I work for a non profit agency that provides assisted living, supported living, respite care and day habiliation programs to the developmentally disabled population in New Mexico. We offer sick leave, annual leave health care insurance and a 401k plan. We are a fairly small agency of less than 100 employees. All of our shifts are 8 hours and hourly employees are paid semi-monthly. For work completed on the 1st-15th of the month, pay checks are issued on the last day of the month. For work completed the 16th-31st, time sheets are turned in on the last day of the month and a pay check is issued on the 15th of the month.

1. Are we obligated to offer sick leave benefits or is that considered part of our benefit package?

There isn't any law mandating that an employer provide sick pay. If the employer does not offer sick pay and the employee called in sick, the employer does not need to pay the employee for that time.

Hi, my understanding of "double time pay" is always 200% or X2. But my colleagues said "double time" is straight pay X2 + straight pay so it's actually 300%. I'm confused??? I thought 300% IS CALLED 300% & not "double time". Please help?

Double time is 2 times the base pay - not 2 times plus the base. As an analogy, time and a half overtime for a $10 per hour person is $15 per hour, not $25 per hour.

As I thought. Thank you so much!!