Maternity Leave During Your Busy Season? Proceed with Caution
An employer has been ordered to pay more than $118,000 after revoking an employee’s promotion after it learned that she was pregnant and would need leave during its busy season.
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Owner’s Alleged Harassment is Tough Pill for Pharmacy to Swallow
Individuals who claim to have experienced sexual harassment typically file claims under Title VII and any state-specific acts that might apply such as the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA). But those aren’t the only potential legal claims an individual can level against an employer (or former employer). In some instances, the alleged conduct supporting a […]
4 Potential COVID-Related HR Landmines and How to Avoid Them
Employers everywhere are grappling with the many new laws enacted because of the coronavirus pandemic.
More Steps for Designing an Effective Mentorship Program
In part 1 of this article we began to explore specific steps you can take to create an effective mentorship program. As promised, the rest of those steps are below.
Help! I enrolled an employee in an FSA plan erroneously!
Here’s a chance for you to interact with the blog editors from Thompson Publishing Group’s HR and benefits group. If you have a question or comment about flexible benefits cafeteria plan enrollment, send it along! In the meantime, here’s John Iekel, managing editor of the Flex Plan Handbook, responding to just that kind of question. […]
Updates When There Are No Updates
Most teams have some kind of standing, recurring meeting to touch base with staff and provide updates. These meetings are great venues for group managers to pass along information from the top of the company down.
Employers Can’t Fire Employees for Placing Rebuttal in Their Personnel File After All
Last March, we wrote about a surprising ruling in which the Massachusetts Appeals Court concluded employers in the state aren’t legally prohibited from firing employees for exercising their right to file a rebuttal in response to a negative document placed in their personnel file. The decision wasn’t unanimous, the dissenting opinion was persuasive, and the […]
What is Employment Branding?
Most employers want to be known for being a good place to work, but it takes active management to drive this perception both internally and externally. This is where employment branding comes in.
Workplace Wellness Trends to Watch in 2023
Employee health and wellness is an increasingly important consideration for employees and employers alike. Physical fitness crazes have had wide appeal in recent decades, reflecting a general increase in health and fitness awareness among the U.S. population. The COVID-19 pandemic also reminded people around the globe of how vulnerable our health can be and served […]
Employers Seeing Impact of Government Shutdown
While federal employers wait out the impasse that has sent many of their employees home and others to work without pay, private-sector employers shouldn’t think they’re immune to the impact of the partial federal government shutdown.