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...

How Paid Family Leave and Related Programs Can Help Your Business

by | Aug 7, 2022 | Business Tips, Time & Attendance

Employment benefits that improve quality of life, increase flexibility, and enable people to attend to their personal needs rank high among both employees and job-seekers. And yet, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), while 79 percent of employees have...

If an employee runs out of paid time off, can we allow them to take an unpaid leave?

by | Jul 24, 2022 | Human Resources, Time & Attendance

Answer from Kim, SPHR, AAM, CPIW: In most cases, yes. In general, you can offer the option of unpaid leave when an employee has used all of their paid leave time. A few things to keep in mind: In some situations, such as under the Family and Medical Leave Act, the...