Q. An employer asked us for a job verification on an employee we fired. The request includes a written consent form from the worker allowing the query. Can I release...
Employees who commit “aggravated misconduct” and are terminated may not be eligible for unemployment compensation benefits. Therefore, some employers may...
How much your organization pays for unemployment insurance is based, in part, on how many former employees have successfully filed claims against you....
Some supervisors may be secretly biased against members of a particular protected class—something that may be hard to tell until it’s too late. And if a...
Employers usually don’t have a problem terminating an employee for poor performance if the employee has never raised any kind of discrimination claim....
It’s true that at-will employees can be fired for any reason or no reason at all, as long as that reason isn’t discriminatory. Many employers therefore...
Some whistle-blowing employees think they can’t be disciplined if they report alleged wrongdoing to authorities or upper management. That’s not true....
Q. One of our employee’s job performance no longer meets our standards. While she used to be a good worker, she’s now making a lot of errors, coming in...
Before you implement an involuntary reduction in force, make sure you determine whether you’re vulnerable to an age discrimination lawsuit. You can do...
Here’s a situation that many HR professionals dread: An employee complains about discrimination and you fix the problem. Then there are workplace changes and it...
Q. We have a staff member with body odor so bad that other staff members have complained and even threatened to leave the company. The employee has been disciplined...
Hesitant to fire an employee because of his race, religion or other protected characteristic? Don’t be. Employers with legitimate reasons to discharge...
Terminating an employee can produce a volatile employment situation. Wrongful termination claims lurk behind every discharge decision. So employers must know what to...
The EEOC is suing Pantego-based Tideland Electric Membership Corp., claiming it failed to accommodate a disabled employee. Jeffrey Erdman suffers from a chronic pain...
Here’s an important reminder to heed when you must discipline employees: If an employee commits a major rule violation that justifies termination, rely on that...
