Category Archives: SHRM

Cindy Laviolette, PHR, SHRM-CP, HRBP Joins CEOHR, Inc. as Vice President of Human Resources

December 19, 20180
Cindy Laviolette, PHR, SHRM-CP, HRBP Joins CEOHR, Inc. as Vice President of Human Resources

Cindy contributes 20+ years of extensive Human Resources leadership to our talented resources at CEOHR, and hails from companies such as ADP TotalSource, Paychex, and Oasis Outsourcing.  Cindy knows that every client has unique service expectations in order to satisfy their diverse HR service needs.  With Cindy’s expertise, we will meet those needs and more, to assist with proactive HR strategies designed to increase employee engagement and minimize your employment liability exposure. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Franklin Pierce College and a Master in Human Resources from Villanova University.  “We are excited to have Cindy as part of the management team. Her significant PEO operations and human resources experience will benefit customers at CEOHR.” …Darrin J Fedder, Chief Executive …

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Jessica M. Simmons, MBA, SHRM-SCP Joins CEOINS as VP, Senior Benefits Consultant

November 7, 20180
Jessica Simmons VP Senior Benefits Consultant CEO Insurance Solutions An Affiliate of CEOHR

Jessica has 20-plus years of PEO and Agency experience having started in the PEO industry as a sales executive with the first publicly held PEO company in the late 90s. She is licensed in Life & Health and has earned her MBA from the University of South Florida, and her Bachelor of Business Administration from Stetson University. Jessica has delivered millions of dollars in insurance savings and increased benefit quality to PEO clients by offering creative innovative insurance and benefit administration solutions. She has long been on the front lines of health care reform while working on Wall Street in New York City with Frank Crystal, the second largest privately held insurance agency in the United States and with Aon …

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Where Have All The Manners Gone?

September 11, 20180

              We laugh at the workplace sarcasm found in cartoons, such as those created by Scott Adams of “Dilbert” fame, then perpetuate the sarcasm and uncouth behaviors by Sharing them on Facebook. We have seen t.v. shows, like The Office, with their parodies of life at work, including the exaggerated personalities we can all identify with: the bombastic, egotistical boss; the snarky busy body; the sarcastic sales dude; and the my-crisis-must-now-be-your-crisis co-worker. When the laughter ends and the t.v. is turned off, we sadly realize that these personalities and lack of good manners are what gobble up any sanity we have left when we are in our work environment and indeed make it an …

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Time to Get Serious About I-9 Compliance: Part 2

July 18, 20180

Did you know that if ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) does an inspection of your I-9s, you can be penalized even if you do not have unauthorized aliens on your workforce? The penalties can come from errors on the I-9 forms. And if you lean towards apathy where I-9s are concerned, snap out of it before you are faced with one or more penalties that are regularly imposed on companies who are less than diligent in that area of their business. In case you did not read our HR blog from last month, the penalties can be per error, per employee! One news commentator said that your I-9 diligence should be equal to the diligence you have when dealing with …

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Time to Get Serious About I-9 Compliance: Part 1

June 11, 20180

The Trump Administration has given the directive to hire 10,000 new ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents to keep employers and their hiring practices in check, while penalizing, and possibly arresting, those who violate I-9 regulations. With that many new agents on board, it is easy to see how the plan to conduct up to 15,000 I-9 audits this year can be done. 1 In a year where worksite investigations have already surpassed the number of investigations for all of 2017, 2018 may just be the harbinger of the new status quo. Not only have investigations doubled, but arrests associated with those investigations have quadrupled! Most of those arrested were workers, but it is still not clear if any employers …

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If We Require Employees To Arrive Ten Minutes Early To Prepare For The Start Of Their Shift, Do We Have To Pay Them For This Extra Time?

June 6, 20180

Q: If we require employees to arrive ten minutes early to prepare for the start of their shift, do we have to pay them for this extra time? A: Yes. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (and likely state law as well), you must pay employees for all hours worked. This includes the time they are required to be on your premises, even if they haven’t begun their “regular” duties. Preparing for work—if it must be done at work—will be considered part of the employee’s continuous workday. You are certainly welcome to have an attendance and tardiness policy that requires employees to be at their desk or assigned location and ready to work exactly when their shift begins, and to …

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Employee Says They Can No Longer Work Weekends?

May 16, 20180

Q: We hired an employee about a month ago, and at the time of hire they said they could work weekends. Now they say that they can’t work weekends. What should we do? A: It depends. In general, if an employee is unable or unwilling to work the hours they had originally agreed to work, and those hours are required to meet business needs, you can discipline the employee up to and including termination. However, if the employee’s inability to work these hours is related to a protected reason (e.g., medical leave), you’ll want to have a conversation about accommodations instead of discipline. Whether you opt to discipline or terminate the employee, or work around their schedule, keep in mind …

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Question About: Overtime Pay At 2 Different Locations

May 14, 20180

Q: We have an hourly employee who will be working at two different locations and under two titles, 25 hours at one location and 25 hours at the other. Will he need to be paid overtime?  A: Yes. Titles, job duties, and locations are irrelevant—focus only on the total number of hours worked by the individual for your organization. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, non-exempt employees must be paid overtime for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek for a single employer. In some cases, an employee working a schedule like this for two separate companies may even be entitled to overtime, assuming the organizations have the same owners and management or otherwise qualify as joint employers. Failure to …

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Understanding TIP Credits, Pooling, Sharing

May 11, 20180

March 23, 2018 saw the signing by President Trump of a new bill into law that addressed multiple spending areas, one of which was “a plan to scale back the administration’s proposed tip pooling regulation from late 2017.” The bill did rescind the 2011 regulation that prohibited tipped employees from sharing with non-tipped employees, but only when an employer pays his/her tipped employees full minimum wage. Tipped employees who are paid at least the prevailing minimum wage can now legally share their tips with non-tipped employees. The bill also stipulates that employers, managers, supervisors, etc., cannot collect or retain tips earned by employees.2 To better understand Tip Credits, Tip Pooling and Tip Sharing, each is discussed below, along with a …

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