by rachael | Feb 12, 2023 | Employment Law, Human Resources
For 30 years, HR professionals have been working with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), a federal law enacted to protect employees’ jobs and medical insurance when they need to take unpaid time away from work for certain family and medical reasons. While FMLA...
by rachael | Sep 18, 2022 | Human Resources
Answer from Megan, JD, SPHR: Yes, in two circumstances. First, you can discipline the employee if their other job violates your outside employment (aka moonlighting) policy. Second, you can discipline an employee who obtained FMLA leave fraudulently. If, however, you...
by rachael | Jun 19, 2022 | Employment Law
Answer from Kara, JD, SPHR: FMLA is short for the Family and Medical Leave Act, a federal law that provides employees with unpaid, job protected leave and benefits continuation in certain circumstances. People also commonly call leave under this law FMLA, as in...
by hanna | Jan 5, 2021 | Business Tips, Employment Law
According to Gallup, the number of days employees are working remotely has doubled during the pandemic. Some companies are even considering making a remote work arrangement permanent. While there are no laws that exclusively apply to remote workplaces, remote work...
by dojodigital | Jun 24, 2019 | General News, health insurance, Human Resources
Generally, an employer can ask employees for a doctor’s note when they take time off because of an illness. But it’s important to consider the laws governing doctors’ notes before making them a requirement. The Health Insurance Portability and...
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