There’s a dangerous disconnect afoot when it comes to what employees really want. And it could be costing your company a bundle – both in money and employee turnover. Benefits aren’t cheap, which means that you want to be devoting your attention to the ones that will provide the biggest payoff, both in ROI […]
Posted on March 21st, 2015 by admin
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When employers grant accommodation requests, those accommodations should always be made on a temporary basis. Unfortunately, many firms unknowingly turn these temporary accommodations into permanent ones. Preventing employers from trapping themselves in permanent accommodation situations was one of the major themes of Building a Better Mousetrap: Trends in FMLA & ADA Administration, a presentation by […]
Posted on March 20th, 2015 by admin
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It’s time for March Madness. Do you know where your employees’ heads are? According to a new CareerBuilder survey, approximately one in seven (15%) of U.S. workers said they plan to participate in office pools this year. That’s up from the 11% who planned to do so in 2014. Twenty percent of all U.S workers said they’ve participated […]
Posted on March 19th, 2015 by admin
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Posted on March 18th, 2015 by admin
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Firing a disabled employee while he’s out on medical leave is usually a recipe for disaster. But it can be done in limited circumstances. However, the potentially discriminatory nature of this firing was a little too obvious for the EEOC to overlook. Meet Doug Johnson. He drove a van and took nursing home patients to medical appointments […]
Posted on March 17th, 2015 by admin
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Nearly half (48%) of employers offer a consumer-driven health plan (CDHP) — which is one of only proven ways to keep rising health costs at bay — yet just 7% of firms offer this plan as their only option. Here’s how to change that. The key to making the eventual move to a CDHP-only workplace […]
Posted on March 16th, 2015 by admin
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It’s an easy task to overlook. But keeping your employee manual up to date is crucial in today’s ever-shifting maze of workplace rules and regs. Need an example? Consider this: Paid sick leave tops the list of emerging issues most commonly addressed in employee handbooks, with an impressive 79.4% of respondents addressing this new legal trend in […]
Posted on March 15th, 2015 by admin
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An employee misses work without warning for a week. His reasoning? He was just diagnosed with high blood pressure, was put on prescription medication and his doctor told him to schedule a follow-up (which he didn’t do). Can you fire him for unexcused absences, or do they count as FMLA leave? Answer: You can fire him […]
Posted on March 14th, 2015 by admin
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At-will employment agreement or not, try to babysit your employees this much and you’re likely to get burned. PAM Transport Inc. was recently ordered by a U.S. district court to deliver nearly $500,000 to 12 former truck drivers. The court ruled the employer violated the ADA when it required its drivers to submit to what the ADA terms “overly […]
Posted on March 13th, 2015 by admin
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There’s simply no end to the crazy stuff people will do or say when they’re trying to nail down a job. Our latest list of bizarre applicant behaviors comes from, of all places, the Reader’s Digest. RD collected anecdotes from HR pros, Robert Half Technology and Washingtonian.com for a pretty extensive list of out-of-the-ordinary actions […]
Posted on March 12th, 2015 by admin
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