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Best Practices: On-Call Policy

Certain businesses have a need for employees to be “on-call”. If the employer limits the employees' movement and time while they wait for work to start, the employee may be entitled to on-call pay. On-call pay is compensation for hours when non-exempt employees are “engaged to wait.” Non-exempt employees who are on-call...

HR Best Practices: Attendance Policies

An employer should have an attendance and tardiness policy in the company employee handbook. Attendance and punctuality policies should inform employees they need to be on time, define excused and unexcused absences, and provide guidelines on the amount of notice an employee must give before an absence. The policy should...

Is Your Business A Small Business?

How a small business is defined depends on who is making that determination. The Small Business Administration defines a small business as businesses with 500 or less employees. The SBA has a number of size standards — including employee size and revenue size — depending on the industry. For the...