The latest FMLA lawsuit to gain prominence shows the expensive danger of failing to incorporate some form of flexibility in return-to-work policies. In the case, an employee wanted to return to work, but her employer wouldn’t let her until she underwent an unusual medical exam. Broward Health, which runs hospitals in Broward County, FL, has […]
Posted on April 20th, 2015 by admin
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Can a company function without bosses? As you’ve no doubt heard, online shoe retailer Zappos — or at least Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh — thinks so. The company’s been dabbling in a structure called Holacracy (more on that in a second) that encourages personal creativity. But to this point, it’s still had a traditional management […]
Posted on April 19th, 2015 by admin
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It took a while, but employers finally have some sold guidance on how to design their wellness program incentives so they don’t violate the ADA. The EEOC has been promising for a while now to issue rules to clear up the confusion it’s created around what kinds of wellness incentives are legal — and when […]
Posted on April 18th, 2015 by admin
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Let’s give this employer the benefit of the doubt and assume it was trying to do the right thing. Even if that was the case, its actions still appear to have violated the ADA. The company in question is Baldwin Supply Company, a Minneapolis-based distributor. It employed Timothy Collins to install conveyor belts — until he […]
Posted on April 17th, 2015 by admin
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A district court just ruled Ford Motor Co. was right to deny a disabled employee’s ADA accommodation request to telecommute. But don’t pop any corks in celebration of the ruling that said “… regularly attending work on-site is essential to most jobs … “ just yet. While the ruling certainly is good news to employers who fear […]
Posted on April 16th, 2015 by admin
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Posted on April 15th, 2015 by admin
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Ready to make an impression on a room full of people? Remember these four lessons from professional speakers: 1. Just seven seconds Some folks think the average adult’s attention span is 30 minutes. Nope, not even close. It’s only seven seconds. Even though we can quickly refocus on the task at hand, our minds wander onto something else […]
Posted on April 14th, 2015 by admin
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You don’t get any points for how inventive you are when doing it. The bottom line is violating the FLSA’s going to cost you a pretty penny when the DOL finds out about it. Case in point: Honolulu-based M.H. Electric was just taken to task by DOL investigators for violating the overtime regulations of the FLSA […]
Posted on April 13th, 2015 by admin
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Sure seems like a lot of underperforming employees who get axed try to extract revenge by suing their former employers for some lame reason — retaliation seems to be the charge du jour. So it’s good to see a case where common sense trumps stupidity. We refer to a recent appeals court decision out of Texas […]
Posted on April 12th, 2015 by admin
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The survey masters at CareerBuilder have done it again — this time getting hiring and HR managers to admit to some off-the-wall questions they’ve thrown at candidates. CareerBuilder’s survey team, which works with Harris Poll, has gotten employees and employers to admit to some pretty strange stuff over the years. Now it’s starting spring off with […]
Posted on April 11th, 2015 by admin
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