INSIGHTS
Finally! New Overtime Rules
When new overtime rules were announced in 2016, a court injunction put them on hold. Since then new rules have been proposed and undergone public comment and are now final.
First the good news, the new level is $684 weekly which equals $35, 568 annually.
Why this number? It is set to the 20 percentile for full time salaried workers in the lowest wage Census region (the South). Given the current pay rates and very low unemployment in Northern Virginia, you are likely to be paying significantly more for workers.
What Should […]
SECURITY, CYBERSECURITY, AND YOUR BUSINESS FUTURE
Cybersecurity threats against small organizations – businesses, governments, non-profits – are an increasing risk. Few such organizations have in-house resources to address these issues. Most do not even focus on the need because they think no ‘bad guy’ would bother to attack them.
Research indicates that small employers are being attacked on a daily basis – and that many small businesses go out of business as a result.
What can you do?
Learn the basics of what is at risk and what your options are.
Develop a plan to minimize risks […]
I Know It When I See It
Supreme Court Justice Potter said ‘I know it when I see it’ about defining hard-core porn during a court case. Many of our performance management practices appear built on this.
Alan Weiss talked recently about feedback in his Monday Morning Memo – and his biggest point was that feedback says far more about the person giving it than about anyone else.
In managing performance effectively, these two areas create issues for most founders and managers.
Feedback
The best feedback is where you ‘catch someone doing something right’ and tell them specifically to do […]