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Do you know? Handling employees with suspected swine flu
The President has officially declared H1N1 a national emergency . Hyperbole aside, it is estimated that as many as 60% of the U.S. populatio...
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Do you know? Employment litigation expected to increase in 2010
By Jon Hyman
The international law firm Fulbright & Jaworski has released its Fifth Annual Litigation Trends Survey and Highlights ( available in ful...
Do you know? Crisis Management
By Jon Hyman
The front page of today’s USA Today’s sports section has a story covering the scandal that has plagued my alma mater (Binghamton University...
Do you know? Wage and hour recordkeeping
By Jon Hyman
The Fair Labor Standards Act sets certain requirements for what records an employer covered by the Act must keep. For non-exempt employees, ...
Do you know? What is a “disability” under the recent ADA Amendments Act
By Jon Hyman
The ADA Amendments Act, which became effective January 1, 2009, is intended “to reinstate a broad scope of protection” by expanding the defi...
Do you know? Fake job references?
By Jon Hyman
More people are out of work at any time in the past 25 years. And, it appears that some are taking desperate measures to find new jobs. ABCN...
Do you know? What are an employer’s rights when an employee fails to give timely notice of FMLA leave?
By Jon Hyman
Employees cannot simply take FMLA leave on a whim. They must provide their employers at least some notice, depending on the circumstances. A...
Do you know? Harassment by a non-employee
By Jon Hyman
Last week, an Orlando, Florida, jury convicted a Pennsylvania tourist of groping Minnie Mouse. Apparently, the man thought it was okay to ...
Do you know? Mandatory overtime
By Jon Hyman
We should all know that any hours a non-exempt employee works in excess of 40 in any given week must be paid at a premium rate of one and on...
Do you know? Employers can communicate directly with employees’ health care providers for FMLA certifications
By Jon Hyman
The recent changes to the FMLA’s regulations make it that much easier for employers to gather information about the medical need for an empl...
Do you know? Perfect attendance bonuses and the FMLA
By Jon Hyman
Before the recent FMLA regulatory amendments took effect, an employer could not deny a perfect attendance bonus to an employee whose only a...
Do you know? “Salting” the wounds of labor organizing
By Jon Hyman
“Salting” is a common organizing tactic used by labor unions. It refers to union organizers applying for jobs with non-union employers. The ...
Do you know? Facebook and Twitter and blogs, oh my! What is social networking and why should you care?
By Jon Hyman
Cave drawings were likely the earliest form of social networking. Today people tweet their thoughts for the world to see. In between we’ve ...
Do you know? Sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination
By Jon Hyman
It strikes me as appalling that in the year 2009 there are still minority groups against whom it remains legal to discriminate. An employer ...
Do you know? When it is lawful to take deductions from an employee’s pay?
By Jon Hyman
For an employer to claim that an a professional, administrative, or executive employee is “exempt,” and therefore ineligible to receive over...
Do you know? Adopt the TEAM approach to fight unions
By Jon Hyman
Whether the EFCA will become law, and in what form, is very much up in the air. Democratic support for the measuring is waning, and business...
Do you know? Volunteerism under federal wage and hour laws
By Jon Hyman
According to EVliving.com , one employer has come up with a creative idea to combat the current economic downturn. The CEO of Greenleaf Book...
Do you know? How to handle an EEOC or OCRC charge
By Jon Hyman
It’s no secret that in a down economy, the number of employment-related claims rise. To file a claim under any of the federal employment dis...
Do you know? Charging for work uniforms
By Jon Hyman
More and more businesses are looking to cut costs anywhere they can. Many require their employees to wear a certain uniform. Can they pass o...
Do you know? A company cannot represent itself in an Ohio court
By Jon Hyman
In the April 9 New York Times , Jonathan Glater reported that more and more people are turning to self-representation during the current eco...