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The 3rd Circuit—which covers Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania—recently ruled that an employer’s honest belief that an employee misused Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave can defeat an FMLA retaliation claim, even if the employer’s belief is mistaken. The court also ruled that under certain circumstances, an employee’s request for FMLA leave may constitute […]
Employers should not fire workers in response to them taking valid FMLA leave. But firing can be justified when employees use FMLA leave (1) in a way that violates the employer’s policy manual, (2) to cover up for underperformance, (3) to retaliate against their employers or (4) as carte blanche to miss endless hours of […]
Human Resources (HR) departments are beginning to rely on artificial intelligence (AI) to recruit, hire, onboard, engage, and manage their organizations’ talent. In fact, nearly 40% of companies are using some form of AI for their HR practices.
In its new overtime regulations, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has more than doubled its salary threshold for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) white-collar overtime exemptions. This causes a rare circumstance in which federal law provides employees with more protections than California law.
In recent years a growing number of companies have invested a lot of time and effort creating a performance-based compensation system. If yours falls into that category, then sales personnel and managers likely feel a strong link between the company’s overall perfor-mance, their departmental performance, their own individual performance, and their paychecks. Good job! But […]
The past several years have seen employers of all kinds dabbling in nontraditional types of paid leave. One of the more notable offerings has been unlimited vacation time, but research has found that such leave is actually counterproductive—peer pressure prevents most employees from actually taking advantage of it.
Research and development in artificial intelligence (AI) have existed since the early 1950s. However, it was only in the past decade that AI development has truly accelerated, and its applications in the business world exploded across industries. This acceleration was enabled by foundational elements such as unparalleled processing power, unlimited storage capacity, global connectivity, low […]
Does your organization routinely conduct exit interviews with departing employees? Some employers swear this is a great way to garner knowledge about how to improve the organization and reduce future turnover. Others feel it’s unlikely to gain real insights because departing employees no longer have an incentive to help. Let’s take a look at some […]
As any sampling of memes on Facebook or Instagram will reveal, 2020 has been a wild year. In fact, we don’t even need memes to understand that!
Citing greater participation rates and easier implementation, a wellness consultant thinks small companies have the edge in implementing wellness programs. If you’ve been keeping up with business news, you know that Toyota Motor Company has just become the biggest maker of motor vehicles in the world. Toyota is stepping out in another way as well […]