Human Resource Updates

You’re not alone if you’ve had members of your crew asking to continue working from home even though most folks have returned to the workplace at this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lots of people prefer the flexibility of doing their jobs at home, …

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The scenario: Even though a company allowed employees injured on the job to be transferred to light-duty work with full pay, it refused to move pregnant employees to light-duty assignments. Instead, women were expected to work as long as they could …

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The scenario: For more than 16 years, a man who was deaf and blind worked in a job that required him to repeatedly handle the same task. He was provided with a full-time job coach, but the employer didn’t have to pay for the coach because the funds …

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The scenario: After learning that her local labor union had participated in a march that supported abortion rights, a woman engaged in a series of Facebook posts expressing outrage that her union dues were being used to promote a cause that was in …

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You might find it hard to believe at first, but one out of every three members of your crew could currently be involved in a workplace romance. That’s the upshot of a recent survey of 550 U.S. employees conducted by the Society for Human Resource …

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Supervisor’s take-home: You now have less flexibility to deny a job-related request made by a returning servicemember. A recently issued U.S. Supreme Court ruling will make it harder for certain employers to defend themselves against lawsuits filed …

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