Growing Businesses Need to Know These Laws

Growing Businesses Need to Know These Laws

Human resources managers at successful, expanding companies have a lot to celebrate. Growth is a good thing (better than not growing or getting smaller, at least). However, along with that growth comes an increasing number of federal laws your organization needs to...
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...
Cutting Down on Employee Absences

Cutting Down on Employee Absences

Human resources managers can’t expect staff to be at work all the time, day in and day out. Whether it’s to recuperate from an illness, or to recharge the mental batteries with a vacation, a few days away from the office are good for staff health and morale....