What a difference two years make. Between December 23, 2021, and January 10, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued guidance recommending shorter periods of isolation and quarantine in response...
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Goals many of us share are to become more productive in our pursuits, more adept at our jobs, more fulfilled in our lives. But how to do that—by working harder? Delegating more? Relying on automation (i.e., artificial...
Our readers are HR professionals, lawyers, and business owners/execs. Lawyers have certain ethical rules by which they must abide. Failure to do so can lead to dire consequences, as a workers’ compensation lawyer for a...
We’ve seen numerous reports about various outbreaks of Hepatitis A. What do they have in common? Food. Not another one Over the last five years, the Hepatitis A occurrences have proliferated. Among the incidents, several...
If you’ve ever thought about forgoing a background check, think again. The small expense now can save you a lot in the long run. Rotten apple A perhaps underestimated part of the hiring process is the employee background...
The Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act has been in the news a lot lately. It’s the statutory basis on which President Joe Biden is seeking to enforce his administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for larger...
The Texas Supreme Court will hear arguments in mid-January about a Whataburger Restaurants case that has been bouncing around the state legal system for several years. As you will soon discern, I believe the court’s...
Q Can we offer a medical expense reimbursement plan (MERP) along with a health flexible spending account (FSA) or a health savings account (HSA) plan? A A MERP is an employer-sponsored, tax-advantaged healthcare...
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Q An employee’s dad is being flown to another hospital for COVID-19 treatment. She needs to drive her mom to the new hospital and therefore will miss at least one day of work. Would she be eligible for Family and Medical...
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The Biden administration has initiated numerous legal changes against employers, and most of you no doubt have been closely following the major disputes surrounding the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Nevertheless...
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An employee claimed her termination was based on fraud because the employer didn’t honor its written commitment to equal employment opportunity (EEO) in its workplace practices, but the Arkansas Supreme Court recently...
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In response to a surge in COVID-19 cases, the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have issued new mask mandates for places of public accommodation. Minneapolis On Wednesday, January 5, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey...
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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the bedrock federal statute governing how employers must compensate employees including their hourly, nonexempt workers, who must be paid one and one-half times their regular rate...
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The Ohio Court of Appeals for Franklin County recently reversed the grant of summary judgment (dismissal without a trial) in favor of the employer in a case in which a former employee claimed he was discharged in...
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The 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection is tentatively scheduled to open on April 12, 2022, which is a little later than usual, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced. How Component 1...
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