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Dr. Susan G. Weinberger, affectionately known as Dr. Mentor, is the President of the Mentor Consulting Group in Norwalk, CT USA, and an international expert on internal and external business mentoring and coaching programs. In this article she continues to describe youth mentoring programs. Kinds of Company-sponsored Youth Mentoring Programs Regardless of location of the […]
One of the best ways to avoid surprises during an audit by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is to conduct your own internal I-9 audit regularly. This will give you the ability to uncover and correct all I-9 mistakes.
Vacations? Overtime after 8 hours? Double time for holidays? These are some of the many myths of wage and hour that managers adhere to. In today’s Advisor, we’ll dispel a dozen of them. Myth #1—Employees get extra pay for working nights and weekends. The Facts: The FLSA does not require extra pay for weekend or […]
A corporate policy that does not include pregnancy among the conditions making an employee eligible for light duty is a “neutral and legitimate business practice,” not evidence of bias against pregnant workers, according to a recent court ruling that dismissed a UPS truck driver’s claim that she was the victim of pregnancy discrimination. Employers may […]
The HITECH Act is now here in full. The whole litany of tighter privacy and security requirements is in the long-awaited, long-delayed “omnibus” rules finalized Jan. 17 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and most of these will have to be met by this Sept. 23. The omnibus rules also include changes […]
An example of a potential ADA violation would be an employee who is being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) resulting from incest who requests reasonable accommodation. Her supervisor then tells the employee’s co-workers about her medical condition. The employee tells the supervisor she intends to complain to HR about his unlawful disclosure of confidential […]
DOL’s recently released Questions and Answers: The Application of Title VII and the ADA to Applicants or Employees Who Experience Domestic or Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, or Stalking, offers examples of employment discrimination and retaliation that may be overlooked. What are some examples of employment decisions that may violate Title VII and involve applicants or […]
A private company that provides paper transit vouchers to parts of the federal government for use in its qualified transportation fringe benefits has claimed that the U.S. Department of Transportation is implementing an electronic payment system that does not comply with IRS guidelines in a program that is intended to replace paper transit fare vouchers […]
(This is a continuation of the previous story) Exactly what standard of protection is acceptable in a QTFB debit card is unsettled. Not all cards are created equal, and some types do a better job of restricting transactions than others. Swafford maintains that the debit card program the DOT has implemented is not only […]
He began by describing the many hats that safety trainers wear, along with the varied responsibilities that come with each head topper: Facilitator. As a facilitator a trainer makes sure participants express their thoughts and are heard and recognized. A trainer mediates differences and periodically checks how participants are feeling and reacting to the training. […]