What Should You Do If You Were Fired?
It can be hard to move on when you get fired. Not only can it hurt your feelings, but it can also put your finances in jeopardy. Then, looking for a job after you get fired isn’t always easy. You are going to have to explain what happened when you get interviews. You also don’t […]
Should You Be a Contractor or an Employee with Benefits?
It should come as no surprise that employers are constantly looking for ways to cut corners. Especially when it comes to paying employees. Some businesses pinch pennies so tightly that they have started purposefully misclassifying employees. While you may have heard of this with exempt and non-exempt employees, the growing ‘contractor culture’ has brought to […]
What Your Employer Can’t Do if You Are “Exempt” – Part 2
[Continued from Part 1] Welcome back to the second half of our two-part article on how employers have misused the ‘exempt’ employment classification. Not all employers understand the rules for exempt employees, and many try to exploit the situation and actively defy employment law. Last time, we focused primarily on how employers cannot dock your […]
What Your Employer Can’t Do if You Are “Exempt” – Part 1
Most people (including employers) only know two things about “exempt” employees. First, that they are salaried instead of hourly. And second, that they don’t have to be paid overtime. However, the law is much more detailed in how employers must treat exempt employees in order for them to remain “Exempt”. Just as there are certain […]