It’s not up to most managers to write a company’s discipline policy. But it's a manager’s responsibility to interpret, implement and enforce it in a...
Some employees believe all they have to do to invoke FMLA leave protection is call in sick and wait for their employer to request medical certification. Wrong! Merely...
An Ohio Panera Bread franchisee faces an additional lawsuit charging racial discrimination in the wake of a manager’s suit that claims he was fired for refusing...
Q. One of our employees is expecting a baby and would like to count the time she spends at pregnancy-related doctor’s appointments as FMLA leave. Are we...
Morgantown-based Morgan Truck Body has been cited for 24 safety and health violations at a factory in Georgia. The citations result from OSHA’s Site-Specific...
To enhance its approach to compensation and development, PwC has added several programs to demonstrate the long-term value of building a career at the professional...
A hairdresser who once worked at Manhattan’s trendy Devachan has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the hair salon, where cuts go for $300. It’s a...
Philadelphia-based Imperial Security will pay $50,000 to settle EEOC charges it discriminated against a woman and fired her because of her religious attire.
Q. One of my employees recently informed me that she needs to take time off to seek psychiatric treatment. I realize that this employee may be disabled under the ADA,...
The ADA protects qualified individuals from disability discrimination in all aspects of employment, from hiring and firing to promotion and demotion to compensation...
Hopefully, you know to avoid questions on your job applications about applicants' "disabilities" or "medical procedures." And hold your loophole – you...
An employee has sued for religious discimination after he was fired from a plastics plant for refusing to wear a sticker saying 666, noting the number of days the plant...
Employers usually don’t have a problem terminating an employee for poor performance if the employee has never raised any kind of discrimination claim....
The Texas Legislature has amended the Texas Labor Code to limit unemployment benefits for employees who receive severance pay after losing their jobs.
FMLADA! Sometimes employment laws just look all blurry. Like when you’re required to grant leave to employees under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)...
Even after the start of 2012, the model FMLA certification and notification forms provided by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) still carried an expriation date of...
You would think that a personal-injury law firm would be sensitive to a client’s need for a service dog, but apparently attorneys at the firm of Larkin, Axelrod,...
There are times when a supervisor and a subordinate simply can’t get along. It’s important for HR to distinguish between a personality conflict and ...
