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Compensation & Benefits

PWFA: Routinely grant requests for leave to attend pregnancy-related appointments

10/16/2024
EEOC rules implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act say employers should routinely grant pregnant employees’ requests for time off to attend pregnancy-related medical appointments. It’s so clear-cut that one employer just quickly agreed to settle when the EEOC threatened to file a failure-to-accommodate lawsuit under the PWFA.
Employee Relations

Turn negative performance reviews into a positive experience

10/16/2024
Providing negative feedback during employee performance reviews is an uncomfortable but necessary part of being a successful manager. Surveys show that employees actually value negative feedback when it’s delivered constructively. But a poor approach can cause resentment and further job disengagement. Here are tips to follow when giving your next review.
Employment Law

Tolerate boss’s racist behavior, retaliation? Prepare to pay millions in damages

10/16/2024
If you need a reason to stamp out workplace name-calling, discriminatory work assignments and retaliation, consider the massive punitive-damages award a jury recently granted to an employee who sued because of ongoing racist behavior by a supervisor.
HR Management

Ban numerical goals, quotas from efforts to diversify

10/15/2024
Studies show that employers with diverse workforces outperform homogenous organizations on such important measures as innovation, revenue and profitability. However, employers intent on fostering diversity must do it in a way that doesn’t discriminate against any specific group of applicants or employees.
Hiring

New DOL resource offers best practices for using AI in hiring

09/30/2024
The resource is designed to “help employers reduce the risks of creating unintentional forms of discrimination and barriers to accessibility as they implement AI hiring technology,” a DOL statement said.
Terminations

Ensure layoffs don’t target ‘costly’ workers

09/30/2024
When employers decide to reduce their workforces, it’s often because they need to save money. Laying off highly paid employees is one thing. It’s entirely another matter to target employees with costly medical problems that strain your self-insured health plan. That’s an almost foolproof way to trigger a lawsuit.
Article Archives

GLP-1 benefits coverage lags behind clinical eligibility

In the Payroll Mailbag: November ’24

Holiday bonuses: Great for everyone’s morale but yours

Let the festivities begin

Never mind the myths—know the facts about Form 1099-NEC

‘Anyway’ is an adverb, not a category of business expenses

EEOC’s latest litigation stats show focus on disability discrimination, retaliation

Survey: HR admin takes away from employee-focused work

Gallup throws cold water on the AI revolution

Benefits: Ease young workers’ financial stress

Time off to vote? It may be required in your state

Judge enjoins NLRB in-house trial over constitutional challenge

Honesty: An absolute necessity in litigation

Fewer federal AI regulations may cause more problems for employers

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