These employees wanted very specific accommodations for their disabilities, and when they didn’t get them, they sued. Here’s why their companies came out on top. ‘I can do my job if other people do it for me’ Sue Bell worked as the cost controller/estimator for Hercules Liftboat Company for two-and-a-half years before she was diagnosed […]
Posted on April 30th, 2013 by admin
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An Arizona employer has learned just how painful it can be to get nailed for not following Family and Medical Leave Act regulations. The case involves an employee named Peter Lyle, who was a truck driver for a bottled water company. He went out company-approved FMLA leave. During his leave, however, his employer, O Premium […]
Posted on April 29th, 2013 by admin
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Remember the 2003 film “Mean Girls,” about the horrors of high-school bullying? Those kids had nothing on this Canadian bureaucrat. Shirish Chotalia worked as the chairperson of Canada’s Human Rights Tribunal from 2009 to 2012. During her time on the job, Chotalia apparently acted as a sort of alpha bully toward her employees, “creating a […]
Posted on April 28th, 2013 by admin
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Everybody hates performance reviews. That’s a given. But there are ways to move them out of the “dreaded chore” category into the file titled “engagement tools.” Performance reviews are often badly done and and serve to de-motivate employees – or worse, give them a weapon to sue the company. What’s wrong with this process? […]
Posted on April 27th, 2013 by admin
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The hubbub about the work-from-home policies of Yahoo and Best Buy has died down. Now it’s time to look at some hard stats on just how prevalent telecommuting is. The numbers speak for themselves: 65% of employers allow staff members to work remotely. That’s according to a new survey of 1,000 U.S. business professionals conducted […]
Posted on April 26th, 2013 by admin
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In an ideal – if boring – world, employees would show up for work on time every day, exceed standards in their day-to-day duties, get along perfectly with their bosses and co-workers and follow every company rule. Alas, we don’t live in an ideal world. And that’s where the concept of progressive discipline comes in. […]
Posted on April 25th, 2013 by admin
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Online training can help your company use its existing resources to save money and create a more effective learning environment. In this guide, you will learn the best ways to design an effective online training course using existing company resources and the methods you can use to keep learners motivated and on track. This guide […]
Posted on April 24th, 2013 by admin
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We’re constantly hearing about companies getting into legal tussles involving how they handle improper employee conduct. So here’s a pleasant change of pace: the story of an organization that did everything right. The story comes out of a recent court case in Ohio. Mary Jane Colston was a security guard at the Cleveland Public Library. […]
Posted on April 23rd, 2013 by admin
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This company totally failed at working with a disabled employee to find a potential accommodation. David Gregor worked as a maintenance technician for Polar Semiconductor, Inc., in Minnesota. In December of 2009, he suffered a non-work related injury that cost him the index and middle fingers on his right hand. He underwent several surgeries and […]
Posted on April 22nd, 2013 by admin
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How should employers handle a tragedy like the recent events in Boston? Sure seems like we live in an increasingly nasty world. Occurrences like the Boston bombings seem to be happening more frequently — or maybe the 24-hour news torrent just makes it seem so. Whatever. The fact is that these tragedies affect us all, […]
Posted on April 21st, 2013 by admin
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