Author: Teresa Levis, Vice President of Presales, Ascentis

Shaping the Future of HR: How Businesses Can Invest in Timekeeping Technology to Evaluate Workplace Productivity and Streamline Day-to-Day Operations

By Teresa Levis, Vice President of Presales, Ascentis Sep 29, 2021 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Oct 5, 2021

COVID-19 changed the way businesses in every industry operate, leaving many companies to grapple with the challenges and lessons learned over the past year. Now, as the country stands on the precipice of life after the pandemic, HR representatives are adopting emerging technologies to overhaul daily business operations as they turn to the next phase […]

Lack of Documentation Hinders Employer’s Ability to Deal With Suspected FMLA Abuse

By Yostina Mishriky, Genova Burns LLC Sep 28, 2021 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Sep 28, 2021

On August 6, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey denied requests by both an employer and an employee to resolve a dispute over abuse of leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the New Jersey Family Leave Act (NJFLA), which both give eligible employees job-protected time […]

Accommodating Hearing and Visually Impaired Employees During Remote Work

By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor Sep 27, 2021 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Sep 27, 2021

Some of the often-hidden experiences in many offices even before the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a widespread shift to remote work have been the experiences of hearing and visually impaired employees. With a broad shift to remote work, these employees are often finding it more difficult than before to perform their basic job duties. Accommodating the […]

From Basic to Best-In-Class: How to Create Great Workplace Lactation Facilities

By Leila Zayed, Senior Director of Corporate Strategy, pumpspotting Sep 27, 2021 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Sep 27, 2021

As we move toward sharing space at work again, employers often ask us: how can we support our baby-feeding employees? The answer: employers who establish breastfeeding-supportive climates offer comprehensive plans that include policy, procedure, culture of belonging, access to experts, encouragement, community and facilities. In this piece, we’ll examine facilities and identify ways to elevate […]

One Strike and You’re ‘Out’

By Franck G. Wobst, Attorney, Porter Wright Sep 27, 2021 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Sep 27, 2021

Citing the employer’s zero-tolerance “no-call, no-show” policy, an Ohio federal district court recently upheld the termination of an employee who had just returned from a leave of absence under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Facts University Manor staffs and runs a nursing facility in Cleveland, Ohio. It provides respite, short-term, long-term, and hospice […]

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The Challenge of the Hybrid Meeting

By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor Sep 24, 2021 Learning & Development

Updated: Sep 27, 2021

At one point, very early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, the assumption of many was that traditional work life would essentially return to normal once the pandemic had subsided. In other words, there would essentially be a blip in the persistent normal way of doing things: a pre-COVID “normal”; a temporary COVID-era remote period; and […]

How to Attract Millennial and Generation Z Employees with Eco-Friendly Initiatives

By Sarah Thibeau, Digital Media Specialist, Nvoicepay Sep 24, 2021 Recruiting

Updated: Sep 24, 2021

By 2030, millennials and Generation Z (Gen Z) will be the central working force in society. According to the 2018 Deloitte Millennials study, three-quarters of millennials and Gen Z respondents indicated they consider a company’s social and environmental commitments in deciding where to work. Two-thirds even said they would not accept a job that didn’t […]

Faces of HR: How One HR Pro is Creating Employee Experiences to Move the Needle Forward

By Bianca Herron, Editor, HR Daily Advisor Staff Sep 23, 2021 Faces of HR

Updated: Sep 23, 2021

At the start of her career, Janine Yancey was an employment lawyer, helping to support HR and people leaders. While she advised business leaders and managers on employee relations issues and helped them resolve employee conflict, she noticed the same patterns of behavior that led to culture bias, including harassment, exclusion, and unethical business practices. […]

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Potential ADA Accommodations Abound, But a Few Declared ‘Unreasonable’

By Courtney Bru, Shareholder, McAfee & Taft Sep 23, 2021 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Sep 23, 2021

There’s no exhaustive list of potentially reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. Whether an accommodation is reasonable will depend on the unique circumstances of each instance, including the individual’s limitations and essential job functions. Some accommodations, however, have been declared “unreasonable.” 3 Unreasonable ADA Accommodations 1. It isn’t reasonable to eliminate job’s essential functions. An […]

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The Great Wait: Workers in Limbo with Delayed Return to Office Plans

By Vicki Salemi, Career Expert at Monster.com Sep 23, 2021 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Sep 23, 2021

As companies postpone and reschedule their plans to return to the office, employees are wondering what will happen next. To better understand what’s on their minds with this back-to-work whiplash, Monster conducted a poll among workers focusing on vaccines and returning to work. Overall, employees are feeling uneasy with their constantly changing plans and want […]