Uncategorized HR Tip: Managers are key to culture issues – how to avoid a toxic workplace 12 Dec 20195 Dec 2019 In today's competitive marketplace, it's distressing to hear that one in two workers have seriously thought about leaving their current job. A recent report by the Society for Human Resource…
Uncategorized Early workplace injuries predictor of frequent filers 5 Dec 201930 Nov 2019 Workers injured in the first six months of their employment are more than twice as likely to have three or more lost-time injuries during their duration of employment than other…
Uncategorized The new overtime rule and workers’ compensation 3 Dec 201930 Nov 2019 The Labor Department estimates that the new overtime rule, which takes effect January 1, 2020, will affect 1.3 million workers. The new rule raises the minimum salary threshold from $455…
Uncategorized HR Tip: Employees cannot decline FMLA leave even when a collective bargaining agreement says otherwise 14 Nov 20195 Nov 2019 In March 2019, the DOL issued an opinion letter that neither an employee nor an employer may decline FMLA leave when an eligible employee is absent for an FMLA-qualifying reason.…
Uncategorized HR Tip: Supreme Court ruling alerts employers to quickly compare EEOC complaints and lawsuits 4 Sep 201920 Aug 2019 In Fort Bend County v. Lois M. Davis published on June 3, the US Supreme Court ruled that Title VII's charge-filing requirement is a processing rule, not a jurisdictional prescription, and an…
Uncategorized HR Tip: New FMLA forms available from DOL 5 Nov 201827 Oct 2018 The Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) certification forms and notices are now valid until Aug. 31, 2021. DOL didn't make any substantive changes to the forms, other than the new…
Uncategorized HR Tip: SHRM benefit survey on popular perks30 17 Sep 201815 Aug 2018 aAccording to the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM's) 2018 Employee Benefits Survey the current low level of unemployment is driving employers to beef up their benefits to retain and…
