Some of the highest paid employees in the country relative to their skill, education and knowledge are service workers that regularly receive tips. Dancers, waiters, waitresses, and bartenders often earn more than professionals including nurses and lawyers. It is not uncommon for a bartender to earn $80,000 a year or a dancer to [...]
Like the rat in the cage we are driven by rewards. It’s only human and also perhaps rat nature. Suffice it to say it’s nature.
So when compensation, the reward, becomes stagnant so does productivity. If like rats we are paid by the time we spend in the cage, then [...]
Among company benefits, more often than not employees rank health insurance as the more important. It is estimated that more than 60% of American who have health care receives it through some type of employer sponsored group plan. While various state regulations differ, there are certain benefits to having coverage through an employer. [...]
Recently the California Supreme Court rendered a decision in interpreting California Labor Code Section 226.7.
The issue was whether Labor Code section 226.7 provided for payment of one additional hour of pay when an employer failed to provide a meal break after five hours of work or [...]
Have you ever been involved in an accident at work? Hopefully the answer is no, but please realize that accidents at work do happen and more often than you may think. Most of the time it’s a matter of a specific hazard but there are a number of procedures that can prevent an accident at [...]