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What employers can learn from one company’s $747,320.66 FMLA mistake
The Department of Labor does most of the heavy lifting for you.
But, today’s blog post is a sobering reminder that when an employer provides DOL-prepared Family and Medical Leave Act paperwork to an employee, it’s just as important for the employer to complete its portion of the forms as it is for the employee to complete his or hers. Continue reading
Fact or fiction: The FMLA may protect pre-eligible employees
That’s right folks. It’s time for another edition of “Fact or Fiction” a/k/a “Quick Answers to Quick Questions” a/k/a QATQQ f/k/a “I don’t feel like writing a long blog post.”
Let’s do an FMLA quiz. We know that an FMLA-eligible employee must check three boxes:
- Work at a location that employs 50 employees within 75 miles;
- Has at least 1,250 hours of service with such employer during the previous 12-month period; and
- Must be employed for at least 12 months by the employer.
So, does the FMLA protect from retaliation an employee who requests leave before the one-year anniversary of employment? Continue reading
How would you respond if your employee was photographed marching in Charlottesville over the weekend?
Following a tumultuous weekend in Charlottesville, VA, where a white nationalist march turned deadly, it appears as though at least one attendee will return home from the rally to find himself unemployed.
He was hired at 63 and fired at 64. Yep, that could still be age discrimination.
A lesson on why it’s so important to tell it like it is when firing someone. Continue reading
Another court greenlights a medicinal marijuana user’s lawsuit against his former employer
This may not be Magic vs. Bird or Biggie vs. Tupac. Those battles are too close to call.
But, if I were to ask you which side of the country, east coast or west coast, would offer greater judicial support for the employment rights of medicinal-marijuana cardholders, you’d say west for sure, right?
And you’d be wrong… Continue reading
If you think you’re gonna get sued, protect your documents! Or else bad things may happen.
Today’s post is brought to you by the letter “S.” Continue reading
Here’s how promoting your company on LinkedIn could cost you your job.
Especially if you overlook that non-solicitation agreement you signed with your prior employer… Continue reading