Payroll and HR Service Brokers
Question: “We often receive unsolicited resumes. Do we need to keep them?” Answer from Kara, JD, SPHR: “You can discard unsolicited resumes or keep them, but your practice should be consistent. Keeping some while discarding others could open you up to discrimination claims if your hiring decisions were ever challenged. If you don’t want to […]
Question: “An employee has informed me that they were offended by a suggestive photo a coworker showed them. How should I handle this?” Answer from Rachel, SHRM-CP: “As an employer, you have an obligation to take steps to prevent harassment and deal with it thoroughly and promptly when it occurs. Since the alleged behavior may […]
Question: “A manager we hired is not performing to our expectations, and we’d like to move them to a non-management role and reduce their pay. Is this allowed?” Answer from Kyle, PHR: “In most cases, yes. As long as you don’t have a contract with the employee guaranteeing them a certain position or rate of […]
We found this interesting. Is the annual convention a “fun” event? We don’t require our employees or franchisees to attend, but should we pay them when they are here? Interesting discussion from the HR Support Center. Question: Do we need to pay employees for voluntary, fun events where no work is performed? Answer from Kim, […]
Our latest story from HR Support Center Question: We have a lot of remote employees working all over the country. How do we comply with labor law poster requirements in these cases? Answer from Aimee, GPHR, SHRM-SCP: “The simplest and safest answer is to mail hard copies of any applicable workplace posters to the remote […]
Answers to pertinent Employer Questions from the HR Support Center Question: If an employee comes to work sick, can we legally send them home? Answer from Laura, SHRM-CP: Yes. You can absolutely send a sick employee home, but you’ll want to make sure you’re doing so consistently for visibly-ill employees. In fact, I would recommend […]
Question: How should employee files be organized? Answer from Angela, PHR: “First, it is important that you maintain several separate files that will contain different types of employee information. I have outlined below the organization system that we recommend as a quick reference of “what goes where.” Each section described below should be kept separately […]
Another interesting topic from HR Support Center and Payroll Medics Question: Do we pay the minimum wage of the state where our headquarters is located or the state an employee does the work? Answer from Marisa, SPHR: Good question. It comes up a lot with employers who have people working remotely or at a worksite […]
Question: Can we discipline employees who don’t turn in their timesheets? The answer is a guarded yes … see below: Answer from Kate, SHRM-CP: Yes, provided that the discipline doesn’t involve withholding, reducing, or delaying pay, as employers are required to pay for actual hours worked regardless of whether employees have fulfilled their timekeeping duties. […]
Question: Do I need to pay for working interviews and skills assessments? Answer from Brody, PHR, SHRM-CP: Candidates must be paid at least minimum wage for working interviews, but don’t need to be paid for skills assessments as long as they involve no work that will be useful to your organization. During a working interview, […]