Given that every employee complaint could turn into litigation, a well-planned and documented investigation can be an employer’s best defense. Responsiveness to an employee’s complaint about workplace concerns enables the employer to gather the best information and allows the employer to resolve internal problems before they become widespread. While each situation is unique, we put together this Workplace Investigations Checklist of steps an employer should take as soon as a complaint is received.
2. Bonuses & Calculating an Employee’s Regular Rate of Pay for Overtime
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that non-exempt employees be paid no less than time and one-half their regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 hours in a workweek. How should an employer calculate an employee’s regular rate of pay? Under the FLSA, an employee’s regular rate of pay includes “all remuneration for employment paid to, or on behalf of, the employee,” less certain statutory exceptions. The regular rate is determined by adding the employee’s pay for the workweek and all other earnings and dividing the total by the number of hours the employee worked that week. Continue reading here.
3. Politics & the Workplace
Employers should implement policies addressing civil discord...
South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States, Roelf Meyer, has rejected claims of a so-called “white genocide”, describing the narrative as false and driven by a small group seeking to influence...