My employees regularly forget to log out during their breaks and meal periods. I’ve told them countless times, and they just forget to do it. What can I do?

by | Dec 7, 2023 | Employment Law, Time & Attendance

Answered by the HR Experts There are a few steps you can take to help your employees remember to clock out for breaks and meal periods: Ask employees why they’re forgetting. There may be contributing factors worth addressing. You can also ask for feedback on what may...

How many hours can I assign to a part-time employee? Is there a limit?

by | Nov 22, 2023 | Employment Law, Time & Attendance

Answered by the HR Experts There’s no limit per se, but there are few factors you might want to consider: If the employee was looking for a part-time job when you hired them (and didn’t settle for fewer hours than desired), you may get pushback if you assign more...

Seven Things to Consider When Providing Paid Time Off

by | Oct 23, 2023 | Human Resources, Time & Attendance

If you’re thinking about offering it to your employees, above and beyond what you may (or may not) be legally required to provide, here are some things to consider. Everyone needs time off from work, but not everyone’s able to take it. Paid time off helps a lot....

We have an exempt employee who has been taking a lot of long lunches and my boss wants to deduct time from her paid time off (PTO) bank. Can we dock her PTO for taking a long lunch?

by | Oct 23, 2023 | Human Resources, Time & Attendance

Answered by the HR Experts You can deduct hours from this exempt employee’s PTO bank for time she was scheduled to work but didn’t work, but if it wasn’t made clear that you expected her to follow a set schedule, you’d only want to do this going forward. However, we’d...

Time and Attendance: How to Improve Employee Efficiency Every Day

by | Apr 3, 2023 | Time & Attendance

For most businesses, labor is the greatest expense. Managing your labor costs through effective time and attendance solutions is critical to your business’s ability to generate profit. The constant management of employee schedules, hours worked, and time off is...

Can we ask references about an applicant’s previous use of sick time? We’d like to get a sense of their reliability.

by | Oct 9, 2022 | Human Resources, Time & Attendance

Answer from Emily, MBA, SPHR: No, you shouldn’t make any inquiries into an applicant’s history of calling in sick. Asking about absences because of illness or injury before extending an offer of employment runs afoul of the Americans with Disabilities Act because it’s...