A member of the team you supervise is up for a promotion. You reject that team member as you feel s/he is not dependable. Specifically, s/he is out at least once every 2 weeks on what s/he calls “intermittent FMLA”. That same less-than-stellar attendance record provided support for his/her recent negative performance review. The employee […]
Hot-Button Employment Law Issues in 2020
Happy 2020! Employers and employees alike have seen many changes in the last year and decade. Guess what? Looks like we’ll be seeing more changes in Employment Law in the coming year–and decade. This week I want to talk about seven (7) Hot-Button Employment Law Issues that employers should watch out for in 2020 and […]
375 Thousand Reasons Why American Airlines’ Discipline of Employees Taking Sick Leave Didn’t Fly
Do you have sick leave and attendance policies? I hope so. Do you provide Paid Time Off (PTO)? Again, I hope so. Are you allowed to limit how much time off an employee takes or uses? Yes, within reasonable limits, and depending on whether any federal, state or local laws have something to say on […]
IKEA and Trump On Furnishing Paid Employee Leave…
During the election, paid employee leave was a big hot-button issue. Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton supported paid employee leave. That opposing presidential candidates would seem to agree on such an issue was, on the surface, somewhat surprising. Of course, as they say, the devil is in the details, and the two candidates differed […]
How Obergefell v Hodges Impacts Employee Leave Laws
Last week at The EmpLAWyerologist, we took our first look at Obergefell v Hodges, the Supreme Court’s ruling that the Constitution requires recognition of same-sex marriages. Specifically we looked at its impact on employee benefits (Click here if you missed that post.) Obergefell affects other employment-related issues though. This week, we will focus on how Obergefell […]