By Social Security Administration (Social Security Administration) [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsLast week, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced another federal paid leave proposal into the swelling options currently being considered in Congress. Kicking the can on Social Security. This bill is being dubbed the ‘‘Economic Security for New Parents Act.”…
By Stethoscopes – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link I’ll wait patiently while you grab your pearls for clutching. We know that the Family and Medical Leave Act permits eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of covered leave in a 12-month period. That leave can be taken in…
Image Credit: Maxpixel.net (https://www.maxpixel.net/Check-Envelope-Yes-No-Cross-Ankreuzen-Maybe-3413145) On the same day that Starbucks closed more than 8,000 stores to train its employees on implicit bias (full curriculum here), an outspoken Hollywood celebrity stole the headlines with an explicitly-racist tweet. One tweet, no more show. Yesterday, Roseanne Barr wrote on Twitter if the “muslim brotherhood &…
By AlphaZeta – Own work, CC0, Link Can you help me out? It’ll only take a sec. I’ve created a one question survey. Here it is: If I custom-designed a one-hour HR-compliance session for you, what topic would you select? You can vote here. Thank you and I’ll post the results tomorrow!
Santeri Viinamäki [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia CommonsAlthough, the Facebook photo of the plaintiff captioned “Tubing the Rifle River” didn’t help his chances either. Neither did lying about sleeping at work despite photographic evidence to the contrary. Filed under: “WTH Dude!” Wow, I’d like to go golfing and tubing too!…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/two-ginger-cats-licking-loving-650546/) We’re gonna try a new feature here at The Employer Handbook. It’s where I take a new U.S. Department of Labor Opinion Letter and tweak it as if someone is asking me for my opinion on the precise legal issue on which the DOL is being…
I took this picture. Not bad, eh? Filed under: “Didn’t think I’d be saying that in 2018.” But, it’s all good. I am grateful to Ben Eubanks and the Northern Alabama Chapter of Society for Human Resource Management for this opportunity to debut my new and improved “My Employees Can…
Yes, those are two of my children. (Not pictured: “Dad of the Year” Trophy) A little over two years ago, I blogged here about how the Fair Labor Standards Act and Family and Medical Leave Act may impact your business if it closes for a day due to inclement weather. Now…
Image Credit: Pexels.com (https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-calendar-close-up-composition-273011/) Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, an eligible employee is entitled to take up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave in a 12-month period. So, what happens if an employee exhausts 12 weeks of leave and doesn’t return to work on the next working day?…
Image Credit: Pexels.com Sorry, Eagles fans. It doesn’t cover taking the fam to today’s parade. (I’ll post some pics tomorrow). Paid Family Leave = Early Social Security? Seung Min Kim has a story in Politico (here) about how Marco Rubio (FL-R) “is in the early stages of crafting a paid…