The Americans with Disabilities Act has portions that apply to employment. These require the employer to make reasonable accommodations for disabled workers. It does not require reasonable accommodation for employee family members. Some severe health conditions are covered under FMLA…
The most effective way to stop this activity is to ban it entirely with a specified progressive disciplinary process that includes termination. The only problem with this approach is that this will also prohibit the school-based fundraisers that every parent…
Best practice is to put HR personnel in a private office but there is no law that specifically requires it. Some of the discussions involving HR people include disciplinary actions, salary negotiations, job interviews and performance evaluations. It is very…
This must be approached as a performance issue and not a medical or psychological problem. Your assumptions about the employee’s mental state or medical problems must not be part of the process. There are many causes for memory loss –…
You can fire the person for not working the agreed-upon hours even if the sales numbers are adequate. You have a right to expect maximum effort and in this case a greater effort would likely produce even better sales numbers.…
The only fully effective policy is to ban cell phones entirely. Cell phone use in the workplace is prohibited and phones are not allowed in the workplace. A specified disciplinary progression (applied to all employees) will make this rule enforceable.…
The most frequent reason for missed punches is late arrivals. Failing to punch in can hide a late arrival or at least make it undocumented. These employees are easily replaced with more responsible ones. Start with a memo describing the…
First, employers have no right to dictate treatment to employees. Emotional issues may be a cause for permanent disability, a side effect of post surgery medication or post surgery pain-related. It is important to make sure no ADA or FMLA…
Making exempt employees non-exempt will cause more problems than it solves. It puts them in a position to get paid extra for the extra hours. Making some employees exempt while others doing the same work are non-exempt will expose the…
