The IRS finally caved and let health flexible spending account (FSA) holders carry over some funds from year to year. But that allowance opened up a whole different can of worms. The question the IRS’s new FSA rules have created: Can carrying over FSA funds prevent an individual from participating in a health flexible spending (HSA) account? […]
Posted on April 13th, 2014 by admin
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Employers aren’t doing enough to stop workplace bullying, according to new research. What’s HR to do? More than 25% of U.S. workers say they’ve been bullied at work, according to a new survey from the Workplace Bullying Institute. Worse: More than 70% of staff say their firms haven’t done anything to stop bullying, according to the […]
Posted on April 12th, 2014 by admin
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When an employee struggles with alcoholism, does he qualify as disabled? Alcoholic — and more David Crosby, who worked as a driver for F.W. Webb Co., had been struggling for years with alcohol abuse when he also began to experience anxiety and insomnia. Eventually, things got bad enough that Crosby took FMLA leave and checked […]
Posted on April 11th, 2014 by admin
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And the beat goes on: The National Labor Relations Board has stuck its nose into another non-union organization’s employee handbook. The latest case involves Hills and Dales General Hospital in Cass City, MI. The employer had issued an employee, Danielle Corliss, a written warning for a Facebook comment she posted in response to remarks […]
Posted on April 10th, 2014 by admin
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Posted on April 9th, 2014 by admin
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These two companies aren’t exactly role models when it comes to handling sex harassment complaints. An inappropriate use of streaming In the first case, an office furniture and office supply company in Minnesota will pay $11,000 in emotional-distress damages to a former employee to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity […]
Posted on April 8th, 2014 by admin
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The healthcare reform law has left employers with a lot of important decisions to make. But further complicating matters is a tricky section in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Section 510 of ERISA prohibits employers from punishing employees for exercising — or attempting to exercise — their rights under a benefit plan. It also […]
Posted on April 7th, 2014 by admin
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A new case raises some interesting questions about grooming policies and religious accommodations. No dreadlocks or no job Here are the details of the case: Catastrophe Management Solutions offered a job to a candidate — so long as she cut her dreadlocks. She refused, and the job offer was rescinded. The former candidate then went […]
Posted on April 6th, 2014 by admin
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You know how tough it can be to get managers trained on the ever-increasing details of employment regs? Two researchers may have found your answer: robots. We’re not kidding. James Young and Derek Cormier, writing on the Harvard Business Review blog, describe an experiment at the University of Manitoba to see if people would actually […]
Posted on April 5th, 2014 by admin
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Do your managers know how to spot the signs of employee burnout? You’re familiar with the effects burnout has on an organization — low morale and lower productivity. Higher turnover. Higher absenteeism. Even higher medical claims. In a study last year from employee assistance plan provider ComPsych, some 62% of employees reported having high […]
Posted on April 4th, 2014 by admin
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