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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits employers from discriminating against employees and applicants with disabilities in all aspects of employment including hiring, promotion, and termination. It also requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to workers with disabilities, unless the accommodation creates an undue hardship.
Imagine your supervisor permits a 14-year-old employee to clock out at 7:15 p.m. during a school night on one occasion. Under the new U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) penalty assessment scheme, this could result in over a $15,000 fine to the
We’ve all heard the phrase “timing is everything.” Well, the same thing applies to terminating an employee. Certainly, there are times when an employee’s serious conduct violation – such as violent behavior or sexual harassment – mandates the immediacy of the decision. But even in
The Family and Medical Leave Act provides employees for covered employers up to 12 weeks of unpaid annual leave for their own, or their immediate family members’, serious health conditions. For an employee to be covered under the Act, they must have worked for the...
Here’s the scenario: Your company is holding a training session at your central business office. All of your employees, including non-exempt, hourly employees, are required to attend the training session. While some employees work just minutes away from the central business office, others work several
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits employers from discriminating against employees and applicants with disabilities in all aspects of employment including hiring, promotion, and termination. It also requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to workers with disabilities, unless the accommodation creates an undue hardship.
Imagine your supervisor permits a 14-year-old employee to clock out at 7:15 p.m. during a school night on one occasion. Under the new U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) penalty assessment scheme, this could result in over a $15,000 fine to the
We’ve all heard the phrase “timing is everything.” Well, the same thing applies to terminating an employee. Certainly, there are times when an employee’s serious conduct violation – such as violent behavior or sexual harassment – mandates the immediacy of the decision. But even in
The Family and Medical Leave Act provides employees for covered employers up to 12 weeks of unpaid annual leave for their own, or their immediate family members’, serious health conditions. For an employee to be covered under the Act, they must have worked for the...
Here’s the scenario: Your company is holding a training session at your central business office. All of your employees, including non-exempt, hourly employees, are required to attend the training session. While some employees work just minutes away from the central business office, others work several
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits employers from discriminating against employees and applicants with disabilities in all aspects of employment including hiring, promotion, and termination. It also requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to workers with disabilities, unless the accommodation creates an undue hardship.
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