February 2, 2021
In an ideal world, communication would be easy. We’d immediately know exactly what to say or write. Emails, Slack messages, and reply threads would practically write […]
January 28, 2021
Question We’re hiring a temporary employee. Does specifying the expected end date of employment make the employment relationship contractual instead of at-will? Answer No. You can […]
January 19, 2021
In the past year, many employers who would never have considered a remote work arrangement discovered that it was not only possible, but in some (or […]
January 14, 2021
Question We’ve hired someone to help out with some end-of-year tasks, and they’ll be leaving shortly after the new year. Can we pay them as an […]
January 12, 2021
Phishing emails are a type of scam designed to obtain information or prompt certain behavior from their targets. To that end, they typically appear to come […]
January 8, 2021
Question How should we handle returning personal belongings to a terminated employee? Can we pack them up for the employee? Answer You may pack personal belonging […]
January 5, 2021
With COVID-19 vaccinations underway and widespread availability in sight, many employers want to know whether they can require their employees to get the vaccine. While recent […]
December 29, 2020
Question An employee of ours had a brief coughing fit today, but she says she just had something caught in her throat. As far as we’ve […]
December 28, 2020
What Do All Those Silly Employee Benefits Acronyms Stand For Anyway? Undoubtedly we will be adding more acronyms in the coming year, so here is a […]
December 22, 2020
Late in the day on March 11, two events heralded a seismic shift in the nation’s response to COVID-19: the NBA suspended its season after a […]
December 17, 2020
Question What is the minimum amount of time that a salaried exempt employee must work to be paid for the entire day? Answer If an exempt […]
December 15, 2020
According to Gallup, the number of days employees are working remotely has doubled during the pandemic. Some companies are even considering making a remote work arrangement permanent. […]
July 12, 2022
By way of background, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) created the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study clinical effectiveness and health outcomes. To finance the […]
July 20, 2022
Rising temperatures are making heat exposures more dangerous But there are things you can do to prepare for heat related illness at work Some factors can […]
August 9, 2022
At Mineral, we know HR is key to the success of a business because it is our business. But recent findings from our State of HR […]
August 12, 2022
Today we are seeing some of the highest, fastest inflation rates we’ve seen in decades. This can make the sales environment scary for brokers. Many of […]