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 […]
Do You Have to Hire An Applicant With a Positive Drug Test?
Your company is hiring drivers and therefore requires pre-employment drug tests. That makes sense. You want to keep your employees and the public safe. Not to take such a step would be inviting liability, somewhere down the road (pardon the pun). You go through all your usual steps. You find one particular candidate promising and […]
When Absence DOESN’T Make the Heart Grow Fonder: Leave Requests Under the ADA
Woody Allen is credited with saying that 80% of success is showing up. That could certainly apply to the workplace. To be fair though, he made that comment in 1977 before remote work, telecommuting, video conferencing and similar technological advances were in existence. It’s clear that some jobs do not require physical presence on the […]
Disability Discrimination, Joint Employment and the EEOC– Oh My!
You have attendance policies, right? I hope so. Most employers seem to have them–and you should. Your employees need to know what is expected of them. You are somewhat ham-stringed if you try to discipline an employee due to attendance issues when you don’t have a clear policy. Your first thought might be to make […]