• The HR Specialist - Print Newsletter
  • HR Specialist: Employment Law
  • The HR Weekly

Payroll

Temp tests Woody Allen’s 80% theory and fails

12/04/2008

Maybe Craig Whirlow, a temp agency employee from Connellsville, is a con man. Maybe he’s just a world-class slacker. Or maybe he’s a fan of comedian and director Woody Allen, who once famously observed, “Eighty percent of success is showing up.”

$2.8 million will cover Kmart settlement; attorneys are extra

11/25/2008

Judge Otis Wright II of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California recently approved a $2.8 million settlement between retailer Kmart and workers who claimed they were not compensated for meal and rest breaks.

Must we pay for hours lost due to power failure?

11/21/2008

Q. We recently had a power outage and called employees who weren’t in yet to tell them to come in when the power was back up. We then gave these people a chance to make up the lost time by working late or using paid time off. Do we have to pay them for the hours they missed?

15% of Michigan employers face additional unemployment tax

11/20/2008

Plummeting unemployment insurance funds and rising state debt will likely trigger a “solvency tax” on many Michigan employers beginning in January, the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) said.

Laser Saver owner pleads guilty to stealing 401(k) contributions

11/10/2008

Gregory Lockhart, owner of Laser Saver Inc., a printer cartridge remanufacturer in Columbus, has pleaded guilty to willful failure to file financial reports for the company’s 401(k) plan with the U.S. Department of Labor.

Camaraderie defines culture at Las Vegas advertising firm

11/10/2008

When an R&R Partners employee was diagnosed with cancer last year and took short-term disability leave, her co-workers allowed the Las Vegas ad agency to deduct money from their paychecks to make up the 40% of her pay she didn’t receive while she was out. Camaraderie is part of the organization’s culture.

Employees believe paychecks are accurate

11/10/2008

The economy may be shaky, but employee confidence that their paychecks are accurate remains firm, according to the National Payroll Association, which recently conducted a “Getting Paid in America” survey.

Associated Supermarket execs charged with wage violations

11/07/2008

Two Brooklyn grocers have been charged with underpaying workers by more than $300,000 and falsifying business records. Bienvenido Nuñez, president of the Associated Supermarket in Bushwick, and Martin Duran, vice president, allegedly paid no wages to baggers, who worked for tips …

Did Denver International snowplowers pull a snow job?

11/06/2008

A report released by Denver Auditor Dennis Gallagher in October accused employees in the Denver International Airport’s (DIA) Snow Operation Support Program of willfully collecting nearly $7,000 in unearned overtime pay.

Can we require workers to pay for their uniforms?

11/04/2008

We’d like our retail staff to wear uniforms. Can we charge them for the uniforms? …