Wait is this a trick question or has the writer (yours truly) lost her marbles? (Are those options mutually exclusive?) An employee ineligible for FMLA leave, by definition can’t get FMLA leave, right? I mean the employee has to meet specific criteria, the reason for the leave must meet certain criteria. Heck, if the employer […]
Can You Eliminate a Position…After the Employee Returns from FMLA Leave?
If you have 50 or more employees, chances are, you’ve dealt with at least one employee taking and returning from FMLA leave. If you’ve weathered at least one recession or other financial ups and downs, you’ve probably had to downsize. What happens when both occur at the same time? What happens when you have an […]
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. […]
Oooh Baby! EEOC Reminds Bosses that Dads Get Parental Leave Too…
With all the talk about a paid Family Medical Leave law and paid maternity leave, it’s easy to lose sight of one key group of people: working fathers. Your company probably has family medical leave, and maybe even maternity leave policies. If your company is more progressive it may have a paternity leave or parental […]
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 ) […]