Tag: Policies

What is an IIPP?

IIPP stands for Injury and Illness Prevention Program, also sometimes known as an I2P2. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) webpage within the Department of Labor’s (DOL) website[i], IIPPs are described as:

Failure to Provide FMLA Notice to Employee Costs Employer $275K

A federal district court judge approved a consent decree requiring Staples to pay $275,000 for failing to notify an employee of his Family and Medical Leave Act leave rights to care for his critically ill wife over a period of two years. The U.S. Department of Labor contended that the office supply chain’s failure to […]

Please Sue Me 2015

Consultant and trainer Hunter Lott, famous for his annual “Please Sue Me” presentations, delivered the 2015 version of his talk to attendees at the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Annual Conference and Exposition, held recently in Las Vegas.

FMLA Status No Protection against Firing for Poor Performance

An employer did not engage in discrimination under the Family and Medical Leave Act when it fired an employee for performance issues, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held, at a time when the employee also was using intermittent FMLA leave. The court noted that the company never wavered from its claim that it […]

How to Reduce Employee Absenteeism

Is absenteeism a problem in your workplace? It’s a tough problem to tackle, especially because employee absences can occur for so many varied reasons. Let’s take a look first at some of the laws that affect the way employers may handle employee absences, and then we’ll review a few tips on how to manage or […]