The healthcare industry faces a lot of challenges when it comes to compliance issues, and especially, payroll. Ask any healthcare practice for their biggest expense, and you’re likely to hear overtime costs in response. Overtime is almost always one of the top-ranked expenditures, and when you factor in incorrect overtime configurations, it’s even more costly.

There are times when proposing a new Alternative Work Schedule (AWS) would benefit your practice, and perhaps even your employees.  HR for Health has put together four steps that you must follow in order to implement an AWS in your practice.

The Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, is a federal law that regulates minimum wage, overtime, equal pay, recordkeeping, and child labor. Work being performed remotely counts as time worked. You must compensate remote nonexempt employees for all hours worked, whether that work is performed at home or another remote location, under ...