Snow-day absences: When can you dock pay?

  • February 06, 2010

The snow's coming down pretty hard and an exempt employee calls to say she can't make it in today because her car is stuck. Can you deduct a full day's pay from her...

Beware discipline for FMLA-related tardiness

  • November 28, 2009

It may be terribly annoying and very disruptive, but it is also the law: Employees eligible for intermittent FMLA leave are entitled to take that leave at the beginning...

Sedentary work restriction may be disability

  • November 22, 2009

Employees who are unable to perform anything but sedentary work may be disabled under the ADA. That means employers may have to find ways to accommodate them, including...