08/07/2009
Employers must deal with employees being called to military service, even if that forces them to do more work with fewer people during the current economic crunch. The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and the FMLA grant special rights to employees who also serve in the armed forces. Some managers may resent the burden the laws cause. Too bad.
08/07/2009
Fortunately, courts don’t have the time or inclination to guarantee that every workplace is free of irritations or minor problems. Those can include what some employees may interpret as sexual harassment. One relatively innocuous pass isn’t usually enough for an employer to lose a case in court.