Author Profile
Rebecca Mazin
Biography
Rebecca Mazin creates usable solutions for employers to meet increasingly complicated human resources challenges. Her Recruit Right consulting, training, and writing produces consistently measurable results in organizations from small startups to industry giants. Rebecca is the author of First Time Firing, The Employee Benefits Answer Book: An Indispensable Guide for Managers and Business Owners and co-authored The HR Answer Book: An Indispensable Guide for Managers and Human Resources Professionals. Follow Rebecca on Twitter @thehranswer.
ARTICLES BY Rebecca Mazin
Can an Employee Call in Sick on Friday and Still Be Paid for Labor Day?
If it is especially sunny and warm on Labor Day weekend, someone on your staff is likely to develop a "last-minute stomach bug" that Friday. Do you need to pay them for the holiday?
Can You Require an Employee to Attend Diversity Training?
Whether you call it diversity, harassment, or discrimination training, there will be attendees who don’t buy into all of the content. Can you require attendance?
Can You Fire the Employee Who Didn't Show Up for Work Today?
The most common company policy and practice regarding no call/no shows considers an employee to have voluntarily quit after three consecutive days.
Can an Employee Earn Holiday Pay and Overtime in the Same Week?
Federal wage and hour law requires that overtime is paid to non-exempt employees for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.
5 Tips for More Effective and Engaging Zoom Meetings
Did someone fall asleep during your last Zoom meeting? Try these tips and techniques to engage your audience the next time you host a virtual meeting.
Will My Employees Earn More on Unemployment If They Quit?
For some people, working outside the home during the pandemic has brought up concerns about personal safety; others have decided they would simply prefer to stay home and collect unemployment.
Take a REAL Vacation: 4 Steps to Cut the Work Connection
It's peak vacation season. Learn four steps to cut the connection to work and truly enjoy your time off.
The Northwestern Football Player Union Vote and Your Business
If Northwestern University football players can vote for a union, can your employees? Yes, your employees probably have these rights under federal law.
