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By Kate McGovern Tornone, Editor While courts have held that various employer actions may constitute retaliation under federal employment laws, coworker “discourtesies” do not rise to that level under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), a federal judge ruled recently.
A record number of private-sector employees—64%—now have access to paid sick leave, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That number is up from 61% last year and represents the highest number in history, DOL’s chief economist, Heidi Shierholz, says. And that jump was almost […]
A new state-by-state analysis shows that few states have expanded upon the Family and Medical Leave Act’s (FMLA’s) unpaid leave protections or adopted other policies to help expecting and new parents who are employed. The analysis, “Expecting Better: A State-by-State Analysis of Laws That Help Expecting and New Parents,” is the most comprehensive analysis to […]
If an employee unequivocally states she’s not returning to work, your duties under FMLA of job restoration and to maintain health benefits end, subject to your healthcare continuation duties under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA).
Yesterday’s Advisor provided a hypothetical case study that could be used in ethics training. Today, we discuss a real-world case that is also a learning experience—it drives home the importance of training managers in the supervision of telecommuters.
According to a survey we covered yesterday, only 15% of workers feel like they have room to move up the chain or in pay grade at their jobs. When there is no room to grow for employees, especially high-performing ones, they are much more likely to leave the company. Today we’ll look at some of […]
by Kate McGovern Tornone Twenty-one states and several employer interest groups filed lawsuits against the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on September 20 alleging the agency’s new overtime regulations exceed its authority. The suits, however, are not expected to have any success in the near future, and employers would be well served to be in […]
We’ve often discussed the positive effects of storytelling in making training more relatable to real-world situations, and this is what makes case studies great training tools. In today’s Advisor, we present an ethics case study that may be helpful in your company’s supervisory training.
Workers who feel like they have nowhere to go in their companies are at risk of leaving. Today we’ll look at the breadth of the problem.
Employee behavioral problems can actually cause even more harm than it would seem on the surface. One concern is that overall employee morale may suffer if other employees perceive the organization as being tolerant of bad behavior. It could even create situations with a heightened risk of discrimination claims—especially if behavioral issues are addressed selectively.