
While federal law sets minimum wage
requirements, many states require higher payments. For
example, the federal minimum hourly rate is $7.25, but Ohio
requires payment of $7.40/hour, Oregon requires $8.50/hour, and the
state of Washington requires payment of $8.67/hour.
The HR professionals at...
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Under
the Fair Labor Standards Act, “outside sales” employees are exempt
from the overtime provisions in the Act. It would seem
reasonable to assume, therefore, that pharmaceutical sales
representatives who call on physicians would fall into this exempt
category. The United States Department of...
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The Department of Labor’s Wage and
Hour Division has issued a new interpretation of compensable time
for workers changing into or out of protective clothing. This
changes the prior interpretation that time employees spend donning
and doffing protective clothing was not compensable under the...
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Employers
are generally free to establish HR procedures and policies and
impose reasonable penalties on employees who violate those rules.
In terms of company property that has been damaged, stolen, or lost
by employees, however, employers may run into
problems. Employers who want to deduct money...
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Our newest client who owns a trucking company in
Missouri with 18 employees was a part of that $8.7 billion...OUCH!
He didn't try to cheat, he just didn't know. He came to us because
he's just sick of ALL the State and Federal stuff he's supposed to
know and keep track of.
A lot of people are now...
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Lets talk about the cost of employment..Although I
can't list everything because some things would be different due to
number of employees and the state the employee is in. But, here are
the obvious cost: Social Security, Medicare, FUTA and SUTA. Other
payroll cost I view as 'Administration,' and...
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With
health costs skyrocketing and recession revenues contracting,
certain employers have had no choice but to eliminate group health
coverage all together. There are still options, however,
for
small employers to put together some
sort of
benefit package for their remaining
employees. For one,...
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Management 2000 has been fortunate to have brought on a number
of new clients. They choose to outsource payroll services for
various reasons, but I wanted to see what their 'Payroll' reasons
were for coming on board with us. I thought it would be helpful to
share this with everyone...
Tired of...
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Greetings to all, My name is Steve Schilling, and I'm the Payroll
Manager for an Indiana PEO, Management 2000. We are a Professional
Employer Organization Indiana located in Indianapolis, IN. We've
been in business for 15 years and are one of
the largest PEO firms in Midwest. On a...
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