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How Many Hours in Your Workweek?
Follow @BarbaraWeltman Americans are hard workers, according to one article, with employees averaging 34.4 hours per week. This average includes part-timers. When considering only full-time ... -
Overtime Rules: Get Ready for a Big Change
Follow @BarbaraWeltman Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek and who are not exempt ... -
How Many Employees Do You Have?
Follow @BarbaraWeltman Under the Affordable Care Act, you can’t rely on a head count. You need to determine an average each month throughout the year ... -
Heed Minimum Wage Rules or Else
That was the message from Labor Secretary Perez in a December 4 speech at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department ... -
How Friendly Can You Make Your Workplace?
Small business owners are open to making simple, inexpensive or no-cost changes to their workplace as a way to keep employees happy on the job. ... -
Can You Be a Big and a Small Business at the Same Time?
Yes, if you check the definitions under the Affordable Care Act. Definitions matter because they govern what rules you must follow. The Affordable Care Act ... -
Overworked?
It seems to be the norm these days. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently that the average number of hours worked by all types ... -
10 Do’s and Don’ts for Social Media and Your Employees?
Can you dictate what employees can and cannot do on social media? ... Up to a point. There’s some guidance on this from the National ... -
What to Do about Payroll Withholding in January
If you do payroll in-house, expect to put in more time and money in 2013 to comply with your withholding obligations. Because Congress did not ... -
Worker Classification Continues to be on IRS Radar
It’s up to a company to decide whether to treat its workers as employees or independent contractors. The decision has wide-ranging tax consequences for the ...
