08/01/2001
Los Angeles and its Department of Water and Power occasionally suspended salaried employees without pay, and now it may have to pony up overtime for groups of employees. The ...
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08/01/2001
If you're not already covering prescription contraceptives with your health plan, there's new pressure to do so. For the first time, a federal court has ruled that excluding ...
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08/01/2001
If you're not testing employees for drugs yet, some of your best excuses are going up in smoke. New testing devices are cheaper and less invasive than urine tests. Example: Products ...
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08/01/2001
Q. I run a small advertising office. A college student has asked to join our staff for the summer. She proposed to work every day for a couple months at no cost. It would be great to get some free help. Is there anything wrong with hiring her? —G.I., Maryland
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07/01/2001
Linda Cooper operated a locomotive, but when her personal problems pushed her into depression, she was forced to take a series of leaves of absences. Eventually, Cooper's doctor cleared her ...
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07/01/2001
If you're thinking about extending benefits to employees' domestic partners, be prepared to defend any limits. When the Chicago school board decided to extend spousal health benefits to domestic partners ...
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07/01/2001
The job description for Doris Rowe's position as a bus company supervisor noted the job was "FLSA: EXEMPT." She was paid a fixed salary every two weeks regardless of the number ...
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07/01/2001
After Charlotte Chenoweth was diagnosed with epilepsy, her doctor ordered her not to drive until it was under control. Because her nursing job involved driving to different sites to review files, ...
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07/01/2001
After negotiations to open a new restaurant, a company gave chef Roland Schnider a final draft of a three-year employment agreement that covered salary, benefits, bonuses and an ownership interest in ...
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07/01/2001
Terry Smothers claimed that exposure to chemicals from his job as a lube technician led to lung problems, but Oregon's workers' comp board said he couldn't prove that workplace exposure was ...
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07/01/2001
The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a lower-court ruling that minimizes the impact when an employer fails to notify a worker promptly that he is ineligible for time off under ...
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07/01/2001
Trimming your work force without smart legal advice is like performing surgery without a doctor. You may remove what you intended, but the complications could be deadly. Even if you ...
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07/01/2001
Since 1993, employees have been able to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for their own "serious health condition" or to tend to a child, spouse or ...
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07/01/2001
Q. We don't usually require employees to provide documentation when they take time off for doctors' appointments, but one worker has a pattern of scheduling these “appointments” on the Friday before holiday weekends. Can we request verification from the doctor's office on a case-by-case basis? —J.B., Washington
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07/01/2001
Q. A long-standing employee recently took leave under the FMLA to give birth, but her twins have many medical complications. She exhausted her eligibility under our disability carrier and isn't eligible for long-term disability because she's not disabled. We want her back, but she can't commit to even 20 hours a week. What are our obligations under the FMLA, and would this individual be entitled to unemployment compensation if we terminate her? —G.B., New York
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