How The Change In Marriage Laws Could Impact Employers And Benefits

The Supreme Court’s decision establishing same-sex marriage recognition, isn’t just a cultural shift. It’s also likely to have an impact on employers and employee benefits.

The Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision, establishing same-sex marriage recognition, isn’t just a cultural shift. It’s also likely to have an impact on employers and employee benefits.

All 50 states must now grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples and recognize the marriages of such couples married elsewhere.

Married same-sex employees are […]

By | July 6th, 2015 ||

Why, Again, Do You Think That Worker Is An Independent Contractor?

If you’re reading this article, then you likely own or administer a medical practice of some sort. That practice may have workers of many stripes. Some of those workers may be treated as employees and some may be independent contractors. For example, some home health workers may be paid as independent contractors while others are not. If you help run a hospital, you may have noticed that some hospital doctors are considered contractors yet […]

By | July 3rd, 2015 ||

Overtime Pay In Ontario

In Ontario, the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (Ontario) (the “ESA”) sets the rules on how much overtime employees can work, and how they must be compensated for their overtime.
OVERTIME PAY
Most employees are eligible for overtime pay, whether they are full-time, part-time, temporary or casual workers, students or contract workers. It does not matter whether the employee is being paid on an hourly or salary basis in order for the individual to qualify for overtime […]

By | July 1st, 2015 ||