Our society puts all kinds of expectations on people based on how they look. Both women and men face specific workplace pressures and expectations related to their perceived sex. The way that an employer thinks about or relates to employees can have an impact on the...
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, hourly workers and non-exempt salaried workers have the right to overtime wages when they work more than 40 hours in a given workweek. The extra pay compensates workers for additional job responsibilities while also helping prevent...
Pay equity is essential in the workforce. For many years, the reality has been that women have often not been paid the same as their male counterparts for performing the same jobs. With pay equity, gender equality comes to the forefront, and there is a better...
Overtime wages can drastically affect the profitability of a business's daily operations. The greater the contribution of staffing costs to the company's overhead costs, the greater their incentive to keep those expenses low. Many retail and restaurant businesses have...
An employee handbook and an employment contract serve primarily to protect the business and not the individual workers. You may only realize this once you see how the rules set in them could stop you from standing up for your rights. While contract law requires that...
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) was designed to help you and employees just like you have protection when considering your retirement and pension plans and benefits. These are plans you have likely worked a long time to pay into, and you’re...
Most employees have a right to overtime pay. Generally, when you work those extra hours during the week (in excess of 40 hours), you deserve to be paid time-and-a-half. A worker who makes $10 per hour, for example, would earn $15 per hour when working overtime....
Taking a job as a salaried worker instead of an hourly employee can be a step toward enhanced financial and career stability. Instead of needing to worry from week to week about how many hours you will have on the schedule, you can depend on the same paycheck no...
There may come a point in your career when you suspect (or know) that you’re being paid less than a male co-worker despite the fact that you have the same experience, knowledge and job responsibilities. Rather than sit back and hope that things get better in the...
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) was a landmark law that formally established protections for workers dependent on employer-sponsored or managed benefits, including retirement and insurance policies, like disability. When your employer funds...
