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THE VALLEY BUSINESS JOURNAL<br />
12 www.TheValleyBusinessJournal.com<br />
<strong>February</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Top 5 Small Business HR Priorities for <strong>2016</strong><br />
HUMAN<br />
RESOURCES<br />
by<br />
by<br />
Mike Hayden<br />
Steve Fillingim<br />
<strong>2016</strong> is here and your business is growing,<br />
and so are the number of laws and new<br />
complexities that you must face in regards<br />
to labor law. We’ve prepared our top 5 HR<br />
priority list for small business employers.<br />
Get these right and you’re halfway there!<br />
Time Off Accruals<br />
Sick time is mandated by law. By now,<br />
you should have set up a sick time policy<br />
that includes at least 24 hours sick time for<br />
employees that starts accruing the day they<br />
are hired. If you provide vacation, it must<br />
be an earned benefit that cannot be use it or<br />
lose it. It should be well written and detailed<br />
so employees understand it completely.<br />
Timekeeping and Meal Break Activity<br />
Hourly employees are required to<br />
track their time in, out and for meal breaks.<br />
Employers are required to record and retain<br />
employee’s hours, and report them on their<br />
pay stub. Meal breaks are mandated over 5<br />
hours unless 6 hours will complete the day.<br />
Invest in a good electronic timekeeping system<br />
and require that all employees utilize it.<br />
Exempt, Non-Exempt<br />
Salaried employees who are exempt<br />
from overtime rules must must be a manager<br />
of 2 or more, be an outside salesperson,<br />
or have control over a large portion of<br />
your business. Also, as of <strong>2016</strong>, they must<br />
be paid twice minimum wage, or $41600<br />
annually.<br />
Independent Contractors<br />
Independent Contractors(IC’s) are<br />
just that, independent from your business.<br />
They should not be under your control or<br />
direction in any way, or receive regular payments<br />
from you that are similar to wages.<br />
IC’s should also earn revenue from other<br />
sources in their field.<br />
Overtime and Other Compensation<br />
Issues<br />
Overtime continues to be a complicated<br />
issue for many employers. Simply put,<br />
employees are required to be paid one and<br />
on-half times regular pay for any hours<br />
worked over 8 in a day or 40 in a week.<br />
New rules related to piece work, or<br />
pay that is a percentage of the job or profit<br />
requires that you track all hours employees<br />
work, and any non-productive time be<br />
paid out at an hourly rate, and be itemized<br />
on their pay stub. If you have a payment<br />
structure like this, you should consider<br />
abandoning it for an hourly plus compensation<br />
plan.<br />
This a is just a quick synopsis of some<br />
of the most troublesome issues small business<br />
employers face. If you need additional<br />
info, we’d be happy to assist. Contact is at<br />
info@infiniumhr.com<br />
connect: info@infiniumhr.com<br />
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