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By Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR Just My E-pinion Special from BLR’s National Employment Law Update How to Manage Intermittent Leave (Is that a Joke?)< Chuckles greeted attorney Jeffrey Wortman when he announced that he’d tell his audience how to manage intermittent leave under the FMLA. He joined in the laughter, but said there are some […]
By Stephen D. Bruce, PHR Editor, HR Daily Advisor Four weeks ago our e-pinion featured tips for napping at work. Our readers responded quickly. Two brief responses sum up the views on napping: 1. “We do not permit napping. You’ve got to be kidding me!” 2. “Bravo! I love your topic—it helps me feel better […]
By Stephen D. Bruce, PHR Editor, HR Daily Advisor Eighty-five percent of employers report offering tuition assistance to employees, according to a recent survey of tuition assistance plans by BLR®‘s HR Daily Advisor. This is a significant increase over the 52% of employers who reported having such a plan in late 2007. A quick review […]
By BLR Founder and CEO Bob Brady Increasingly, part-timers are taking on important roles in our prganizations. Whether they are soon-to-retire veterans or new-to-the-workforce grads hoping to get to fulltime, they all want benefits. Where should you draw the line on who gets benefits and what they get? Today’s survey will help you figure it […]
By Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR Just My E-pinion Wage and hour suits are getting technical, says attorney Laura Innes, and that’s all the more reason to focus in on your wage hour practices to be sure you’re acting within the law. In an exclusive interview with the HR Daily Advisor, Innes shared tips for the […]
By Stephen D. Bruce, PHR Editor, HR Daily Advisor A number of studies are now suggesting the somewhat counterintuitive idea that napping after lunch is a great productivity booster. Should your company be considering naptime? MedicalNewsToday.com says that “dozens of small medical studies have shown that napping for about 30 minutes to an hour in […]
By Stephen D. Bruce, PHR Editor, HR Daily Advisor The holiday party—a traditional HR role that sounds simple, but can quickly turn into an expensive legal disaster. “With the let-loose attitude of holiday parties, employers often disregard the liabilities involved, especially when alcohol is being served.” says attorney Christopher J. Boman. It’s natural for employers […]
By Stephen D. Bruce, PHR Editor, HR Daily Advisor Seventy-eight percent of employers allow sick leave to be used to care for sick children, while 62 percent of employers report offering at least one form of assistance for child care to employees, according to a recent survey of Family Leave Practices by BLR®. The survey […]
By BLR Founder and CEO Bob Brady Tuition assistance should be easy enough to structure and offer, but it’s not. We found a number of tricky questions that companies must answer before offering it. So for today’s survey, we decided to find out just what companies are offering and how they are structuring their plan. […]
By Stephen D. Bruce, PHR Editor, HR Daily Advisor Just My E-pinion Steven Slater is the Jet Blue employee who “lost it,” deployed the emergency chute, grabbed two beers, and split. There’s a surprising level of empathy for Slater among workers across the country, many of whom said they are so stressed out that they […]