The WorkForce Blog

Properly determining an employee’s regular rate of pay for overtime purposes can be confusing and mistakes costly. Here are 10 payments that should be excluded from the calculation.

Can paid sick leave be taken for school closures and events? Employers should determine which state and local sick leave laws apply to their employees and if school-related absences are covered. Here are a few examples.

When employees request FMLA leave there are many aspects of compliance to take into consideration. Employers often overlook requirements of recordkeeping regarding their FMLA obligations.

Since timesheet rounding can create compliance risks for employers, here are six best practices to follow to avoid the hazards associated with rounding worker time entries.

Check out this high-level review of six need-to-know compliance topics that every manager should know whether your new to management or an experienced HR professional.

Compliance with FLSA overtime requires knowledge of who must be paid overtime, who is exempt, and how to calculate overtime. Here are 8 common overtime questions you should know the answer to.

Most employers are familiar with FMLA, but few know about qualifying exigency leave. Learn about the 9 exigencies that require employers to grant FMLA leave here.

Tracking FMLA leave can be an administrative challenge. Here are 11 best practices employers should follow to comply with the FMLA and reduce their risk of non-compliance.

Laws affecting workers are not set in stone. Regulations regarding leaves of absence, payment of wages, employee scheduling, and other workplace issues keep changing.

The ADA reasonable accommodation process can be perplexing, with mistakes often resulting in unwelcome and costly litigation. This blog post lists 7 common mistakes employers should avoid during the reasonable accommodation process.

A resolution for all employers should be to know and understand the laws affecting their employees and be ready for any legislative changes in 2018.