…
California Adopts New National Origin Discrimination Regulations
On July 1, new regulations from California's Fair Employment and Housing Council (FEHC) that clarify protections from national origin discrimination will go into effect. The new regulations are extensive
South Carolina Delivers New Pregnancy Accommodations Law
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster recently signed the Pregnancy Accommodations Act into effect, ushering in one of the most significant pieces of workplace legislation in recent history
Moonlighting Ban Worded Too Broadly
When a National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge struck down an employer’s prohibition on workers taking a second job, other businesses were put on notice: Make sure your prohibitions…