5 reasons you need to tread carefully when using ICs
The compounding effect of five developments in employment law has made using independent contractors significantly more appealing and risky at the same time.
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Two thousand-plus pages … that’s a lot of law. So no one would blame you for not reading the healthcare reform law word for word. And if you didn’t, here are some things you probably don’t know it requires.
There’s no doubt that a lot of people are suffering out there today — either due to heavier workloads or, worse yet, unemployment. But HR and Benefits pros may be the lucky ones.
Here’s a checklist of traits you can use the next time you need to find the perfect person for a managerial position:
Employers are required to reasonably accommodate disabled workers. But what happens when that disabled worker can’t do their job? Couldn’t perform essential duty Charles Clark, a diabetic, was a personnel manager at Champion National Security. He was caught sleeping on the job and was fired for violating the company’s alertness policy. Clark sued his employer…
What do employment attorneys see as the common thread that lands well-meaning employers in court time and time again? Costly mistakes by their front-line managers.
As HR pros, you obviously get the importance of thoroughly (and carefully) documenting employee performance problems. You know who doesn’t? A lot of managers who oversee employees.
The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits employers from giving applicants medical tests before a job is offered — and that might include examinations used to learn about candidates’ personality traits.
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Employee handbooks are supposed to protect the company. But thanks to these common mistakes, many policy manuals are a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Employee engagement is this year’s buzzword – so much so, people are getting tired of hearing it. Buzzword or not, however, there’s no denying that an engaged employee is a productive employee. In this guest post, Andre Lavoie, CEO of ClearCompany, weighs in on real-life tactics that can lead to a committed, loyal workforce.
When an employee goes on leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), it can pay to double-check that your FMLA record-keeping processes are up to snuff, in case your FMLA administration/processes are ever called into question. Employment law attorneys recommend periodic internal audits of all record-keeping practices. That way, if there’s ever a…
Whether to save money or administrative headaches, many employers make these all-to-common HR mistakes that can cost them big time.
An Arkansas car dealership is on the hook for more than $128k after it failed to accommodate a sales manager who returned to work after spine surgery.
From extended leave to drug-usage during work hours, there are plenty of reasonable accommodations employers may be required to make under the ADA. The only weapon companies can rely on to safely shoot down unreasonable accommodation requests is the law’s interactive process. Whenever the ADA — and potential accommodations — are in play, employers must…
Handling ADA accommodation requests is tricky, as you know. But the better prepared you are before you receive a request, the better your chances for staying on the right side of the law.
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