Most employers offer paid holidays as a benefit to employees. Company holidays often raise questions about how pay, scheduling, and other issues are handled. The following are some common questions related to holiday pay and time off. Q: Are paid holidays required? Are there a minimum number of holidays that my company is required to ...
In recent months, the economy has started to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. More jobs are opening up for those who are unemployed, and many people are taking the chance to switch careers, as well. As a company, all of this movement in the workforce can make it increasingly difficult to recruit top ...
Digitizing Operations: Technology has been a driving force in the business world, especially in recent years. When the world turned upside down due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, businesses scrambled to quickly transition to operating remotely, resulting in operation digitization across the globe. Aside from the remote work transition, the focus on high tech has ...
Masks in the workplace are now commonplace and, in many jurisdictions, required by law. But, should employers monitor the masks being worn by their employees if they are being used to espouse their beliefs for or against political or social causes? If employees show up with masks that contain language or symbols such as “MAGA,” ...
As cities, states and the federal government take increasingly aggressive moves to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, a shelter-in-place order and its many exceptions for “essential” activities are becoming familiar to millions of Americans across the country. Payroll Medics is supporting our clients offering a “COVID-19 Essential Employee Authorization” template. This is for employers ...
Right now, in workplaces across the country, people are going about their jobs, seemingly content, but deep down feeling the ache of loneliness. They aren’t necessarily working alone or all by themselves with no one to talk to. They may be chatting amicably with customers on the phone or in person. Or they may work ...
The recipe for workplace conflict is decidedly simple: bring two or more people together and assign them a task. Unless the stars have aligned in your favor, there’s going to be some cause for disagreement between them, and if conflict ensues, their ability to cooperate will suffer. Regrettably, too often employers tolerate unresolved conflict because ...
Why are you here? It’s not an existential question to ask employees, but a practical one: why do you stay in this job? Asking this question is an important — yet often overlooked — aspect of retention. Like the exit interview, the stay interview solicits employee feedback; but instead of being conducted as an employee ...
Every hiring manager receives applications from people who are clearly unqualified for the job. Sometimes, however, a candidate with no direct or seemingly-relevant experience applies for a position and, for some reason or another, captures their attention. Often the manager believes the promising applicant could be an exceptional employee, but that hiring the applicant poses ...
With summer underway employees have more scheduling challenges than usual. Vacations, summertime child care concerns, and the desire to take advantage of nice weather with an afternoon (or day) off all contribute to employees missing more work in the summer months. How you respond to these matters will of course be heavily dependent on the ...
