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Family and Medical Leave: New Ruling Strengthens Your Right to Terminate Employees Who Abuse Family Leave
Suppose an employee is on family and medical leave to care for an ill family member, but you discover they’re also using the time for their own recreation. Can you discipline or terminate the worker for misusing the leave? We’ll look at a new Cali- fornia appeals court ruling that gives you latitude to handle […]
Hot List: BusinessWeek’s Best Seller List
BusinessWeek magazine ranks the 15 best selling hardcover and paperback business books based on a survey of over 1,000 booksellers that carry a broad selection of books on economics, management, sales and marketing, small business, investing, finance, and career. This is the BusinessWeek bestseller list for November 2009. 1. SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and […]
Hot List: New York Times Bestselling Hardcover Business Books
The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times on July 19. 1. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis. The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight. 2. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm […]
How to Beat Rising Quit Rates
The growing economy and low unemployment rate have created an unfortunate side effect for many organizations—increasing employee turnover. In July, 3.58 million Americans quit their jobs, the largest percentage in 17 years, according to Labor Department data. The proportion of workers quitting their jobs, known as the quit rate, reached 2.4%.
Benefit Plans: Maintain ERISA Records-or Face a Lawsuit; Recordkeeping Guidelines
A new Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal ruling highlights recordkeeping requirements for employee benefit plans under ERISA, the federal law regulating benefit plans, and the con-sequences for employers who don’t follow these rules.
N.Y. Legalizes Same-sex Marriage
New York State will become the sixth state where same-sex marriage is legal on July 24. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on June 24 signed the Marriage Equality Act (MEA) into law. Same-sex marriage already is legal in Massachusetts, Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut and the District of Columbia. The measure goes into effect one month […]
A Tool to Keep Line Managers in Line with HR
How do you make line managers follow proper HR procedure when their heads are into everything but? Check out this answer. Yesterday’s Daily Advisor offered a checklist to be sure your policy on leave meets the complex standards of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). As FMLA changes, as it likely will during the […]
3 Keys to Spotting Corporate Talent in Nontraditional Candidates
In part one of this article, we made a case for how a new recruiting approach might be required in these difficult recruiting times. Today, we’ll look at exactly how you might accomplish that.
Ebola Outbreak Raises Questions for Employers
As a result of the attention surrounding the ongoing Ebola outbreak, many employers are wondering how to handle situations involving communicable disease. Not much medical testing of employees is allowed. If however, a pandemic is widespread and is a direct threat, public health authorities say employers can monitor closely for symptoms and illness. Employers can […]