Employee Investigations FAQs
KPA's recent HRCI approved "Investigations Without Hesitation" webinar went down in the history books as being our most popular webinar ever! It was also co-hosted by FordHarrison, KPA's partnering law firm. Naturally, employers attending the webinar had lots of questions.…
Ask the HR Expert — Exempt Pay Rules
Q: An exempt, salaried employee missed multiple days of work for personal reasons. Can we deduct these missed days of wages from their salary or do we pay the employee for the days they did not work? A: Generally you need…
Don’t Fear the Numbers: Let Data Guide Your HR Practices
My team has recently been defining metrics for a project. Eager to get started, I jumped right into Google Analytics. I was met with so many filters, views, charts, and more filters. I realized the best way to understand the…
Ask the HR Expert — Workforce Safety
Q: We had a physical fight break out in our facility between customers. The owner broke up the fight. However, he doesn't want his employees to do the same thing if this happens again. How should we advise our employees to handle…
Ask the HR Expert — Hourly Pay Confusion
Q: We have an employee who worked outside of normal business hours. This employee did not get permission prior to working on this day. By law, do we have to pay the employee for that day? A: Yes, you are required by law…
Employee Complaints… Now What?
My husband and I are currently in the process of building a new house. As a detail-oriented person who values transparency, I have sent my fair share of complaints to our builder and our lender. Unfortunately, it hasn't always carried enough sway…
Ask the HR Expert — Description of Job Duties
Q: Does our owner have the legal right to tell our sales and service staff that they must make a certain number of calls per week to be employed? Can we fire someone for not following this rule? A: If…
Your Sexual Harassment Questions… Answered
I recently had the pleasure to moderate KPA's first HRCI approved human resources webinar, "Sexual Harassment & #MeToo," presented by Alec Beck, a partner at FordHarrison. Yep, it's a topic that continues to make waves and, judging by all the…
Ask the HR Expert — FMLA Guidelines
Q: We had an employee who went on FMLA which recently ended. We kept him employed, but on additional leave, for another month. At that time, he informed us that his doctor told him he could not come back to work…