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From the archives: 🔎Your post-Super Bowl guide to spotting employee FMLA or other sick leave abuse🔍
I had this great post planned for today about the millions of American workers who skip work the day after the Super Bowl — and what employers can do (legally) to address it.
Then, I remembered that I wrote about it back in 2020. So, since I’m feeling lazy pragmatic, you get to take a trip down memory lane.
What the heck is ‘bleisure’ and how could your company get sued over it?
People ask me if I like to read. Continue reading
Is this the worst batch of retaliatory emails I’ve ever read? Maybe.
Print this post if you want to discourage your managers and supervisor from putting dumb sh*t in emails that might one day get shown to a jury and end up costing your business a mint. Continue reading
Are you in HR for a multistate employer? You can be sued individually for FMLA violations … in another state!
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I’ll wait while you clean your screen of the coffee you just spewed from your mouth. Continue reading
What REALLY happens when an employee doesn’t return completed FMLA paperwork?
medical form by Linseed Studio from the Noun Project
I think we all need a break from the COVID-19 vaccination posts. So, let’s address your second-favorite HR topic: FMLA leave administration!!!
Hey, put down that bottle! It’s only 8 am. Continue reading
Could Shock G a/k/a Humpty Hump have used FMLA leave to get a nose job?
All right! Stop whatcha doin’. ‘Cause I’m about to — school you on the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Yes, it’s another hip hop employment law lesson, this time honoring the late great Gregory Edward Jacobs a/k/a Shock G a/k/a Humpty Hump. Continue reading
Before I get into that new CDC mask guidance, I owe you two more tips to avoid FMLA abuse
I still don’t regret buying this Krusty The Clown buff. Not one bit.
On Monday, I’ll give you a thorough breakdown of yesterday’s CDC guidance for fully vaccinated individuals, including some initial thoughts on how to revise return-to-work/COVID-19 workplace policies.
But now I want to pick up where I left off yesterday with two more tips to combat Family and Medical Leave Act abuse. Continue reading
A federal appellate court just hooked you up with three tips to erase FMLA abuse
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(Although, technically, I’m the one hooking you up because you’re reading them here in this blog post. But, who’s counting?) Continue reading