Have you ever had an employee that can’t come back to work, but wants their job back, anyway? We hear all the time about employees out on FMLA leave or leave under the ADA are entitled to job protection–but that’s not always so. Yes, there are limits. Even the FMLA and ADA requirements (and similar […]
Are You All Right??
It’s 10 a.m. Your employee hasn’t shown up to work. S/he was supposed to be in by 8:30 a.m. Or maybe your employee is working remotely during the pandemic. The employee missed a scheduled call. You send an email. No response. You call. No response. You’re annoyed. There are deadlines. You can’t have your employees […]
FFCRA is About to Expire — But You Might Still Have to Grant Your Employees COVID Leave
Today is December 10th. I know you don’t need me to tell you today’s date, but I’m going somewhere with it. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) will expire in exactly three weeks. Can Congress extend the FFCRA? Sure. There’s no sign that it will do so at the moment, though. Could Congress resurrect […]
Could Your Call-Out Procedures Spell Trouble Under the FMLA?
Suppose your employee sustains a work-related injury. We already know that s/he is probably eligible for workers’ comp benefits. What if s/he also needs – or requests–time off to recover? If you have 50 or more employees in a 75-mile radius and if s/he worked at least 1250 hours in the last 12 months, s/he […]
Furloughs Aren’t Illegal, Are They?
Suppose you find your company is affected by the pandemic and resulting economic downturn. You decide to furlough some of your employees. You inform them of their impending furlough. You hope that you can now focus on staying afloat until the economy improves. Could the furloughs themselves cause you other problems? What if your employees […]