Answer from Emily, MBA, SPHR: It depends. You can certainly share a copy of the original complaint with the person who filed it. You can...

Answer from Kyle, PHR: There really isn’t a strict definition of what constitutes job abandonment. Many employers use the standard of...

Answer from Kyle, PHR: There really isn’t a strict definition of what constitutes job abandonment. Many employers use the standard of...

Answer from Kyle, PHR: Age discrimination (sometimes called ageism) means treating people less favorably because of their age. In the...

Answer from Kate, SHRM-CP: Possibly, but proceed with caution. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers that have 15...

Answer from Laura, MA, SHRM-CP: Yes. There are many reasons you might want or need to track exempt employee time. For example, you may...

One of our employees informed us that she’s menopausal and experiencing symptoms in the workplace. What can we do to support her and...

Answer from Rachel, SHRM-SCP: When an employer receives a harassment claim, they have a legal obligation to examine the claim by...

Answer from Marisa, SPHR: While COVID will continue to affect our workplaces for some time, we generally recommend not adding COVID...

Answer from Kyle, PHR: No, it’s fine to classify managers as nonexempt. You are under no obligation to classify any employees as exempt,...

We’ve been both super busy and understaffed recently. Is there anything we can do during this time to help our employees avoid extra...

Answer from Eric, SPHR, SHRM-SCP: In general, if an exempt employee performs any work during the workweek, you must pay them their full...

If a holiday like New Year’s Eve falls on a weekend when we’re closed, and we typically give employees that holiday off, do we have to...

One of our employees will be on leave while they go to rehab. What, if anything, should we tell the staff about the employee’s absence?...

Now that we’ve become a “remote first” company with most of our employees working from home, we’ve started hiring remote employees in...