FMLA and ADA Interplay Part II: Covered Employers
This article series highlights the similarities and differences between the FMLA and the ADA. Here, we identify what employers are covered under each law. Read more.
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Help New Managers Hit the Ground Running
In yesterday’s Advisor, we took aim at breaking out of the management onboarding rut with a few proven methods of ensuring new-manager success. Today we tackle three more strategies from Michael Watkins, founder of the Newton, MA-based leadership strategy consultancy Genesis Advisers LLC.
Bringing New Hires Up to Speed
Yesterday we took a look at a few tips for getting new hires up to speed efficiently. Today, a few more tips.
Florida AG Challenges NFL’s Rooney Rule
Over the last several months, we’ve witnessed increased attacks by the federal and state governments over employers’ diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. It seems that the National Football League (NFL) is the most recent organization to find itself in those crosshairs. The Rooney Rule In 2003, the NFL adopted the Rooney Rule at the […]
Imus in the Mourning
by Mark I. Schickman I’ve received lots of e-mails recently about the major conflict still waging over the recent firing of eight U.S. attorneys. You wrote that the U.S. government, as an employer, should be able to fire any employee, so what was wrong if the Attorney General or the President had them fired? That […]
UAW trying different approach to unionize Volkswagen plant
Despite two failed attempts to unionize the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the United Auto Workers (UAW) on July 10 announced the creation of Local 42, a local that Chattanooga VW workers can join voluntarily. “We’ve had ongoing discussions with Volkswagen and have arrived at a consensus with the company,” Gary Casteel, the UAW’s secretary-treasurer, […]
EEOC Settlements a Reminder ADA May Require Extended Leave as Accommodation
Two employers entered into settlement agreements with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in February after the federal agency alleged the companies had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. Both employers, the commission said, fired employees who were entitled to leave as accommodations for their disabilities. The first involved Doneen King, an employee with the […]
Combating Coworker Competitiveness Is an Olympian Feat
By Elaine Quayle As athletes from around the world prepare to compete in London, workplaces in the United States appear to be hosting competitions of Olympic proportions on their own, according to a new OfficeTeam survey. In the survey of 1,000 senior managers in companies with 20 or more employees, nearly half of senior managers […]
Character Counts
My oldest son was home from college recently and asked me to read a paper he was working on. The paper, for a business management class he is taking, was about leadership. I didn’t have to read very long before I found my son addressing the topic of the character of a leader. I must […]
Religious Discrimination: What Can I Do with a Senior Manager Who Pushes His Religion on His Employees?
We have a situation. One of our senior managers is pushing his religion. He prays at meetings and holds prayer groups and Bible studies. He insists they are “voluntary,” but his employees feel that if they don’t attend, they won’t get a shot at raises and promotions. What should I do about a manager who […]