Though religious discrimination claims are becoming more common, many managers still struggle with different beliefs in the workplace.
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HR pros know good documentation is key to warding off bias claims. But supervisors need to understand the difference between legitimate records and those that look like they were created to justify biased decisions.
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Tags: Age Discrimination, Best Buy, documentation
As a general rule, happy employees don’t sue. But how is employee happiness most often destroyed?
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Tags: complaints, HR Solutions
To a large extent, companies try to give employees privacy and stay out of their personal lives. But what should employers do when personal conflicts spill over into the workplace?
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Tags: complaints, dating co-workers, Harassment, office romance
A recent poll asked employees how they feel about their workplaces. HR might not want to hear the answers.
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Tags: bad boss, dictatorship, morale, Zogby
Election season’s in full swing, and you know what that means: a lot of heated political conflict in the workplace. How confident are you that your managers will cool things down the right way — without breaking the law?
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Tags: free speech, political debate at work, politics, workplace conflict
Of all the issues HR deals with, FMLA leave probably causes the most headaches. Here’s some help with five common — and confusing — medical leave scenarios.
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Tags: ADA, FMLA, intermittent leave, medical certification
What’s HR’s strongest weapon in the fight against lawsuits? That’s right, documentation. But too often, documentation is weakened when managers make these common mistakes.
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Tags: discipline terminations, documentation, lawsuits, managers, mistakes, staying out of court
An employee comes back from medical leave and can’t work her normal shifts. Do you have to change her schedule? Read the facts of this real-life case and decide: Who won?
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Tags: accommodation, ADA, FMLA, Hunter Douglas, part time
Even though most companies offer paid sick time anyway, will HR face new problems if this becomes the law?
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Tags: paid leave, part-timers, sick days, state laws
