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The Verdict: When FMLA and Facebook Status Meet

The Verdict

Ever wonder if you should “friend” your co-workers and supervisors on Facebook? Read this case to see how one woman who did was eventually terminated for a discrepancy between her Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave and her Facebook

Joan Canning May 14, 2013September 8, 2014 Compliance, HR support, Workplace Management Read more

Latest NLRB rulings on social media

Latest NLRB rulings on social media

Follow this Storify timeline of the latest National Labor Relations Board rulings, comments and critiques on social media. We like Evan Rosen’s initial NLRB summary and details on NLRB’s Acting General Counsel (AGC) Lafe Solomon’s models for social media. http://storify.com/yourhradvocate/latest-nlrb-rulings-on-social-media

Joan Canning April 9, 2013September 8, 2014 Compliance, NLRB Read more

Health care mandate tramples religious liberty

Health care mandate tramples religious liberty

With the enactment of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate for “free” contraception coverage, religious liberty — the inherent natural right of every individual — has been trampled. Read more in the Toledo Free Press HR

Joan Canning June 8, 2012September 4, 2014 Compliance, HHS Mandate, HR support Read more

Calculate chance of Obamacare compliance near 0

Calculate chance of Obamacare compliance near 0

  Employers and employees have undoubtedly entered confusing and uncertain times regarding their health care security. If you can understand that your chances of compliance are closer to a nice round, easy-to-understand number like zero, then you’re closer to understanding

Joan Canning May 19, 2012September 8, 2014 Compliance, HR support Read more

Deadline for NLRB Employee Rights poster postponed – UPDATE

Deadline for NLRB Employee Rights poster postponed – UPDATE

IMPORTANT UPDATE: The requirement to post the NLRB Employee Rights Notice has been postponed again. Do not post the notice on April 30, 2012! According to yesterday’s legal alert from Fisher & Phillips, LLP,  a South Carolina District Court invalidated

Joan Canning April 13, 2012September 4, 2014 Compliance, HR support Read more

NLRB Employee Rights poster has a proper place

NLRB Employee Rights poster has a proper place

Update: The National Labor Relations Board postponed the effective date of its rights posting rule to April 30 after a suggestion from a U.S. District Court judge for the D.C. Circuit. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had originally postponed

Joan Canning November 26, 2011September 4, 2014 Compliance, HR support, Workplace Management Read more

HR trend: Health care costs climbing and complex

HR trend: Health care costs climbing and complex

In the list of 5 HR trends on the Women of HR blog one stood out: Costs Decrease and Retention Increases: Organizations will conduct compensation and benefits reviews to reduce overall health care costs and retain high performers. You bet. It’s

Joan Canning September 28, 2011September 4, 2014 Compliance, HR support Read more

Elder care: The HR challenge for both employees and employers

Elder care: The HR challenge for both employees and employers

Elder care is difficult enough without balancing a full work schedule. Consider the toll for both the employee and employer. Mike Haberman does a great job of listing the elder care HR toll for both employees and employers. In addition

Joan Canning August 9, 2011September 8, 2014 Compliance, HR support Read more
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