First, let us say that whether or not an employee will be able to collect unemployment is not entirely predictable. Some states like Illinois and California are more liberal than others, and usually find unemployment claims in the workers favor. Others like Texas and South Carolina seem to rule in the employers favor more often.
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Hitting sales quotas
Sorry but we think you could have handled this situation better. The purpose of disciplinary action is to make the worker a better employee, by getting the employee to perform better in the future. It is not to assert your authority, punish the employee or prove that you have power over her
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Temporary Suspension of Overtime and Telework Privileges
If properly administered, this would be an excellent way to judge the applicants skills in an objective manner. The best practice would be to use the questionnaire as part of the screening process during the employment interview, or to gather this information verbally during the interview.
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Pre-employment questionnaire
The best practice is to give every qualified employee 8 hours of holiday pay in the payroll week, in addition to payment for hours worked. Holiday pay is always straight time, and does not count towards overtime. In addition, when possible you should give employees who work on the holiday another day off in the same
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Working on Paid Holidays
So every single employee in your company has the power to independently sign contracts or make independent business decisions that have a signifiant effect on your bottom line? That is very hard for us to believe, and it is going to be very hard for the U.S. Department of Labor to believe, too
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Changing exemption status/payroll timing forms
2/15/2010 – - We have designed a TWO part Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) compliance webinar suite. We know how important it is …
2/15/2010 – - It’s been a big year for disability and family leave laws. The ADA Amendments Act and the sweeping changes to the FMLA both t …
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ADA & FMLA: How To Navigate The Intersection Of Disability And Leave Laws Following Recent Legal Developments
2/15/2010 – - Just as we thought we were understanding who was disabled under the ADA, Congress amended the law that broadens the definitio …
You can pay this employee only his 6 hours of sick leave for the day. Under the federal FLSA or Fair Labor Standards Act, when the employer has a bona fide paid sick leave plan, and the employee exceeds his or her accrued sick leave, the exempt employee need not be paid his or her usual
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Exempt employee paid for sick day if only has 6 hours sick leave accrued
There are a number of issues here: HIPAA, ADA, GINA, discrimination and a lack of boundaries or unprofessional behavior. When an employer is also a medical professional, the employer must be very, very careful about HIPAA violations. Generally, healthcare providers may not disclose any private health information on an employee, without written permission.
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Medical advice
