Your employee incurs a slip-and-fall injury. What do you do? You might be thinking this is a trick question. Isn’t it what some would call a no-brainer? Give him/her a claim form, report the injury to your workers’ comp carrier and have the carrier-designated physician conduct a medical examination and see what’s to be done […]
Wake Up! You May Not Be Able to Fire an Employee For Sleeping on the Job…
I think we can all agree that employers are entitled to expect employees to show up to work and actually work. That means employees shouldn’t be coming in late, leaving early, gossiping, surfing the internet or engaging in other similar activities when they should be working. They generally shouldn’t be sleeping on the job either. […]
My Employee Works From Home — and S/he Asked for Medical Leave…
Let me introduce you to Phil, the Regional Sales Manager for Phenomenal Pharmaceuticals. Phil and Phenomenal are having an er um situation. One of Phil’s Sales Representatives, Sally, when she is not out making sales calls or meeting with customers, works from home, which is 100 miles away from Phenomenal’s headquarters (where Phil is ) […]
For FMLA and ADA Claims, Timing May Be Everything…
Have you ever had to discipline an employee? I assume so. What about one who is or was on leave?– be it FMLA, You’ve probably been told that you need to tread lightly if/when you do. In fact I’ve said so here. That doesn’t mean you can’t discipline an employee who is on leave. In […]
When Addressing a Workers’ Comp Claim, Don’t Forget FMLA (and ADA)…
If you hire or manage employees, chances are at some point or another at least one of your employees will be hurt on the job–and then you will be dealing with a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. Suppose you find yourself in such a situation and you settle the claim. Your employee receives benefits, and […]