Targeting FMLA Fraud and Abuse: Moonlighting
In our last installment, we looked at what counts (and doesn’t count) as Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) abuse and fraud. This article will highlight moonlighting and other activities while on leave.
Category: HR Management & Compliance
There are dozens of details to take care of in the day-to-day operation of your department and your company. We give you case studies, news updates, best practices and training tips that keep your organization fully in compliance with ever-changing employment law, and you fully aware of emerging HR trends.
Overtime Rule Injunction Leaves Risks in Every Direction
Employers may face legal and morale problems regardless of how they decide to respond to the injunction temporarily blocking the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) new overtime rule, says one expert.
National Guardsman Gets Second Chance After Termination Following Deployment
by Barbara J. Koenig, Foster, Rieder & Jackson, P.C. As you know, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) is a federal statute that protects the employment rights and benefits of uniformed servicemembers who have returned from military deployment. USERRA not only requires employers to rehire returning employees who were absent from their […]
Mentorship: What’s Your Style?
Yesterday’s Advisor presented the benefits of mentorship along with some different methods commonly used by organizations. We continue today with more unique styles of mentorship that you can use at your company.
Judge clears way for antiretaliation portion of new OSHA rule
The antiretaliation provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) new electronic record-keeping rule are set to be implemented on December 1 after a Texas federal judge denied a request for a preliminary injunction on November 28. The eventual fate of the rule isn’t known since Judge Sam Lindsay of the U.S. District Court […]
When Calculating Overtime, Employers Can Exclude Meal Allowances
Payments provided to employees for food—as long as they are reasonable and for the employer’s benefit—do not need to be counted as wages when calculating overtime, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Trump’s Parental Leave Plan: No PTO for Fathers, Adoptive Parents, and More
President-elect Donald Trump has proposed 6 weeks of paid leave for new mothers. New fathers, same-sex female partners, adoptive parents, and foster parents, however, would not receive any paid time off to care for a new child.
Ask the Expert: Are Airline Carriers Exempt from New Overtime Regs?
Question: We are an airline carrier covered under Title II of the Railway Labor Act. Are all of our employees exempt from FLSA? Or only certain employees performing non-exempt work? We have several exempt employees well below the $47,476 threshold set to take effect December 1. Do we have to pay them according to the […]
An FMLA Day in the Middle of Vacation? Nice Try, Court Says
United Airlines was within its rights when it decided to fire an employee who it determined had abused his Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave. He took 1 day of medical leave in the middle of a planned, 20-day vacation, after unsuccessfully trying to get coworkers to cover his shift, court documents show.
One Form, Two Form, Here’s A New Form: More Details On the New I-9
Form I-9; here’s what’s new. Use by January 22. An extra page, a blank or two. And by the way, the instructions grew.