Jan 12, 2023
We welcome back Katya Adams, Office Administrator of the Watkins Firm, for a substantive conversation on San Diego employers and the questions they most have about managing employees in San Diego and Southern California. The conversation begins with the documents, the framework needed to manage employees in Southern California. This includes policies and procedures, the employee handbook and tips on what and what not to have in each. Kat discusses the importance of consistency in how an employer manages their employees and treats each individual worker. Katya provides insight into the question of hourly versus exempt employee status and an overview of when to classify an employee as exempt versus hourly. This naturally leads to a discussion of overtime, the structure of work hours, modified schedules and even accessing company systems and emails off hours and on the weekends. The conversation turns to social media policies and what an employer can and can't specify as it pertains to employee posts on social media. Katya lays out the information required on a pay stub, and the benefits of separating sick leave from Paid Time Off or PTO (Vacation) pay. The "lightning round" covers interview questions, performance evaluation, written warnings, termination, and the ways in which Katya and the firm support our employer clients.