Warn bosses: Do nothing that discourages FMLA leave or punishes those who take it

• May 25, 2010

Supervisors need regular reminders—reinforced with training—that it’s their responsibility to find ways to deal with it when workers go on FMLA...

Follow 4 keys to legally manage employee absenteeism

• May 18, 2010

The costs of employee absenteeism—reflected in lost production, overtime and temporary replacements for the absent worker—can add up quickly. What’s...

Are we allowed to prohibit moonlighting?

• May 17, 2010

Q. Is there any law against having a policy that prohibits my employees from working a second job?

How should we calculate paid ‘on-call’ time?

• May 16, 2010

Q. We have a maintenance employee who we will soon put “on call” for various shifts—occasionally at night—to fix equipment. How should we ...

That’s a lot of bread! Bimbo to settle for $3.75 million

• May 16, 2010

Current and former drivers of Bimbo Bakeries USA who sued the company for allegedly breaking California’s meal and rest break laws are now offering to settle for...

Hiring work-release prisoners? Some aren’t covered by FLSA’s pay, overtime rules

• May 16, 2010

If you’re considering hiring inmates through a work-release program, carefully weigh whether you will have to pay them as regular employees under the FLSA, or...

Uniformly enforce blanket ‘no-hire’ policies

• May 16, 2010

Some employers don’t want to hire applicants who haven’t succeeded elsewhere and create a blanket no-hire rule for any applicant who isn’t eligible...

Plan for work pile-up following FMLA leave

• May 04, 2010

In today’s economic climate, you might be tempted to forgo hiring a temp to fill in for an employee who’s out on FMLA leave. Especially if you initially...