Sometimes employers become conditioned to believing that an employee who has recently used FMLA leave is effectively immune from discipline or discharge. It is no doubt true this employee presents a heightened litigation risk, but when the adverse action is handled properly the employer can mitigate that risk or at least make the potential claim
Reviewing Handbooks Should Be a Priority in the New Year
Update-January 6, 2010: For information on how employee handbooks, and particularly safety plans, can contribute to lower insurance costs, see Lara Utter’s recent post in Iowa Biz.
There is no federal or Iowa law that requires an employer to have a handbook–but most of us do anyway. While handbooks can be quite useful for communicating information
Human Resources Challeges for 2009
A recent post at Human Resources Executive Online, entitled "Warnings from the Top". provides an excellent overview of some of the new challenges employers have been presented since the beginning of 2009. "Like it or not" say the authors, changes are coming, and employers better be prepared.
According to several attorneys the authors