Compliance

What is “at-will employment”?

What is “at-will employment”? Does that mean I can fire an employee for any reason?

Can employers limit the number of times an employee makes changes to their W-4?

How can you tell an employee they were not selected for a new role?

A client recently had an open position that two employees were interested in. How do notify the employee that was not selected?

Can an employee waive overtime pay with a signed letter?

Time off requests - can employers approve some but deny others?

Our client receives a lot of time off requests around the holidays, more than they can approve. Can they approve some but deny others?

How do you address poor performance discovered while an employee is on leave?

How do you address poor performance discovered while an employee is on leave without seeming retaliatory?

Can cell phone policies expand to include wearables like smartwatches?

If you have a policy that limits personal cell phone use at work, that can be expanded that to include wearables like smartwatches.

Job market volatility coming to an end?

When you're in business, unfortunate side effects are always included. We're talking about what it takes to hire and fire properly.

Protected classes or characteristics - what are they?

Protected classes—also known as protected characteristics—come from several federal laws and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Can employers make up for an accidental pay shortage in the next pay period?

An employee let us know their paycheck was short. Can the employer wait to pay the difference on their next check?