The Consequences of Misclassifying Your Employees
Understanding the full ramifications of neglecting employment law, and misclassifying your workers, is a necessary skill to fully comprehend in order to protect your business.
Employment Law: Classifying Employees
Running a business is no simple endeavor, and the challenges that are a part of navigating employment law, especially, seem to be endless. This blog series covers the most integral points of employment law that every business owner should be aware of. In this blog, we’ll address common misconceptions about classifying employees as well as how to do it correctly.
Building Worker Safety into Your Practices
It is vital to your business to build worker safety into your contracts as well as your business’s best practices. Even if you believe your trade does not have any hazardous aspects, someone operating around you may have specific hazards you need to be aware of.
Workers’ Compensation: What Employers Need to Know
Texas is one of the few states that does not require employers to carry Workers’ Compensation insurance. As an employer, consider whether you have—or should have—Workers’ Compensation insurance or whether you are a “non-subscriber.” In this article, we’ll discuss workers’ compensation and what employers need to know.
The Benefits of Employment Forms and Personnel Records
Benjamin Franklin said “Remember that time is money.” This sentiment has been repeated over and over since he first wrote it over two hundred and fifty years ago. Many people use this phrase to mean that if you are wasting time, you are wasting money. While this is true and helps businesses become more efficient, […]
Dealing With an EEOC Charge of Discrimination
If you have received a notice that an EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) Charge of Discrimination has been filed against your company by either a current or former employee, the following are tips on dealing with a Charge of Discrimination. 1. Don’t Panic. Although it’s called a “Charge of Discrimination,” the initial notification that a claim of […]