Internship Best Practices
With college intern hiring on the increase, it’s a good time to review internship best practices.
Tag: compliance
FMLA Leave 101: What Qualifies as a Serious Health Condition?
Managing leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has its challenges. Employers need to ensure that all HR staff and all managers who deal with employee leave requests are well-versed in the finer details of FMLA-related leave. They should understand who is eligible for leave, how much they’re eligible for, how you track […]
The Current Landscape of Proposed and Expansive Leave Programs
The discussion at various levels of government and business today is that the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) doesn’t go far enough. That’s why some jurisdictions are taking matters into their own hands, adding to the law’s basic requirements.
Getting Workers Abroad Happy and in One Piece
As an American company, you may sometimes need to send talent overseas. Whether you are hiring new employees for the role, or you have a current employee in mind, it’s important to know these three things—The major challenges, the solutions to those challenges, and selling the job to someone despite those challenges.
Sending a Worker Overseas Safely, Prepared, and Feeling Good
In a recent Advisor we began to explore the difficulties commonly associated with traveling abroad, as well as some of the solutions and your approach for getting your candidates or employees on board. Today we’ll cover some more potential difficulties and solutions.
SHRM Session: 5 Easy Business Practices For Getting Sued
Getting sued is easy. It’s avoiding lawsuits that is the real challenge. The HR Daily Advisor was recently at the SHRM’s 2017 Annual Conference & Exposition in New Orleans. Here we attended a session entitled From the Boardroom to the Courtroom: Top 10 Business Practices That Will Get You Sued, presented by Pavneet Singh Uppal […]
Bereavement Leave Considerations
Employers are in a delicate situation when an employee needs to take bereavement leave—not only must they deal very sensitively with the employee who has suffered a loss, but they also must be sure to handle the situation in a way that is both fair (to all employees) and flexible (since each situation may be […]
Is Mandatory Paid Family Leave on the Horizon?
It’s fairly well-known that the United States is one of only a couple countries in the world that does not have any federally mandated requirement for employers to provide paid time off for new parents. This is a fact that comes as a bit of a shock to those in other countries, many of which […]
Maryland Governor Vetoes Paid Sick Leave Law; Dems Promise Override
Maryland’s governor has vetoed a bill that mandates paid sick leave for workers in the state starting January 1, 2018—but it’s not necessarily dead.
FMLA: How to Verify That Employees Are Truly ‘Caring For’ Family Members
Many employers are seeing an increase in employees requesting time off to care for their aging parents. Because that trend is likely to continue, you should be prepared to manage such requests, particularly when the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) applies.