Holiday scheduling: Not always an open-and-shut case
OK, HR pros, a show of hands: How many of you work for a business that makes a habit of staying closed the day after Thanksgiving? Both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day? What about the week between...
View ArticleEEOC wins again: IHOP settles million-dollar harassment suit
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) effort to bring large employers to justice for sexual harassment allegations has claimed another victory: The owner of several IHOP restaurants in New...
View ArticleSuspect FMLA scam? How you can prove it — and fire without fear
Good news for employers tangling with the perils of FMLA: Courts are becoming more understanding of — and more likely to agree with — companies that fire someone they suspect is scamming them. It...
View ArticleSupervisor or not a supervisor? Answer could be costly for businesses
Rarely have the legal stakes been higher for businesses in identifying who qualifies as a “supervisor” and who doesn’t: A bias case being brought before the Supreme Court could have far-reaching impact...
View ArticlePregnant woman fired over ‘hormones’— was the supervisor justified?
Here’s a clue for you guys — because this male boss apparently didn’t have one. Don’t tell a pregnant employee her hormones make her “too emotional” to do her job — and fire her a couple of weeks...
View ArticleCompany’s work-without-pay policy violates FLSA, says employee
A hospital policy paid employees for working through required meal breaks, as long as they followed procedures. But an emergency room nurse still sued, saying not getting paid for missing lunch...
View ArticleShould you order a sick employee to go home? Yes, but …
Can you order a sick employee who is clearly battling a cold (or worse) to go home and take his or her germs with them? Yes, you can. Should you? That question’s more difficult to answer. Someone...
View Article3-step plan for steering clear of workplace retaliation suits
What’s the best way to get in front of a workplace retaliation suit — instead of ending up behind the 8 Ball? Knowing how to do that now is more important than ever. Workplace retaliation lawsuits now...
View ArticleHow happy will the religious holidays be? It could depend on you
Quick quiz: As a private employer, which religious holidays are you obliged to recognize? Answer: None. Not Christmas? Hanukkah? Kwanza? Festivus? Nope. “What’s so merry about it? I’ll tell you what...
View ArticleCould you afford the cost of ignoring FLSA? This time, it was $672,000
Turning a blind eye to labor laws drew the wrath of the federal wage and hour cops upon the restaurant industry in California this year to the tune of more than a half-million dollars. As a result of a...
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