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Yesterday we explored how hiring and pay discrimination is a major focus for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). Today, we’ll learn what it means. By Susan Schoenfeld Lessons Learned In addition to highlighting OFCCP’s concentrated focus on systemic hiring and compensation issues, these recent cases (check out yesterday’s Advisor to learn about […]
While OSHA is practically a household word, not everyone knows how the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is administered or what powers it has. Let’s take a look.
In yesterday’s Advisor, we heard from attorney Allan H. Weitzman concerning policies that keep up with the times. Today we’ll hear from him about gun policies and EEO. Weitzman, a partner with the Proskauer law firm, offered his tips at the SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas. Guns in the Workplace Weitzman points […]
Why do workers go to work when they are sick? A new study aimed to improve understanding of the main causes of “presenteeism,” as well as to help make managers more aware of the existence of the growing phenomenon, and what triggers the behavior.
By Tara Eberline, JD In addition to giving employees the right to job-protected leave, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides two avenues of relief for an employee when his employer doesn’t comply with its obligations under the law. Read the following article to learn about the distinctions between FMLA interference and retaliation claims […]
Do employees have a right to reinstatement to their previous position upon return from Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) leave? What are the exceptions to reinstatement under each law?
We have an employee who has been taking intermittent leave over the past 12 months for pain and injections for a medical condition. He is having surgery due to the condition. Is this considered a separate event or a continuation of the prior treatments?
By Susan Schoenfeld, JD The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) can be tricky when an employee wants his or her health condition to remain private.
Yesterday’s Advisor reviewed the new training requirements for the recently amended Pesticide Worker Protection Standard. Today, we offer some tips for protecting workers in general industry from another dangerous environmental safety hazard—exposure to lead.
Work/life balance: is it an impossible dream? Most employees strive for it, so how can we as employers help employees to achieve better work/life balance without sacrificing productivity and without busting the budget?