There’s a right way and a wrong way to proceed when you suspect an employee is abusing his or her FMLA leave. (more…)
Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
What do employment attorneys see as the common thread that lands well-meaning employers in court time and time again? Costly mistakes by their front-line managers. (more…)
Another reason to make sure your HR folks have airtight FMLA processes: If your company winds up guilty of an FMLA violation in court, you’ll most likely have to fork over double damages. (more…)
Enforcing your company's call-in procedures is one of the few weapons you have to prevent employees from abusing their FMLA leave. (more…)
The Department of Labor (DOL) and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), for the second time in just six months, are raising the penalties for employment law violations. (more…)
CFOs want to do everything in their power to prevent FMLA abuse. But the question is: How aggressive can you be in determining whether a staffer’s medical issue is a bonafide “chronic condition” that requires intermittent FMLA leave? (more…)
This year, employers may be surprised to find the penalty for failing to file a Form 5500 jumped all the way to $2,063 per day (up from $1,100). But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. (more…)
When a job requires employees to log more than 40 hours per week on a regular basis, is it safe to say overtime is an “essential job function” of that position and deny an accommodation request that attempts to skirt…
It's not easy to decipher the pay-docking rules laid out by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The regs are pretty murky. (more…)
There’s a growing push to require employers to offer paid leave to their employees, but one local proposal goes above and beyond other paid leave initiatives. (more…)
If your payroll people have trouble understanding the pay-docking rules laid out by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), assure them they've got a lot of company. The regs are pretty murky. (more…)
Allowance time! The federal government has put out its budget proposal for FY2016. And there’s plenty for Finance tucked among the funding requests. (more…)
