A 19-year employee couldn’t reach his FMLA administrator. The phone system hung up on callers at 5 p.m. An HR rep told him not to worry. Then he was fired for dishonest FMLA reporting. TL;DR: A Wisconsin federal court denied summary judgment to the employer on both FMLA interference and
Learn about the responsibilities of managers in fostering talent through delegation and mentoring for personal and organizational success. The post Managers: Your Goal Is to Find Your Replacement appeared first on hr bartender.
We’ll spare you from a cheeky one-liner about periods…Roughly 1.8 million people worldwide menstruate each month, and 10% experience period pain that prevents them from performing daily activities for one to three days.Many companies have expanded their leave policies in recent years to include time off for menstruation, HR Brew
Job openings decreased slightly in March, but hiring went up, suggesting employers are bringing on new workers at a faster clip than they were last year.The number of open jobs fell slightly in March, coming in at 6.9 million, according to the latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. Quits
President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order aimed at improving access to retirement savings for millions of Americans who lack such benefits through their jobs.The order, which the president first pitched at February’s State of the Union, directs the Treasury Department to launch a website to help individuals without
Hiring platform Greenhouse has agreed to acquire Ezra AI Labs, a startup focused on conversational, voice-based AI interviewing. The deal is set to close later this quarter and signals a shift in how talent acquisition (TA) can address the surge of AI-assisted job applications and the cacophony making it harder
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A warehouse worker started her job seven months pregnant. Thirteen weeks after delivering, she was fired. One sentence from the HR rep is why this case is going to trial. TL;DR: A federal court in Illinois granted summary judgment to the employer on a warehouse worker’s Title VII claims and
An employee who says “I’m not disabled” can’t turn around and sue for failure to accommodate a disability. The Sixth Circuit just confirmed that’s true even when the employer is the one who raised the disability question in the first place. TL;DR: An employee with a history of transient ischemic
According to the EEOC, a waste management company hadn’t hired a female garbage truck driver in years, and its interviews showed why: a manager told one qualified female applicant to think carefully, talk to her husband, and let him know if she still wanted the job. She did. The company
