Tag: HR

FMLA: Are You Required To Accept a Provider’s Certification About an Employee’s Fitness To Return To Work?

The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (and its state counterpart, the California Family Rights Act) imposes a variety of restrictions on how an employer can handle an employee’s medical leave, including a requirement that employers accept an employee’s healthcare provider’s certification about his or her fitness to return to work.

The Abominable Boss Man

In honor of Halloween, this post will address some of the many potential workplace issues in the Pixar film, Monsters, Inc.  If you’ve been living under a rock and have managed to not see this film (or its recent sequel), here’s a quick recap. A city called Monstropolis is inhabited by monsters and is powered […]

HRIS Shopping? Factors to Consider

In yesterday’s Advisor, we looked at trends in technology and Human Resources Information Systems (HRISs) for HR. Today, for guidance on what to look for in HRISs, we again turn to BLR’s recently published HR Playbook: HR’s Game Plan for the Future.

Will City Slickers Give You Your Next Big Idea?

Among my favorite movies is the 1991 film City Slickers. Billy Crystal plays radio ad salesman Mitch Robbins, who is having a bit of a midlife crisis. Mitch and his two best friends decide to leave New York City to spend 2 weeks on a cattle drive in the Southwest. It’s there that Mitch meets […]