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Educate managers on FMLA/ADA overlap

Are your managers familiar with the organization’s overlapping obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?  Time and again, I see managers conflate the two, and thereby create liability issues for the...

Workplace Violence: an unfortunate reality – are you prepared?

By J. William Manuel & Anne R. Yuengert Mass shootings have been increasingly in the headlines in recent years, and many of these incidents have occurred in the workplace. Regardless of anyone’s politics, employers are having to face either the fear of, or the...

CMS updates could help employers on second round of drug cost reporting

By Timothy J. Stanton and Hilary M. Sizer Employers facing a June 1, 2023, deadline for 2022 prescription drug cost reporting have important new clarification on issues such as plans that cover more than one employer, average monthly premium calculations, and medical...

How to find seasonal help for summer

By Kylie Ora Lobell Last summer, a chronic shortage of hourly workers across the U.S. kept many public pools from fully operating, forced restaurants to limit their hours, prompted amusement parks to keep some sections closed and led trolley lines that serviced...

SHRM Research: Work is negatively impacting employees’ mental health

By Kathryn Mayer A number of U.S. employees say their job is hurting their mental health—and they are increasingly looking to their employer to make matters better. If conditions don't improve, they might leave for other opportunities, according to new research by...

Employers should purge old I-9s

By Allen Smith, J.D. Employers often fail to shred old Forms I-9 that are beyond the retention requirement, even though this can lead to compliance liability. "But remember that once an I-9 has been purged, it's gone forever, so it's best to have a system in place...

The generational divide between older and younger employees

By Matt Gonzales As Erica Lasan sees it, tensions are growing between Baby Boomer and Generation Z workers—and conflicting perspectives on work are to blame. Lasan, a business consultant and career coach based in New York City, explained that many older workers were...

Title inflation and considerations for creating accurate job titles

With today’s tight labor market, employers are looking to strengthen their attraction and retention efforts as much as possible. One way to aid this is by creating accurate job titles. However, some employers put an excessive focus on making the titles unnecessarily...

2023 compensation check-up: Four questions to ask about your compensation practices

By Laura B. Friedel, Becky B. Canary-King Compensation is always a top-of-mind issue for employers, but on the heels of the “Great Resignation,” and amidst ongoing labor shortages, economic uncertainties, and evolving legal requirements, many employers are reassessing...

Biden administration requests big budget increase for OSHA

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP Seyfarth Synopsis: The Biden Administration is seeking a 17% funding increase for OSHA under the Department of Labor’s fiscal year 2024 budget request. The FY 2024 budget request for OSHA is approximately $738.7 million, an increase of more than...

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