A hospital policy paid employees for working through required meal breaks, as long as they followed procedures. But an emergency room nurse still sued, saying not getting paid for missing lunch violated the FLSA. Who won — and why?
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Good news for employers tangling with the perils of FMLA: Courts are becoming more understanding of — and more likely to agree with — companies that fire someone they suspect is scamming them. It doesn’t hurt companies to recruit an unlikely ally, too: Facebook.
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The Halloween decorations are down and put away — and Christmas (hiring) season is suddenly upon us. Seriously. Businesses that hire specifically for the holiday season have begun the annual scramble.
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The superstorm that ransacked the East Coast (and beyond) last week left plenty in its wake — including interesting questions for HR managers about how to handle situations like employees and FMLA.
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A male boss smacks a woman who works for him on the on the butt: no-brainer case of sexual harassment, right?
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While most companies store FMLA rules in a handbook or stash them in the HR office, it’s often the front-line supervisors who end up on the spot when an employee says he or she needs answers.
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When you give an employee a written, final warning, is it a contract that would bar you from changing your mind and firing that employee immediately?
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The deadline is quickly approaching for the current Form I-9 — Employment Eligibility Verification Form — but there’s still no word on when the updated or replacement form will be available from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
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In some professions, it’s easy to identify success: A baseball batter who gets a hit once every three times at bat is very successful; a student who earns a 4.0 GPA is a success as well. But how can you prove to others that HR is successfully meeting goals?
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Google’s latest wrinkle on mapping is an application that allows a business to track workers at all times — on or off the premises. How do they do that?
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