An employee exceeds his allowable sick leave and gets a last-chance warning about missing any more days. Then he contracts a contagious illness that prevents him from coming in. Now what? Read this dramatized real-life case and see if you can decide who won when the employer fired the worker, who sued for wrongful discharge. More…

Our team of experts fields real-life everyday questions from HR managers and gives practical answers that can be applied by any HR pro in the same situation. Today’s question: What’s the better way to grade performance — on a numerical scale or the common “meets expectations” method? More…