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Return To Work / Fit for Duty

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Employers are able to require a Fitness for Duty certification or request a 2nd opinion on return to work before an employee returns to work. 
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Handling Employee Pay when Bad Weather Hits

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How do I handle paying employees when our facilities are closed, or employees just don’t make it in because of the weather?
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Impact Of Miscarriage On Leave

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Consider your maternity leave policy and possibly FMLA in the event of an employee's miscarriage and need to be out of the office.
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FMLA and Maternity Leave

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Does maternity leave automatically qualify as FMLA? I have worked for my employer for 3 years seasonally and need time off.
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Are you familiar with the Portal-to-Portal Act?

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Question: If I need to send an employee to “cover” at a worksite other than where they are regularly schedule to work, am I required to pay them for the time it takes them to get there? Answer: It depends! Luckily, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) addresses this issue specifically. Section 29 CFR § […]
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Performance Management: The Individual Strategic Plan

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by Robin Throckmorton, MA, SPHR Performance management has become an ever-increasing critical tool to success for businesses. Within the last year we have experienced both a booming economy as well as a recession; a historically low unemployment rate combined with massive layoffs and business closings. But the bottom line to all of this is people! […]
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