Penalizing Applicants and Employees For Smoking: A Potential Smoking Gun?

Faced with skyrocketing annual increases in health care and workers' compensation premiums, employers are looking for ways to manage the health and health care costs of the workforce. Employers have increasingly focused... Read more »

Employee Embezzlement: Prevention, Detection, and Cure

Employee embezzlement costs American employers about $6 billion per year. Embezzlement is the fraudulent taking of personal property with which one has been entrusted. By definition, the offender is someone trusted by... Read more »

Yet Another Potential Danger Zone for Employers Applying the FMLA

A new decision was issued by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals last week which highlights an FMLA regulation that many employers may be overlooking in their implementation of this law.The decision... Read more »

Executive Employment Agreements: Employer Prevails Against Terminated Executive In Case Over Executive’s Contract Giving Company Discretion to Determine Whether “Just Cause” Exists

A state appeals court recently reversed a jury verdict in favor of a companys former executive, finding that the employer had the discretion to determine whether just cause existed, highlighting the importance... Read more »

THE TIES THAT BIND, part 1 by Jamie Charter, M.S., CPDM

?Goodwill is the mightiest practical force in the universe?-Charles F. Dole Read more »

Controlling Medical Trend

There are three components of medical trend - knowing which one you can influence is key to controlling costs over time. Read more »

An Employer’s Guide for Dealing with “Unusual” Tax Withholding Requests

In the ordinary course of commencing employment a new employee will execute a W-4, Withholding Exemption Certificate, to inform his or her employer of the correct filing status and number of exemptions... Read more »

Avoiding Sexual Harassment Lawsuits

With sexual harassment lawsuits on the rise, both supervisorsand employees should know what qualifies as sexual harassment and how to avoid it. Read more »

Do Employers Have A Duty To Monitor Employees’ Internet Activities?

In a case with potential national implications, a New Jersey court recently held in a case of first impression that employers have a legal obligation to investigate an employee’s activities when they... Read more »

Notice the Leave, and Leave with Notice: FMLA Recent Developments

By now, we all (hopefully) have our Family and Medical Leave Act “FMLA” procedures down to a science. After twelve years of practice, most employers are very familiar with the basic eligibility... Read more »
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