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To bring a discrimination claim, a trainee with a disability needs only show that she was qualified to participate in the job training; she doesn’t need to prove that she was qualified for prospective job, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of appeals ruled Aug. 8. The case, Rosebrough v. Buckeye Valley High School, involved Tammy […]
When conducting privacy training on electronic monitoring, share the following case study with your employees: In this case, Janice Collins complains to her supervisor Bill Smith that one of her male co-workers, Jerry Bartolli, is viewing pornographic websites on the job. Furthermore, Collins says that Bartolli has been sending sexually explicit e-mails to several female […]
Now that the Supreme Court has weighed in, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the law! The countdown is on until 2018 when the final provisions take effect. Time to start your annual compliance planning. Here, for example, is a (brief?) summary of what you and your organization will face in 2013: Health Insurance Administration […]
The United States should expect substantial changes to its disability employment statistics in the near future, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, announced on July 26, the 22nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. “I believe our country is on the verge of major progress on the issue of disability employment,” he wrote in a letter […]
Employers that own aircraft and find the tax treatment of their use complicated did not see much relief from final regulations IRS issued Aug. 1 in T.D. 9597. The final regulations on the operation of company aircraft leave intact many of the limitations to deductions contained in regulations it issued in 2007. In the end, […]
Why? Consider that brain research conducted in the past decade has found that moving from a sitting position to a standing position increases oxygen to the brain by 15 to 20 percent and that “more oxygen in the brain means better learning. It’s that simple,” says Sharon Bowman, president of Bowperson Publishing & Training (www.bowperson.com) […]
Train Employees to Take Personal Security Measures Take a proactive role in violence prevention. Convince your employees to make personal security a habit when coming and going from the workplace or traveling on business. Advise them to do the following: Keep vehicle doors locked—both while driving and whenever you leave the vehicle. Check your vehicle […]
As we discussed yesterday, employers are required to maintain existing health insurance coverage under a group health plan for employees during FMLA leave—and you can require the employee on leave to pay his or her share. But what happens if the employee fails to do this?
By Elaine Quayle Marissa Mayer, Google alum and new CEO of Yahoo!, has the Internet world in a frenzy after she uttered these two words at her first Friday all-company meeting—“free food”! Reports say that Mayer has initiated free food at Yahoo!’s “URL Cafes” at its two campuses, liberating employees from paying over $3 for […]
By Kyle Emshwiller Looking for a way to keep workers engaged during work? Motivate them to fit in exercise during working hours. As we reported in last week’s column, sitting for a long period of time each day can lead to serious health effects. In addition to improving the health and wellness of employees, having […]