This is completely legal discrimination in the form of favoritism toward family members. This may not be best practice but it is legal. There is no law preventing employers from treating family members differently from other workers. It is definitely…
While there is no law specifying the number of direct supervisors an employee can have, the employee described above is a real problem. She seems to have filled a power vacuum to get some personal power. This employee must be…
Business card misuse is very uncommon. Most instances of “business card misuse†are actually based on lying by an employee and not on the card itself. For instance, an employee can use a business card to create the impression that…
This is a complex issue. Exempt employees are paid the same amount every week not considering the actual hours worked. They are not entitled to overtime. Non-exempt employees are entitled to overtime after 40 hours per week. They can be…
First, the floor supervisor behaved inappropriately and should be reprimanded. This should not be done in front of the workers, though, so that the supervisor’s authority is not undermined. Shouting at a worker is not appropriate and the supervisor should…
Although this is discrimination it is not illegal discrimination. Discrimination based on the education of a worker is not specified in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There are many forms of discrimination that are perfectly legal. It is important…
This is completely illegal under both federal and state law. Workers must be paid for hours worked. Mandatory training time is considered time worked. This is even truer if the training is on the employer’s premises. Call centers receiving calls…
The majority of companies do not offer educational benefits to employees. There are no hard and fast rules but the most common approach is to reimburse employees for educational expenses after the class is passed with a certain grade. This…
The employees of the company need to be re-educated in exactly what “discrimination†is. It is not the fall-back defense for “my supervisor is being mean to meâ€. A short training class for all employees is a good way to…
Maternity leave under FMLA can be complicated. Intermittent leave for baby bonding is not an employer obligation. Intermittent leave for prenatal care must be permitted. When calculating pay, the employee’s exempt status is considered. Under FMLA, an exempt employee’s pay…
