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Whistleblowers: Legislation Targets Corporate Accountability; New Whistleblower Protections, Posting Requirement, and Penalties Take Effect January 1

By Jennifer Carsen Nov 1, 2003 Uncategorized

Updated: Nov 1, 2003

Gov. Davis has approved legislation taking aim at corporate corruption. The new laws, modeled on the federal Sarbanes-Oxley Act, protect employees who blow the whistle on possible corporate transgressions, create steep new fines for not disclosing corporate financial fraud, and add an important new workplace posting requirement. Here’s an overview of what you need to […]

FMLA: Merely Directing Employee to Apply for Leave Isn’t Enough

By Guest Columnist Mar 10, 2016 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Mar 10, 2016

By Sarah Caldwell Breslin, JD The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit—which covers Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin—recently ruled that a Columbus (Indiana) teacher who claimed his contract wasn’t renewed for discriminatory reasons should have his Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) claims heard by a jury.

Determining FMLA Eligibility: Caring for Adult Children

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Jun 9, 2016 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jun 9, 2016

This article series highlights the requirements for determining Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) eligibility. The last installment focused on what employers need to do to stay complaint. Another twist in the FMLA family care determination occurs when an employee requests leave to care for an adult child.

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The HR diet: how to change things one bite at a time

By Iowa Employment Law Letter Feb 1, 2017 HR Hero Line

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

by Jo Ellen Whitney Sometimes it seems you can’t turn on the television, open a magazine, read a newspaper, or look at the Twitterverse without hearing all about the latest diet craze. Despite what marketers have been selling for ages, we all know that none of those promises is true. Any kind of drastic change, […]

Halloween Tales from the SBT Crypt

By Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR Oct 24, 2012 HR Strange But True

Updated: Oct 25, 2012

Here are a few of our most popular Halloween-themed articles from the Strange but True! archives. An Employer’s Worst Nightmare—A few years ago, we reported on a bookkeeper who was charged with stealing $6.9 million from her employer. The prosecutors presented a list of goods that the woman allegedly bought during a shopping spree with […]

DesperateHousewives Star’s Wrongful Termination Case has Implications for Employers

By Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR Nov 5, 2012 HR Strange But True

Updated: Nov 5, 2012

A still-unfolding Hollywood squabble has a few lessons on how to end employment relationships. Actress sues over nonrenewal Touchstone Television Productions hired Nicollette Sheridan to appear in the first season of Desperate Housewives. Its contract gave Touchstone the exclusive option to renew her services each year for an additional six seasons. On exercising its renewal […]

NLRB Issues Two More ‘Supervisor’ Decisions

By arell Jan 5, 2007 HR Hero Line

Updated: Jan 5, 2007

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has recently decided two more “supervisor” cases under its new standard. The decisions are in addition to one the Board recently issued that shed some light on the often murky question of which employees are considered supervisors rather than “lead employees” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). That […]

‘Gotta catch ’em’: Employers dealing with Pokemon Go mania

By Tammy Binford Jul 29, 2016 HR Hero Line

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

To say that the Pokemon Go craze has taken the world by storm may be an understatement. Reportedly the app broke a record for downloads in its first week of release on Apple’s App Store. It also quickly reached the top spot for free apps in the Google Play store.  Launched on July 6, the […]