With temperatures rising and employees’ children on break from school, summer’s often busy for businesses around the world. With the sun shining through office windows, it makes sense that many employees hope to use their PTO during June, July and August—both parents...
On July 31, 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court established the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA). It will replace the current Paid Medical Leave Act (PMLA) and is scheduled to go into effect February 21, 2025. This new ruling applies to all employers who have one or more...
Life is unpredictable, and sometimes injury, family emergency or illness can result in unplanned absences from work. This can look like a last-minute phone call or a no-show. However, employee absences are expensive, especially when these absences start to pile up....
In April, the Department of Labor (DOL) released a final ruling that is projected to significantly increase the threshold for overtime pay for lower-paid employees. Starting July 1, 2024, salaried workers making less than $844 per week will be eligible under the law...
Though the United States government first enacted limitations on child labor over a century ago, the landscape of child labor laws continues to evolve and change in modern day. States around the US continue making efforts to strengthen, weaken or generally modify the...
Even businesses that use time and attendance software may feel wary of automating related processes. This is especially true when they feel like their operations are too complicated for a software program to complete automatically. Considering how similar many of...
For many businesses it’s common practice to round employee hours to the nearest whole number—often the nearest five minutes, 10 minutes, or quarter hour. The reasoning seems sound, since it greatly simplifies payroll calculations for hourly employees or hourly client...
If you’ve only recently come across our blog, you’ll find that we talk a lot about compliance. There’s a good reason for it! There are so many different concerns vying for employers’ attention, and it’s easy for wage and hour issues to fall to the bottom of their...
If you follow us on LinkedIn, you’ve probably seen us post about the US Department of Labor recovering tens of thousands—sometimes even millions—of dollars in back wages across all industries. This is a huge concern for many employers, and one directly related to...
Any business owner who’s moved past pen-and-paper timekeeping and scheduling knows the incredible value of the right time clock. They’ve become an essential tool in effective workforce management. Time clocks provide the necessary data to make educated labor decisions...