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Sick leave? OK to ask for doctor’s note

07/14/2016

Employers can, and should, ask for appropriate medical documentation to back up requests for time off. If not received, the worker can be disciplined.

PTO takes off

06/29/2016

43% of employers now use paid time-off banks

California paid family leave expansion becomes law

05/27/2016

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation increasing the wage replacement rate under California’s paid family leave program.

DFL legislators push for mandatory paid leave law

04/14/2016

State Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk has stated he wants to pass a state paid family leave law this session.

San Francisco mandates 6 weeks of paid parental leave

04/08/2016

San Francisco has become the first U.S. city to require employers to provide six weeks of paid leave to new parents.

Unlimited vacation: How to implement the popular benefit

03/02/2016

Unlimited vacation has become a popular benefits trend. The idea is simple: Employees take as much vacation as they want so long as they get their work done.

Paid sick leave coming for federal contractors

03/02/2016

Proposed rules issued Feb. 25 would require federal contractors to provide paid sick leave benefits.

Bad-weather absences: When must you pay exempt employees?

12/16/2015

The snow’s coming down pretty good and an exempt employee calls to say she can’t make it in today because her car is stuck. Can you deduct a full day’s pay from her salary for that missed day? What if she’s non-exempt? What if you close work because of bad weather? Here’s guidance to help you make the call.

Holiday scheduling for 2016: Compare your closing plans with other employers

11/17/2015

Does your organization close down for President’s Day? How about Good Friday or the day after Thanksgiving? To compare your holiday closing plans with those of other U.S. employers on various religious and secular holidays, review the findings of a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) …

Make sure medical leave requests funnel through HR

11/15/2015

Elizabeth took intermittent leave after hurting her back in an auto accident. Eventually, her boss told her she wouldn’t get a raise for poor attendance …