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Ensuring payroll compliance in 2024: What’s new?

BMT Office Administration

If the worker has the power to negotiate their pay and hire other workers, they’re an independent contractor. Reinforce your organization’s general policies regarding attendance. Don’t use telecommuting to expand employees’ by requiring weekend and evening work without paying for it.

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Is Your Career in Jeopardy Because of Your Weight?

On The Job

Some employers have gotten very aggressive with their smoking policies, even dismissing workers who smoke on their own time. If they don’t have a wellness program, they can go to a local gym and negotiate a deal so employees can go for 30 minutes every day and exercise, and still be paid for that time,” she says.

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