Paid Sick Leave: Give Your Company a Check-up

Paid Sick Leave: Give Your Company a Check-up

Human resources managers, here’s a scenario you probably know all too well. One of your employees staggers into the office, hacking and wheezing, with barely enough energy to drag themselves to their desk in the morning. They spread the flu or whatever bug has knocked...
At-Will Employment: Three Notable Exceptions

At-Will Employment: Three Notable Exceptions

Human resources professionals know that “at-will employment” is a concept that covers more complex ground than the seemingly straight-forward phrase implies. At face value, it appears to imply a company can bid farewell to a worker for any given reason—or even...
Sorting Out FMLA Employee Eligibility

Sorting Out FMLA Employee Eligibility

HR managers—even the most seasoned ones—can find navigating Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) rules and requirements out. People get sick, families grow, and other life events happen in employees’ lives—FMLA is a labor law that requires companies (if covered) to...