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Emergency Shutdowns and Employee Compensation

In the face of acute weather-related conditions or other emergencies, how do you pay your employees during emergency shutdowns? Here's all you have to know.

4 minute read November 02, 2017 at 12:02 AM
By
John W. Hargrove
Emergency Shutdowns and Employee Compensation

In the middle of one of the worst hurricane seasons in recorded history, our firm was receiving questions across our offices about how to handle pay for emergency shutdowns in the middle of a day, extended company closings, and planned or unplanned late openings.

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