The Fair Labor Standards Act requires that most employees be paid for every hour worked, and be paid time and a half for every hour worked over forty hours in a week. There are limited exceptions to this rule. One of the exceptions is that government employers are allowed to substitute compensatory time off instead of giving monetary compensation for the extra time worked. However, because it is an exception, the D … [Read more...] about To Judicial Employers: How to Protect Yourself From FLSA Liability
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A Positive Note for the New Year
"Thank You." It is a very simple phrase that is under-rated and often forgotten. How does an employer motivate employees to keep up the good work and continue to use their best qualities that benefit the court system? Perhaps a private employer has more incentive options available because they are not limited by controlled budgets and shared control over employment benefits. However, that doesn’t mean that there are … [Read more...] about A Positive Note for the New Year
JTAC Commences Indiana Courts Online Reports and Receives $50,000 Grant
The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, through the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, awarded a $50,000 grant to the Division of State Court Administration for the development of the Indiana Courts Online Reports (ICOR) program. The ICOR application, which was developed in-house by our JTAC staff, is a web-based program and is part of the judicial INcite portal through which trial courts load … [Read more...] about JTAC Commences Indiana Courts Online Reports and Receives $50,000 Grant
New Jury Management System Qualifies for Duty
Indiana’s trial courts conduct more than 2,000 jury trials each year. To make this happen, local clerks and jury administrators must create random, representative jury pools, notify jurors when to report, determine how many jurors to call on a certain day, assign panels for civil and criminal trials, keep track of those who cannot serve or need to be called in the future, and finally, compensate jurors for their se … [Read more...] about New Jury Management System Qualifies for Duty
What Your Employees Don't Know Can Hurt You
My middle son is beginning his professional career. He posed a question to me the other day, “If it is your company’s culture, is it OK to add on more to your expense account than the amount you actually paid?” I was flummoxed that the question even had to be asked. My son is a highly educated young man who is concerned about what is right and cares about people. Yet, he was nearly seduced into believing theft fro … [Read more...] about What Your Employees Don't Know Can Hurt You