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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
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In the Payroll Mailbag: November ’24
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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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