Joe Beachboard leads the Beachboard Consulting Group of concierge employment law counselors. He is also the moderator of Business Management Daily’s upcoming Labor & Employment Law Advanced Practices Conference. Taking place March 20–22 at Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, LEAP 2024 marks the conference’s 20th anniversary as America’s premier employment law learning event. Among LEAP’s more than 30 sessions in March will be “Most Bizarre Employment Law Cases of 2023,” an annual participant favorite.
Q. We are a small company and have seven employees. One of our employees recently went out on a leave of absence for pregnancy. During that time, we hired a...
Q. A while ago two of our employees developed a romantic relationship. They are now expecting a baby and both workers put in a request for family leave to bond with...
Q. With the start of the school year, several of our employees have asked to leave work early to attend parent orientation events at their child’s school. Are we...
Q. We couldn’t obtain the amount of overtime one of our employees worked in time to include payment for those hours in the current payroll period. We understand...
Q. One of our employees has just filed an internal complaint claiming that she has been sexually harassed. We are concerned that if we discipline the alleged harasser...
Q. One of my employees recently informed me that she needs to take time off to seek psychiatric treatment. I realize that this employee may be disabled under the ADA,...
Q. We suspect that one of our employees has filed a fraudulent workers’ compensation claim. We would like to hire a private investigator to gather information on...
Q. We have an employee who claims to be a witch. She contends that witchcraft is her religion and has asked for time off on certain “holidays.” Are we...
Q. We have two employees who regularly fail to turn in their time cards on a timely basis. Can we hold off on paying them until they submit their time cards? Can we...
Q. Over the holidays, many of our employees received packages at the office. We are worried that this might be a disruption. Should we ban employees from receiving...
Q. While one of our employees was on workers’ compensation leave, she received disability payments. Due to a clerical error, we failed to take her off the payroll...
Q. Many of our employees have children who will return to school this month. Are we required to grant these employees time off for school-related activities?
Q. To prevent productivity and morale problems, we would like to adopt a policy stating the company will not hire the spouses of current employees. Would this be lawful?
