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Employer-Provided health insurance to become exception?

05/01/2007

About 60 percent of Michigan residents still receive health insurance through work, but that may not be true for very long …

Pregnant Employees: Answers to Your 20 Toughest Legal Questions

04/26/2007
White Paper published by The HR Specialist ______________________ Not many years ago, pregnant women were subject to poor treatment from employers and company insurance plans as well. But the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), enacted in 1978, prohibits discrimination on the basis of “pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions.” The PDA required most employers to make […]

What Managers Need to Know About the ADA

04/25/2007
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Helping Employees Through the Grieving Process

04/22/2007
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Terminations: 5 Tips for Avoiding Lawsuits

04/21/2007
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Paid-Volunteer program unearths passions in employees

04/01/2007

The community relations department at Texas-based National Instruments organizes volunteer opportunities for the company’s 2,200 U.S. employees and has 40 staffers engaging workers in volunteer efforts. But that’s just the beginning. …

Volunteer opportunities help create worker balance

04/01/2007

Wealth management company Baird, based in Milwaukee, has designed programs to nurture its employees’ generous urges. The three-year-old Baird Cares initiative allows employees an extra paid day off each year to volunteer …

Personality Conflict With the Boss Isn’t a ‘Disability’

04/01/2007

Employees who claim an ADA-protected disability will have to cite more than a simple personality clash with their boss. Such conflicts won’t win an ADA lawsuit even if working with a particular supervisor makes the employee anxious, depressed and angry …

Michigan Employers Must Post Job-Related Injuries by April 30

04/01/2007

The Michigan Department of Labor is reminding employers that they must post employees’ job-related injuries and illnesses from 2006 …

New rules affect how you store and preserve electronic records

04/01/2007

New federal court rules for electronic-records maintenance and discovery took effect on Dec. 1, 2006. The rules govern discovery of electronically stored information in federal civil litigation …