By Eric B. Meyer The Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to provide a reasonable accommodation to an individual with a disability, if doing … Read more
What San Francisco’s Paid Parental Leave Law Will Mean For Employers
By Jason Geller and Richard Meneghello San Francisco just became the first city in the country to pass legislation requiring many employers to provide … Read more
Can an Employer Rescind a Job Offer Because of a Genetic Test?
By Eric B. Meyer A received a number of emails following my blog post, “Can you refuse to hire a person whom you fear may have a future disability?” One of … Read more
The 4 Key Steps to Building a More Human Workplace
Globoforce’s WorkHuman Research Institute recently released a report on The ROI of Recognition in Building a Human Workplace. Here are several key findings … Read more
It’s Not Easy to Determine If an Employee Is Really “Exempt”
By John E. Thompson Coming changes in at least some of the U.S. Department of Labor’s definitions for the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s … Read more
Vague Policies + Poor HR Communications = FMLA disaster
By Eric B. Meyer A few years ago, I blogged here about the importance of communicating with employees on the Family and Medical Leave Act to stay abreast … Read more
New and Bizarre Perks: Are They That New, and Do They Really Matter?
Despite all the usual excited publicity about any non-traditional offering flaunted by some innovative employer, the same typical meat-and-potatoes … Read more
Can Paying People to Quit Actually Drive Better Employee Engagement?
What do you do with an “adequate” employee — the type of person who puts in just enough effort to get the job done, but is clearly only in it for the … Read more
Survey: Workers Would Rather Have More Wages, Less Health Insurance
By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News More wages, less health insurance. In a recent survey, one in five people with employer-based coverage said they … Read more
5 Ways the U.S. Can Compete with New European Jobs Act
In January, the Italian government announced the Jobs Act, designed to protect Italy’s growing class of freelancers and the self-employed. The Jobs Act … Read more