Q: We received a letter from an attorney requesting confidential information from an employee record. Are we obligated to respond? A: No.Without a subpoena, you are not legally obligated to provide the information an attorney is requesting. However, you may: Comply…
In Troester v. Starbucks Corp., the California Supreme Court ruled on a narrow aspect of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) de minimis doctrine and how it applies to off-the-clock work. The Court ruled that Starbucks specifically, and California…
I’ll be the first to say it, change is hard! It’s easy to get comfortable in your day-to-day and then WHAM! There’s a policy change, a new technology in play, or some other organizational change that turns your nice, paved…
Q: We have an employee who will be on FMLA maternity leave during upcoming paid holidays. Do we need to pay this employee for those holidays? A: Whether this employee is entitled to additional benefits (i.e., holiday pay) besides health insurance…
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.…
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…
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…
LAFAYETTE, Colo.—August 22, 2018—KPA (“the Company”), a leader in Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Risk Management, today announced a new partnership with HiringThing, a developer of online recruiting and applicant tracking software (ATS). Pairing HiringThing’s ATS with the Company’s workforce…
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…
