Payroll & Compensation «

Reclassify the Exempt Employee

I have an exempt (salaried) employee I’d like to make hourly instead. How do I do that? [click to read more …]

Interviews That Are Work

I have job candidates do a 1-day working interview before I decide if I’ll hire them. I write the candidates a check for the time but don’t put them on the payroll. Is this okay since I’m paying them? [click to read more …]

Promises to Be Paid

I gave a large advance to an employee and we started deducting money from his paychecks to pay it back. However, he just resigned and still owes me $750. What are my options for getting the rest of my money? [click to read more …]

Short Days

If I have someone come to work one day just for a 30-minute meeting, do I have to pay them for the whole day? Also, what if they come to work but I don’t need them at all that day? [click to read more …]

Long Lunches

I have a couple of employees who like long lunches and sometimes take 2 hours. They still work 8 hours but do I need to let them continue this? [click to read more …]

Rewarding Sticking Around

Every year on an employee’s anniversary I give them a pay increase of $1.00 per hour. However, now their pay is getting a little too high for the work they are doing. How do I manage this better? [click to read more …]

Paying for What You Wanted

I’m hiring an assistant and have found a really good candidate, Jane. I had planned to pay $19 to $22 per hour but Jane was only making minimum wage at her last job so I know she’d be thrilled by $17. Do I have to offer her something within the range, even if she doesn’t know the range? [click to read more …]

Electronic Paystubs

My payroll service allows my employees to go online and review or print their paystub. This saves me the cost of having paystubs delivered. But one of my employees is asking for a printed paystub. Can’t I just tell him to go online and print it? [click to read more …]

10-20-30 Minute Rest Breaks

I thought rest breaks were 10 minutes but my employees are saying they should get 15 minutes. Who is right? [click to read more …]

Paying Late is a Red Flag

I sometimes forget about the deadline to process payroll so paychecks may end up a few days late. Someone told me that’s a problem. Why? [click to read more …]

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