Denied a job or promotion after taking a personality test? At a seminar I recently attended, Wendy F. Hensel, Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Law at Georgia State Law, reported that 76 percent of employers who have 100 or more employees are using personality tests as part of their application process. Applicants who…
Termination of Employment: Good or Bad? It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.” –Warren Buffett Have you ever been terminated from your employment? Kind of like divorce, if you have not experienced it, it is difficult to fully understand. Especially for long-time employees, the termination can be emotionally…
My Contract Says I Am An Independent Contractor: Am I Entitled to Overtime and Benefits? Workers are normally defined as either employees or independent contractors. Most employees and/or employers wrongly believe that if the worker has a contract that defines him or her as an independent contractor, then they must be an independent contractor. That…
Paid Based on Commissions: Are You Paid Overtime? Are you paid based on commissions? Yes. Do you travel regularly for work? No. Are you paid overtime? No. Then, your employer probably should be paying you overtime. The Fair Labor Standards Act provides an exemption from overtime for “outside” sale professionals who are paid based on…
Made the AJC! I spent the week with Bob Cheeley at the trial of one of the Georgia Southern nursing students who survived a wreck that took the lives of five nursing students. At trial, the truck driver provided no explanation of why he ran into two stopped cars full of 7 nursing students at…