Every HR pro should read about the lengths this company went to to try to accommodate an epileptic employee. Andrea Olsen worked for Capital Regional Medical Center (CRMC) as a mammography technician. She also was epileptic, and had her first seizure on the job in 2004. When her seizures continued uncontrollably, the company palced her […]
Posted on June 30th, 2013 by admin
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FMLA abuse: With all of the laws out there protecting employee rights, many firms feel it’s a problem they’re powerless to stop. As a result, they don’t closely question employees about their FMLA requests. But that can be very costly. Here’s a list of seven ways to prevent FMLA abuse, courtesy of Jeff Nowak of […]
Posted on June 29th, 2013 by admin
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We’ve all read about them: The strange interview questions that companies throw at candidates just to see how they respond. The real question: Do those bizarre questions actually prove anything? Two recent write-ups look at the pros and cons of the bizarro interview questions trend to see if they’re useful at all during the interview […]
Posted on June 28th, 2013 by admin
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The Supreme Court had some good news for employers in two rulings this week. The first tightened the legal definition of supervisor under anti-bias law — which makes it more difficult for employees to prove they’ve been victims of workplace discrimination. The second narrows the grounds for employees suing for retaliation under federal bias laws. […]
Posted on June 27th, 2013 by admin
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Posted on June 26th, 2013 by admin
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If you’re like most firms, you’re asking both employees and managers to do more with less these days. But did you know that you could run afoul of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by doing so? Here are the details of a recent court case: Linda Heyen worked as an assistant manager for Safeway […]
Posted on June 25th, 2013 by admin
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HR pros are familiar with the EEOC’s plan to focus on case of what it considers to be “systemic” discrimination. Here’s a prime example of the kind of situation they’re talking about. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Baltimore, the EEOC alleges that a national marketer and distributor of food products illegally […]
Posted on June 24th, 2013 by admin
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Every HR pro’s painfully aware that employers have to be ultra-sensitive to the possibility that workers who need time off might fall under the auspices of the FMLA. But as a recent court decision shows, employers are not required to read employees’ minds. That bit of good news comes in a recent federal appeals […]
Posted on June 23rd, 2013 by admin
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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been a thorn in HR’s side for some time now — and things might get even more confusing if the Supreme Court gets involved. Lynn C. Outwater, senior partner at Jackson Lewis LLP, spoke at the recent Society for Human Resource Management annual conference in Chicago about the […]
Posted on June 22nd, 2013 by admin
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Get ready for a fight: Looks like finding skilled candidates for open positions may get harder as the year goes on. That’s according to new info from Manpower. Some results of its eighth annual Talent Shortage Survey: Firms in every state report that they plan on increasing hiring Over 20% of employers expect an […]
Posted on June 21st, 2013 by admin
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