State-by-state list of employee Election Day rights

By kenjwillis on Friday, October 23, 2009
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Filed Under: Alerts & Updates, HR News

infoA resource for HR professionals in case they didn’t know.  This seams a little early for major elections but this refers to all voting days.  HR beware!

State-by-state list of employee Election Day rights.

Dangers of letting non-exempt workers go home with cell phones

By kenjwillis on Friday, October 23, 2009
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Filed Under: General Muse, HR News

thinkingThis one made me think.  I have mixed feelings about the people who are sueing T-Mobile for back pay and OT because they were working outside normal hours on business.  On one side, if T-Mobile was requiring them to work after hours AND punished them for not working then they did push the envelope and should be in hot water.  On the other side, the culture of the young working professional is as such.  They perform these functions (working after hours, answering emails, responding the customers through their mobile devices) as a large part of their lives.  They are communicating with clients and potential clients through social media.  Why these professional do this is because most business is client driven and the clients know this all to well.  The most responsive and social business professional usually gets the deal.  Most of the time, it is not price the client is buying but the person.  T-Mobile must have really pushed this too far for them to get into this deep of trouble, but then I wouldn’t put anything past a lawyer and a disgruntled employee.

Dangers of letting non-exempt workers go home with cell phones.

Who has to use E-Verify? Complete rundown

By kenjwillis on Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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Filed Under: HR News

infoJust thought you might want to know.  Useful if you are doing business with the Feds.  I am sure the list will expand in the near future.

Who has to use E-Verify? Complete rundown.

Feds answer 5 tricky E-Verify questions

By kenjwillis on Monday, October 5, 2009
Filed Under: Alerts & Updates

infoA short list regarding E-verify.  You may already know these if you have government contracts.

Feds answer 5 tricky E-Verify questions.

The long and the short of it is that if you do business with the Feds you will eventually have to use E-Verify.