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Reference checking an applicant’s past can make today’s hiring decision easier … but only if you do it right! It’s been said that “the answers to all questions of the present reside in the past.” While not true for everything, there’s a lot of validity in this statement when hiring new employees. It’s likely your […]
Your settlement costs probably won’t be that high. But the bottom line? You ignore basic wage and hour issues at your peril. You are likely to get sued if you don’t pay careful attention. And these mistakes tend to affect not just one employee, but whole groups of them—which quickly multiplies your liability in the […]
A recent article on the HR.BLR.com website prompted quite a response by Suzanne Lucas, who blogs as Evil HR Lady. “Oh, cry me a river” she said over suggestions that employers take steps to ameliorate off-site harassment of female employees.
By Cathleen S. Yonahara, JD Two former employees sued Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., challenging its policy of requiring employees to purchase slip-resistant shoes from a vendor as a condition of employment and deducting the cost of the shoes from employees’ paychecks without obtaining their written authorization.
How do you manage FMLA leave requests while both minimizing employee misuse and avoiding retaliation claims? It’s not always simple to juggle FMLA leave requests with all of your existing HR policies. In a BLR webinar titled "The New Leave Compliance: How to Master FMLA, ADA, and Workers’ Comp Overlap," Marylou V. Fabbo outlined some […]
With the growing trends of microlearning, mobile learning, virtual learning, e-learning, platforms driven by artificial intelligence, etc., in the L&D industry, it seems technological innovations might be a potential foe for L&D professionals especially … or maybe not.
In a previous post, we discussed some of the challenges inherent in traditional methods of employee assessment, specifically the fact that review of résumés and in-person interviews tend to focus too much on the objective skills of the employee rather than the subjective needs of the organization.
By Kate McGovern Tornone, Editor A recent ruling by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee—has found that an employee who cannot explain discrepancies between her Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation request and her Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) application cannot bring a disability discrimination claim against her employer.
When the sweeping new Medicare law was recently signed into law, bundled within it was an unrelated but key provision for employers—the creation of tax-free Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). We’ll explain what HSAs are, who’s eligible, and what they could mean for you and your employees. We’ll also highlight a few potential downsides you should […]
Most employers offer the “standard six” holidays, but after that, it’s quite a mish mash, say respondents to BLR’s Holiday Survey. For example, for 2012, 93 percent of respondents will offer December 25 off; however, only 43.6 percent will offer December 24. The survey, conducted by BLR’s HR Daily Advisor and HR Hero, was conducted […]