by Torro | Oct 28, 2022 | Blog, Human Resources
We recently wrote about how employers make the mistake of misclassifying employees as exempt from overtime requirements simply because they are paid a salary. We turn now to another common employer pitfall – misclassifying people as independent contractors. Some...
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...
by Torro | Aug 3, 2022 | 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,...
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...
