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Time Tracking September 30, 2026 16 min read

Tracking Hours for ACA Compliance: Measurement Periods, Full-Time Status, and 1095-C Data

Most employers understand the headline rule. If you have enough employees, you have to offer health coverage or face a penalty. What catches businesses out is everything underneath that sentence. Who counts...

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Time Tracking September 29, 2026 11 min read

Unpaid Internship: The Primary Beneficiary Test and When You Must Pay

Internships occupy an awkward space in employment law. On one side sits a genuine educational tradition, where a student spends a summer learning how an industry works, watching professionals do their jobs,...

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Time Tracking September 28, 2026 10 min read

Paid Leave for Jury Duty, Voting, and Bereavement: What’s Required and How to Track It

Most employers handle jury duty, voting time, and bereavement leave on instinct. Someone brings in a summons, a manager says take the day, and payroll works it out later. That approach is...

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Time Tracking September 25, 2026 10 min read

Payroll Deductions That Can Drop Pay Below Minimum Wage: Uniforms, Tools, and Cash Shortages

Payroll deductions feel like small housekeeping items. A few dollars for a shirt, a share of a tool cost, a till that came up short at the end of a shift. Most...

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Time Tracking September 24, 2026 13 min read

Mandatory Overtime: When You Can Require It and How to Schedule It Fairly

Every business hits stretches when there is simply more work than hours. A big order lands, two people call in sick on the same week, the holiday rush arrives early, or a...

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Time Tracking September 23, 2026 13 min read

Is Training Time Compensable? Meetings, Certifications, and Online Modules

Ask ten managers whether employees should be paid for training and you will probably hear ten slightly different answers. Some assume training is part of the job, so of course it is...

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Time Tracking September 21, 2026 10 min read

How Nondiscretionary Bonuses Affect the Overtime Regular Rate

You paid your team a performance bonus. You feel good about it. But here’s the part that trips up thousands of employers every year: that bonus may have just changed how much...

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Time Tracking September 21, 2026 13 min read

Piece-Rate Pay: Tracking Nonproductive Time and Rest Breaks Correctly

Piece-rate pay sounds simple on paper. A worker gets paid for each unit they finish, whether that means boxes packed, rows picked, cars detailed, garments sewn, or jobs completed. The faster and...

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September 20, 2026 18 min read

The Fluctuating Workweek Method: When Half-Time Overtime Is Legal and How to Record It

Some employees receive a fixed weekly salary even though the number of hours they work changes from one week to another. When carefully structured, federal law may allow an employer to calculate...

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Time Tracking September 17, 2026 23 min read

The 8-and-80 Overtime Rule for Hospitals and Residential Care Employers

Most employers calculate federal overtime after a nonexempt employee works more than 40 hours in a seven-day workweek. Hospitals and certain residential care establishments may have another option under the Fair Labor...

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