Our Intern is Working Out; Let’s Keep Her
In Yesterday’s Advisor we explored six tests for determining whether an intern can be unpaid. Today we’ll see how internships lead to regular employment, as well as look at an internship checklist.
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FMLA Retaliation: Is Suspension with Back Pay an Adverse Employment Action?
By Steve Jones, JD, Jack Nelson Jones & Bryant, P.A The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota—recently considered a former employee’s Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) discrimination claims.
Determining FMLA Eligibility: Documentation of Family Relationships
This article series highlights the requirements for determining Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) eligibility. The last installment focused on the new definition of spouse under the FMLA. Now we’ll look at documenting family relationships and its impact on the FMLA.
A Case of Mistaken Disability Costs California Employer
By Katharine Essick, JD, Sedgwick LLP A recent California decision provides employers with a useful review of the complex landscape of disability discrimination and identifies a number of signposts for the unwary. The most important lesson from this case, however, is that when an employer evaluates an employee’s disability, the legal consequences of a factual mistake—even an […]
Ask the Expert: Can We Force Sick Employee to Take Unpaid Leave?
Our non-exempt employee has no sick or vacation days left and has accrued absentee attendance points close to termination. Because of this, the same employee is coming into work while sick. We don’t want the health of other employees to be at risk because of his/her presence. Can an employer force a sick employee to […]
Measuring Values, Skills, and Culture
In yesterday’s Advisor, guest columnist Tonya Lanthier made the case for data-driven hiring, and how to measure communication and behavior style. Today, Lanthier discusses how to measure values, skills, and culture—and how all these pieces of data fit together.
Making the Most of LinkedIn
In yesterday’s Advisor, we discussed several ways recruiters can use LinkedIn®, but that was just the beginning of the story. Now let’s take a look at even more ways recruiters can utilize LinkedIn:
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Is Your Refrigerator Running? Burger King Employees Respond to Prank Call
What may be one of the oldest pranks in the book, “Is your refrigerator running?” was not something Burger King® employees heard the night they received a prank call. Instead, the Coon Rapids, Minnesota, Burger King received a call instructing them to break all the windows inside the restaurant … and this isn’t the first […]
10 Back Care Tips for Your Employees (Infographic)
“Research shows that up to nine out of 10 adults in the western world suffer back pain at some point in their lives. Only colds and flu beat low back problems when it comes to the most common reasons for visiting a general doctor or taking time off work,” says Mark Alexander, inventor of BakBalls, a self-help device […]