September 30, 2024 | Category:
SurveyNevada Association of Employers (NAE) is currently collecting data for its annual Benefits & Personnel Practices Survey. This survey is your opportunity to gain valuable insights into benefits and personnel practices for businesses throughout Nevada. All Nevada businesses are encouraged to participate We believe it provides the most comprehensive, reliable, and current information available for Nevada. The […]
EEOC Lawsuit Against FedEx The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against FedEx alleging its policy requiring employees to be 100% healed in order to return to work violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This lawsuit is a good reminder for employers regarding how to handle employees returning from medical leave […]
It’s an election year, and that can bring out the best – and sometimes the worst – in people. In the business world, the people getting the most passionate about elections may likely be your employees who may insist on having discourse on the latest debate. On the other hand, some of your other employees may […]
Another case out of the Appeals Court for the Eleventh Circuit has highlighted the importance of consistency when applying employee paperwork requirements. In today’s complex workplace, the significance of proper documentation practices cannot be overstated. As illustrated by the case of Jones v. Georgia Ports Authority, the consistent application of documentation requirements is crucial not […]
A recent case out of the 11th Circuit provides employers with guidance on when FMLA entitlement should begin for employees. While this case is very fact-specific—meaning that the outcome occurred due to very specific circumstances— employers can glean helpful and applicable lessons from how the court ruled. What is FMLA? FMLA stands for Family and […]
What is psychological safety? Psychological safety is a term that has quickly emerged within the corporate zeitgeist and become a highly discussed topic among HR and organizational management “thought leaders”. Some people may hear this term and consider it to merely be a new, trendy buzzword. However, the concept of psychological safety is nothing new, […]
Employment laws can be tricky for employers to navigate. There’s not only the federal laws and regulations to contend with, but also the specific employment laws that pertain to the one’s particular state of operations. For businesses that operate across state lines, navigating employment laws can be even trickier, especially if the two states are […]
On Friday, July 19th, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) voluntarily dismissed its appeal of the 5th Circuit’s ruling from the District Court in Texas. The NLRB had been appealing the original District Court’s decision, which vacated the NLRB’s joint employer rule issued a year prior. This ruling had reversed the NLRB’s previous standard, which […]
Many human resource professionals have experience with managers who avoid addressing employee behavior until they become so frustrated that they want to fire the employee immediately. As an HR professional, you are now the one frustrated because you know that none of the issues that the manager is so upset about have even been documented […]
Over the last several years there have been a lot of buzzwords and phrases used to describe work life in the post-COVID workplace: the great resignation, quiet quitting, ‘resenteeism‘, bare minimum Mondays, etc. Many of these buzzwords and phrases come with a negative connotation and indicate workers are dissatisfied with work and feeling employee burnout. […]
