Employee Procedures Archives

You May Have to Pay Your Salaried Employees Overtime

by Torro | Oct 21, 2022 | Blog, Employee Procedures, Human Resources

Perhaps you’re an employer paying an employee on a salary basis, rather than hourly. If that employee works more than 40 hours in a workweek, you don’t have to pay overtime simply because they are on salary, right? Wrong. Salary is only one part of the overtime...

The Eight Biggest Areas of Business Vulnerability – Policies and Procedures

by Torro | Aug 19, 2022 | Blog, Employee Procedures, Legally Protected Business, Policies and Procedures

Preparing policies and procedures can be some of the most tedious work. Because of this, they are frequently put off. In all areas ranging from human resources to operations to safety they can be incredibly helpful in protecting a company from suits, but ultimately,...

The Eight Biggest Areas of Business Vulnerability – Human Resources

by Torro | Aug 3, 2022 | Blog, Dispute Resolution, Employee Procedures, Human Resources, Legally Protected Business

Given the vast swath of laws and regulations, not to mention just dealing with employees, the area of human resources poses significant issues for business owners to be wary of. Typically, the critical times that the law intersects with business is during hiring,...

How, Or When, Can I Fire an Employee and Not Get Sued?

by Torro | Jun 30, 2022 | Blog, Employee Procedures, Human Resources, Legally Protected Business

Most states that we practice in are bare bones, at-will employment states. That means that unless you have a written contract you can fire somebody for any reason, unless it’s a bad reason. And a bad reason would be a discriminatory reason like a racial or...

How To Fight an Unemployment Claim

by Torro | Jun 24, 2022 | Blog, Business Agreements, Business Law, Employee Procedures, Legally Protected Business

You fight an unemployment claim up front. You fight an unemployment claim with documentation. It’s a classic case of prior planning, prevents a poor product. Generally, somebody can file unemployment if they’re fired without cause. And, the burden of proof...

Protecting Your Business With Procedures

by Torro | Jun 9, 2022 | Blog, Dispute Resolution, Employee Procedures, Legally Protected Business

Why do I need procedures and how can they help with employees? One of the reasons you want to have procedures is so that your employees know your expectations. Look, employee turnover can be enormously expensive for companies. And so, you want to set out clear and...