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More and more workplaces are offering some form of flexibility in terms of where an employee works. Some organizations have even developed a 100% “virtual” workforce—having no central offices where employees gather and instead allowing all employees to work from home or wherever they happen to be. Other employers have chosen to allow more flexibility […]
Early last year, Yesenia Diosdado, just 11 years old, got off her school bus near her home in Lexena, Kansas. As the bus pulled away, Yesenia noticed that a three-car accident had occurred at a busy nearby intersection. Police and emergency workers were on the scene attending to the victims. Yesenia wandered over to join […]
Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that binge drinking (five or more drinks on one occasion for men, and four or more for women) was responsible for over 70% of the costs related to excessive alcohol use. Train your supervisors and managers on how to identify and respond to potential […]
by Kevin C. McCormick Maryland’s new Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, which takes effect on October 1, will prohibit employers from providing less than favorable employment opportunities to or discriminating against employees by paying different rates based on their sex or gender identity. Under the new law, which was signed by Governor Lawrence Hogan […]
By Tom Harper, The Law and Mediation Offices of G. Thomas Harper, LLC A federal district court in Miami has denied an employer’s request that it dismiss a lawsuit brought by an employee it refused to reinstate because she wasn’t “100% cured” and fully released to return to work with no restrictions after her medical […]
This article series will cover managing medical certifications under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). In the last installment we covered the authentication, clarification, and second opinions surrounding medical certification, here we’ll go over recertification. The FMLA regulations offer procedures for recertification.
Six state and local governments were recently awarded a combined $1.1 million to study the development and implementation of paid leave programs, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced.
An employee was out on PTO for medical reasons. She was out longer than PTO was available but the company paid her anyway. Now that she has returned, they want to make the employee pay back the additional PTO time. Is this allowed? Since they didn’t make this a condition of the unpaid PTO being […]
When implementing an employee benefit program, there are a lot of considerations. Clearly, the employer must consider what benefits will be advantageous in order to attract the right employees. But employers also must be sure they know what risks they’re taking on when opting to include specific benefits.
Yesterday we looked at a recent report that showed how many employers are waiting to prepare for the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime regulations. Today, we’ll look at what the implications of waiting might be.