Melanie Pol

Melanie Pol is Senior VP of PGC’s Business Development team. PGC is a workforce management platform the employs workers on their client’s behalf. Melanie consults with staffing agencies to understand their existing back office operations and processes to identify how implementing technology can facilitate growth.

Articles by Melanie Pol

• What you need to know when hiring in a new state

  Friday, January 11, 2019

  It's an exciting time for your business — you're looking to expand and start hiring workers in a new state. This might be your first time doing so and you’re beginning to realize that with it comes heaps of admin, setup, and legal considerations. There are some important processes to establish to ensure you can support your worker whilst staying compliant — here are the key areas you’ll need to tackle.

• What you need to know about the changes to exempt salary thresholds in New York and California

  Thursday, December 13, 2018

  In 2017, the Department of Labor (DOL) scrapped U.S.-wide plans to increase the salary threshold for exempt employees following challenges from multiple states. The DOL has continued to postpone these plans. However, the states of California and New York have elected to raise their own exempt salary thresholds for 2019. The changes are effective from Dec. 31, 2018, and Jan. 1, 2019, in New York and California, respectively. This could mean that some of your workers may be eligible to overtime pay due to the increased salary-exempt threshold.