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Establishing and maintaining policies in an employee handbook or personnel policy manual consistent with current legislation and case law is an employer’s best defense when negotiating employment issues, says attorney Marc L. Jacuzzi. In today’s CED, Jacuzzi offers tips and recommendations for improving your employee handbook. He is a shareholder in law firm Simpson, Garrity, Innes & […]
by Alexandra Meunier In Canadian labor relations, parties commonly enter into termination agreements in order to settle grievances and avoid any future litigation. Such agreements may contain confidentiality clauses. However, what happens when a party does not strictly respect the content of a confidentiality clause? This is the question that was submitted to the arbitrator […]
In a tight labor market, the last thing you want to be doing is driving your employees out. Finding skilled talent is proving to be extremely difficult, therefore employers must rely on retention strategies to keep workers sticking around. Knowing what your workers want, and what’s causing them to leave, is the first step in […]
By Jennifer Carsen, JD, Legal Editor Employers with 50 or more full-time employees, including full-time equivalent employees (FTEs), in calendar year 2015 are required to fill out Forms 1094-C and 1095-C.
In yesterday’s Advisor, attorney Mark Ricciardi presented key reasons why employees are attracted to unions. Today, what you can do about it, and an introduction to a unique training system that will help you to avoid union pressures. Ricciardi, a partner in the Las Vegas office of law firm Fisher & Phillips, LLP, offered the […]
A health plan’s lack of a full plan document, and an erroneous reference to such a document in the summary plan description (SPD), did not defeat the plan’s claim for reimbursement from a beneficiary’s medical malpractice settlement, a federal appeals court ruled.
by Kevin C. McCormick Maryland’s Reasonable Accommodations for Pregnant Workers Act goes into effect October 1, meaning Maryland employers with 15 or more employees must provide reasonable accommodations to employees who experience a disability because of a pregnancy. Basically, the new law requires employers to treat pregnancies in much the same way disabilities covered by […]
The value of mentoring to mentees, mentors, and organizations in general has been well established. But what happens when mentors offer poor advice?
by Deanna Forbush The current Google Doodle says it all. The Doodles generally express recognition of a special day, such as the celebration of a holiday, an anniversary, or the life of a famous artist, pioneer, or scientist. Since last Sunday’s horrific Las Vegas massacre, however, the Google Doodle is a simple mournful black ribbon. […]
In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion expanding the range of employer conduct that employees could use to support a retaliation claim. But as with anything new, questions immediately arose. Is a dirty look now considered retaliatory? An off-putting e-mail? What about a humiliating public censure? This uncertainty left employers understandably concerned. But […]