Employers are getting desperate to find employees, so much so that they are foregoing some of the requirements that they used to have for positions. In some cases, instead of seeking applicants with past experience, employers are training new hires.
Minimum wage just broke another record today. It will break another tomorrow. Did you know that the federal minimum wage has not been increased in over 12 years? Every day without an increase sets another record for the longest period of time without an increase in the federal minimum wage since the first minimum wage …
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In 2020, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor passed regulations that were set to increase the minimum salary levels for exempt positions, beginning in October 2021. Ultimately, the increases were set to advance the minimum salary levels from the current $684 per week, to $780 per week and then up to $875 per week in 2022. …
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Pop quiz: Do you know the most important page in your employee handbook? Is it the at-will statement? No. Is it the harassment policy? Nope. Is it the vacation policy? Wrong again. It is the acknowledgement page – that page at the back of the handbook that you ask employees to sign to show that …
Are you ready? In just over six months, Pennsylvania’s minimum salary requirements for exempt employees are set to increase above the federal minimum standard for the first time. Ever since Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage Act was passed in 1968, it has mirrored the minimum wage levels and salary exemption minimums set forth in the Fair Labor …
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