Category: HR Management & Compliance
There are dozens of details to take care of in the day-to-day operation of your department and your company. We give you case studies, news updates, best practices and training tips that keep your organization fully in compliance with ever-changing employment law, and you fully aware of emerging HR trends.
Training Classes and Hours of Work
If you make an offer to a candidate that is contingent on passing your training classes, can you make those training classes unpaid?
Qualifying Events Under The FMLA And ADA: How Do They Compare?
This article series examines similarities and differences between the FMLA and the ADA so that you can stay in compliance when both laws apply. Here, we compare what’s considered a qualifying event under both laws. Read more.
New Paid Sick Leave Requirement for Federal Contractors (In 2017)
President Obama has signed an executive order requiring that federal contractors and their subcontractors provide paid sick leave to their employees performing work on covered contracts with the federal government. Read more.
Techniques to Manage and Improve Employee Performance
Every company understands there’s always room for improvement. In today and tomorrow’s Training Daily Advisor, business consultant Bridget Miller has some advice for managing—and improving—your employees’ performance level.
Due Diligence for the Win, Literally
We constantly hear about cases where employers are found to be in violation of federal regulations and are summarily fined and, often, successfully sued. Today, we’ll look at when claims against employers don’t hold up in court and what you can learn from them.
I Just Found out My Employee Has ADHD. Now What?
Yesterday, we discussed how and when an employee or potential employee with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be considered to have a disability. Today, we’ll discuss what to do once you find out an employee or potential employee has ADHD.
Improper Safety Training? It’ll Cost You!
Yesterday’s Advisor discussed real-world case studies to show just how much a lack of safety training can cost employers. Today, we go over three more of those instances—so ensure your training programs are in order!
Wait, ADHD Is a Disability?
Is ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) legally a disability? The answer is, of course, it depends. But that should be enough to make any employer concerned, especially when you consider that some estimate that 1 in 25 adults have some form of ADHD. In today’s Advisor, we’ll discuss what this means for your company.
Oil Company Settles EEOC Retaliation Suit for Firing Only Female Roustabout
A Texas oil field construction and services company will pay $30,000 to settle an EEOC retaliation lawsuit after the company fired its only female roustabout, Elma Garza, after she reported being sexually harassed on the job. Garza was hired by the company in January 2012 as a dump truck driver, and spent most of her […]