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impactnews: US Dept. of Labor Approves New Overtime Rule, Begins Jan. 2020
Read more: impactnews: US Dept. of Labor Approves New Overtime Rule, Begins Jan. 2020The US Department of Labor (DOL) last week approved an increase in the minimum salary an employee must earn to be exempt from minimum wage and overtime under a white-collar exemption. The DOL’s final rule, now official policy, requires salaried exempt executive, professional, administrative, and IT/computer employees to be paid at least $684 per week…
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impactnews: Q&A with impactHR’s Bonnie Monroe, SHRM-SCP
Read more: impactnews: Q&A with impactHR’s Bonnie Monroe, SHRM-SCPWith impactHR continuing to grow, we’re delighted to welcome our new team member, Bonnie Monroe, SHRM-SCP. Bonnie, who begins as Senior Consultant, Client Services, is an HR professional with more than 15 years of experience in strategic and operational HR. We were very glad to spend a few minutes last week talking with Bonnie about her…
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Federal Contractors: Staying in Compliance with HR policies
Read more: Federal Contractors: Staying in Compliance with HR policiesThe federal government awards more than $500 billion to federal contractors annually, according to the Government Contractors Association. Yet for companies that have succeeded in winning government contracting work, they know it’s a hard road to travel. The bottom line is doing business with the federal government means adhering to a complex array of rules…
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impactnews: The Importance of Documenting Employee Performance Issues
Read more: impactnews: The Importance of Documenting Employee Performance IssuesWhen employees exhibit performance or behavioral issues, it’s critical that employers work to document these issues as they occur. One key reason for this is that the legal notion of “at will employment” is not always enough to protect employers in the event of litigation (e.g., wrongful termination claims). The problem, according to legal experts,…
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impactnews: Q&A with impactHR’s Jeanne Minor on evolving HR trends
Read more: impactnews: Q&A with impactHR’s Jeanne Minor on evolving HR trendsAs we near the mid-point of 2019, it’s a good time to consider recent trends in HR and how these trends may evolve heading into 2020. With this in mind, we’re delighted to present this Q&A impactInterview with Jeanne Minor, who recently joined us at impactHR as Senior Consultant. impactnews: What dynamic led to your…
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impactnews: Maryland Becomes 6th State with $15/Hour Minimum Wage
Read more: impactnews: Maryland Becomes 6th State with $15/Hour Minimum WageThe Maryland General Assembly last month approved legislation, via an override of the governor’s veto, to raise its minimum wage to $15/hour. The state’s current minimum wage is $10.10/hour. Maryland’s new minimum wage, which begins Jan. 1, 2020, will increase incrementally based on company and organization size. For organizations with 15+ employees, the minimum wage…
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impactnews: US Department of Labor Proposes New Overtime Rule
Read more: impactnews: US Department of Labor Proposes New Overtime RuleThe US Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a proposed rule that would increase the minimum salary an employee must earn to be exempt from minimum wage and overtime under a white-collar exemption. The proposed rule requires salaried exempt executive, professional, administrative, and IT/computer employees to be paid at least $679 per week (or $35,308…
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impactnews: Two Seasoned HR Experts Join impactHR Team
Read more: impactnews: Two Seasoned HR Experts Join impactHR TeamimpactHR continues to grow – we’re happy to announce the hiring of Li Na Goins as Senior Consultant and Marilyn Duley as HR Consultant. Goins, an accomplished HR executive and leader, brings significant experience leading, developing and implementing integrated HR initiatives to support strategic business goals. Goins’ HR expertise includes total rewards, HRIS, strategic planning,…
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impactnews: Balancing Act: Employer-Employee Rights and Responsibilities
Read more: impactnews: Balancing Act: Employer-Employee Rights and ResponsibilitiesWhat is the essence of employer-employee relations? Is it really all about managing a kind of permanent conflict or more a manageable balance of appropriate behaviors? For Mary Davis, Senior Consultant at impactHR, ideally it’s the latter. “The way I approach a problem or situation is to ask: were all of the resources, tools, framework…
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impactnews: Crisis Communications – What to Do When a Crisis Hits Your Company
Read more: impactnews: Crisis Communications – What to Do When a Crisis Hits Your CompanyIn today’s world, the crisis that hits your company is going to be something you have no idea is coming. It’s going to come on a random Tuesday. And it’s going to be something you have to react to, said John Maroon, President and CEO of Maroon PR, speaking at impactHR’s impactBreakfast executive roundtable last…