Dan Sinas

Recent Posts

Oh, What a Complex Web the Wage and Hour Laws Weave…

Without question, the most frequently misunderstood, and misapplied employment law is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This law, and associated prohibitions and requirements, provides a very complex web of rules regarding how, when, and how much employers must pay their employees. The FLSA governs such issues as proper overtime calculation, minimum wage, classification of employees, allowed and prohibited deductions from wages, compensable work time, required pay while in travel status, child labor, proper compensation for tipped employees, employment of volunteers, and many other facets of the employment relationship. The problem with the FLSA is not...[read more]

Controlling Turnover

 Last year, I was asked to speak at a convention for a group of Subway restaurant franchise owners, and my topic was “Strategic Human Capital Management.” Several days after my presentation, I was contacted by one of the franchise owners in attendance who wanted to discuss how our company might help him. He was intrigued by the prospect of developing and implementing human capital strategies for his business that would help improve overall operational results and increase profits for his 22 restaurants. When I first met with him, he indicated one of his biggest cost drivers was the level of turnover his organization was experiencing, which was hovering at an average...[read more]

Health Care Reform - The Big Fraud

I was recently at a Staffing Association conference and one of the speakers was giving us an overview of how this law will impact businesses, insurers and citizens of our country. To say I was mortified would be a gross understatement. Because the original bill was over 2000 pages long, it is obvious that this space does not allow a great amount of detail regarding all the provisions of the law. However, here are just a few disturbing facts: 1. Employers will face two choices: offer health care coverage to their employees or not. If they offer coverage, but some of the employees are eligible for certain tax credits, employers will be required...[read more]

Health Care Reform

While businesses and individuals continue to be concerned about the impact of the heath care reform bill, the details of how this law will actually work are still unknown. Many of the Act's provisions are still unclear, and there is a significant amount of government agencies, commissions, committees and oversight counsels that are going to be created. Here's just a sampling of the type of government bureaucracy that the Act establishes: * Medical Reimbursement Data Center - will establish fee schedules and other tools that reflect market rates and geographic differences in those rates to make health care cost data available to the public. * ...[read more]

Job Killers: How governments’ increasing role in the workplace reduces profits and increases unemployment

A provocative analysis of how government presence in the workplace has caused diminishing profits for American businesses and has led to increased levels of unemployment. As more and more workers are being placed on unemployment, the need for bold and immediate action is necessary. The proposed solutions offered by politicians will only stifle job growth and economic prosperity for both businesses and affected individuals. The time has come to develop a new system, one that stimulates job growth, helps the unemployed return to work to become productive contributors to the economy, and still leave intact a financially solvent system that can provide benefits t...[read more]