Question: Our small law firm has several administrative staff members nearing the
top of the pay scale (both in our organization and for similar jobs in
our region)....
Some of our managers keep personnel files that they don’t share with HR. Basically, these are “journals” about their employees. Is that OK, or should...
If you are responsible for approving time sheets or signing off on any alterations of the reported hours worked by employees, be warned. It’s not just your...
In something straight out of “Benny Hill,” a New York City welfare office manager overseeing 21 Human Resources Administration employees terrorized her...
Nothing upsets employees more than opening their pay envelopes and discovering their checks are for less money than they expected. But errors do happen. When they do,...
Employees' typical home-to-work commutes are not compensable time, and that doesn't change just because employees meet up at a designated place and take a car pool or...
Question: I'm helping to plan an event in
April for Administrative Professionals and we'd like to create a
"goodie bag" with different treats.We’d like to...
Question: It is my job
to order the food for our board meetings. We’ve had several complaints
about ordering the same types of food for each meeting. My...
Question: For the
second year in a row, I have composed a short e-mail invite to the
managers and supervisors on staff. Another employee informed me that
the words...
Q. We’re cleaning up our personnel files and updating emergency contact information. Some employees don’t want to provide their contact information. Is it...
Q. I was interested in your recent article discussing reverifying employees' I-9 documents when they expire. Does this mean that if a worker shows a driver's license as...
Here's a reason to be extra careful about what you say to employees regarding their pay: The Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law (WPCL) gives employees a way to...
Question: I'm the
HR representative in a small financial-planning firm. We're looking for
a really good executive assistant to support our three principals, but
we're...
