Employees of the upscale Four Seasons hotel chain can stay there free and eat for half price. “Other hotel companies offer discounted rooms, but there’s...
Q. We have an employee who is currently on short-term disability (STD) and is approaching long-term disability (LTD). Our company pays 95% of medical insurance...
Employees who work for Camden Property Trust and live in any Camden-operated apartment complex get a 20% discount on their rent. About half of the company’s...
Employees at Phoenix-based Goodmans Interior Structures get a little help when it comes to planning—and paying for—their vacations. The office furniture...
Few organizations can boast that 90% of their employees use flexible work arrangements. Yet the majority of employees at AstraZeneca’s Wilmington, DE, headquarters...
Frank Amodeo, head of Mirabilis Ventures in Orlando, has been indicted on 27 counts of conspiracy and fraud for allegedly stealing $182 million in payroll taxes from...
The Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, upheld the firing of Karen Kridel, a former paralegal with Dibble & Miller, PC, in Rochester, for taking smoking...
Q. Our company policy is to not pay an employee for unused vacation time if the employee resigns without giving the required two weeks’ notice. A former employee...
Q. While a manager at one of our locations was on vacation, we performed an audit of her books and discovered that she had written unauthorized checks to herself...
Q. I understand that many companies offer employee assistance programs (EAPs) as an added benefit for employees who may have drug or alcohol abuse problems. Are we...
Question: “Does anybody offer employees a broad range of fringe benefits beyond
the standard ones most companies offer, especially in light of the
current...
Q. We require our employees to wear uniforms, and we make employees pay for them. A new employee said the employer must pay for uniforms. Is he right? ...
In a termination situation, employers are legally required to furnish ex-employees timely notice of their rights to health care continuation coverage under the...
Q. Our company has a policy requiring employees who are leaving the company to participate in an exit interview. One of the requirements is to check that the terminated...
The city of Duluth says it can save up to $600,000 per year if 37 of its retirees sign up for Medicare. The city discovered during a recent audit that some of its...
Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountablity Act (HIPAA), it's clear that health plans can construct wellness programs that penalize smokers by imposing...
Q. Should a Texas employer hire an attorney to represent it in an unemployment compensation proceeding where the claimant is represented by counsel? ...
Based on current articles in both the popular and business press, it should come as no surprise that Americans are currently not saving adequately to fund their...
Do you require some employees to live on the premises so they can be on call to provide emergency or other services? If so, you can structure the compensation system to...
