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Pizza Hut employees clock in using fingerprint biometrics

08/25/2011

At 118 Pizza Hut restaurants in South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia, employees give their fingerprints instead of ID numbers to clock in and out for the day. The restaurants are using Digital­Persona fingerprint readers for transactions like overrides, voids and discount authorizations.

How far must we go to deliver a final paycheck to a former employee?

08/23/2011
Q. Over the past six months, we have made several attempts to mail a former employee her last paycheck by certified mail. We believe we have the correct address because we mailed her other items by regular mail during this period and none has been returned. What legal obligations do we have, if any, to get this check to her?

Philly airport Legal Sea Foods wraps up odd pay policy

08/23/2011
Sometimes unique workplace situations lead to creative solutions, but those solutions aren’t always, well, legal. Legal Sea Foods’ location at the Philadelphia International Airport has two positions that apparently exist nowhere else in the chain: silverware rollers.

No more bonuses just for showing up on time

08/23/2011
The South Jersey Port Corporation, which operates shipping terminals on the Delaware River near Philadelphia, has heeded New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s call for fiscal austerity by taking a heretofore unusual step: It will no longer pay bonuses for not being late.

No more bonuses just for showing up on time

08/23/2011
The South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC) has heeded Gov. Chris Christie’s call for austerity in state agencies by taking a heretofore unusual step: It will no longer pay bonuses for not being late.

Small business? Use tax credit to help pay for insurance

08/23/2011
One goal of last year’s federal health-care reform legislation was to make it more affordable for small business owners to offer health insurance benefits to employees. So, tucked into the Affordable Care Act is a little-noticed but potentially invaluable provision that could save small businesses thousands of dollars per year.

University offers energy audits to help employees conserve, save

08/22/2011
More than 44,000 employees and alumni can get home-performance assessments and discounts on energy upgrades through the “Greening Your Work­force” program at La Salle University in Philadelphia.

Standard mileage rate increases for the rest of 2011

08/19/2011
In recognition that gasoline prices remain high, the IRS has raised the standard mileage rate to 55.5 cents per mile (up 4.5 cents) for expenses employees pay or incur between July 1, 2011, and Dec. 31, 2011.

New law clarifies leave for organ, bone marrow donors

08/18/2011
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that spells out insurance and time-off requirements related to California’s new law that guarantees paid leave for employees who donate organs and bone marrow.

It’s not your money! Never demand employees hand over their tax refunds

08/18/2011
Employees are entitled to their wages—and they can’t be forced (or persuaded) to turn over tax refunds to an employer.