Around the holiday season, as an investment in business growth, many businesses hire employees on a seasonal basis. However, without preparation, an employer’s potential for holiday profits may be reduced by the cost of paying Unemployment Compensation benefits. As most employers are well aware, when an employee’s job ends through no fault of the employee, such as seasonal employment, employers … [Read more...] about Want to Hire Seasonal Employees Without Incurring the Cost of Unemployment Compensation? Preparation is Required
It’s Not Just Kid-Stuff: Peer to Peer Cyberbullying Continues in Colleges and Universities
In 2005, Darby Dickerson, then-Vice-President and Dean of Stetson University College of Law, wrote a legal commentary warning the higher education community to be alert to the dangers from a “sinister e-culprit,” the cyberbully. Since the publication of Dickerson’s commentary, thousands of articles have been published on the topic of cyberbullying, most dealing with the problem of cyberbullying in … [Read more...] about It’s Not Just Kid-Stuff: Peer to Peer Cyberbullying Continues in Colleges and Universities
Proposed Amendments to the FLSA Postponed: The Department of Labor Gives Employers Something Else to be Grateful for this Thanksgiving
In response to the financial impact of the Great Recession on employees (notwithstanding the storm weathered by employers), the Secretary of Labor has been tasked with developing proposed amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) that would further restrict employee pay classifications, with the practical result being that employers may have increased overtime pay … [Read more...] about Proposed Amendments to the FLSA Postponed: The Department of Labor Gives Employers Something Else to be Grateful for this Thanksgiving
Connecting the Dotted Lines on Informed Consent
Q. Why do we have to sign so many consent forms during our infertility treatments? Should we have a lawyer review the consent forms for our own safety before we sign? A. The reason for so many consent forms during the assisted reproductive technology (ART) process is not only to protect you as the patient, but also to protect your Health Care Provider as well. This originates from the legal and … [Read more...] about Connecting the Dotted Lines on Informed Consent
Managing Employee Leave: One Way to Cope with Intermittent FMLA Leave
What is an employer to do when an employee needs to exercise his or her right to take intermittent leave, as allowed under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), particularly when the employee holds a position that is valuable to the organization and/or requires reliable attendance? One solution may be to temporarily transfer the employee to another position. For those employers who have not … [Read more...] about Managing Employee Leave: One Way to Cope with Intermittent FMLA Leave
Managing Ebola Concerns in the Pennsylvania Workplace
With Ebola being headline news this fall, words like “quarantine” and “epidemic” are replacing the typical television show water cooler talk in the workplace. Now that there have been confirmed cases of the disease in the United States, employers are concerned about balancing efforts to prevent transmission of the disease with the rights of employees under various employment and labor laws. The … [Read more...] about Managing Ebola Concerns in the Pennsylvania Workplace
