Employers beware: Just because a worker isn’t disabled doesn’t mean she can’t hit you with an ADA lawsuit. Though rarer than typical ADA compliants, companies can come under fire for “associational ADA bias.” That’s when a worker claims his or her employer discrimination against him or her for the employee’s relationship to a disabled […]
Posted on January 21st, 2016 by admin
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When HR pros go to file Form 5500 this time around, they’re going to notice some questions that weren’t there before. That’s because the IRS has decided to include some new compliance questions for the 2015 plan year. The agency has released a FAQ guide to the compliance questions. The good news? Answering the questions is […]
Posted on January 20th, 2016 by admin
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Payday makes employees want to stand up and cheer. Payroll is a different story — it makes HR pros want to rip their hair out. Running payroll is a long and frustrating process, complete with roadblocks and costly mistakes. At the end of the process, time and money have been wasted and HR is […]
Posted on January 19th, 2016 by admin
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After the ADA was expanded, courts have consistently ruled that employers must consider offering additional leave as a “reasonable accommodation” for disabled employees after they exhaust their FMLA allotment. Problem is, employers have been given very little guidance as to when and where this accommodation should apply. Here’s some sensible advice from a session featuring FMLA Insights […]
Posted on January 18th, 2016 by admin
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As a more tech savvy crowd enters the workforce, it’s critical that employers start to use all the benefits mobile technology has to offer. Reason: Almost everyone today has a smartphone they use to perform at least some work-related tasks on the go – answering email, making calls, conducting research, etc. And it pays to alter training […]
Posted on January 17th, 2016 by admin
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More employees are communicating with their managers via texts. So what are your managers supposed to do when a text contains possible medical or FMLA-related info? That’s a tricky question, and the answer, quite frankly, depends on two things: What your leave policy or call-in policies say, and How your managers have treated employees’ texts […]
Posted on January 16th, 2016 by admin
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More employees are communicating with their managers via texts. So what are your managers supposed to do when a text contains possible medical or FMLA-related info? That’s a tricky question, and the answer, quite frankly, depends on two things: What your leave policy or call-in policies say, and How your managers have treated employees’ texts […]
Posted on January 16th, 2016 by admin
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Yes, you can fire people when you discover they were less than forthright in their interviews. Just not when the information withheld is their pregnancy (or some other protected medical condition). The EEOC recently sued Shefa Wellness Center, of Canton, GA, for terminating April Raines, a skin care specialist, almost immediately after it found out […]
Posted on January 16th, 2016 by admin
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Now here’s a company that seems to believe in the old adage: “If you’re going to break one rule, you might as well break them all.” A chain of Mexican restaurants in North Carolina will pay a total of $511,745 in back wages to 125 employees for violations of the FLSA. A DOL investigation found […]
Posted on January 15th, 2016 by admin
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Employers are eager to see what the DOL’s new overtime rules will look like this summer — not because they’re fans, but because they want to see how much their FLSA compliance efforts will have to change in a very short period of time (within 60 days, most likely). Employers don’t know exactly what the […]
Posted on January 14th, 2016 by admin
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