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Can We Dock an Employee for Using Company Paid Leave? [Reader Question]

UpstartHR

Can an employee be docked on a yearly/scored performance evaluation for using their paid sick leave benefit for legitimate medical appointments? The Purpose of Employer Paid Leave. If you enjoy this, you might also like How to Legally Avoid Paying Overtime Wages.]. Why jump to an attorney on this one?

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Post-COVID record keeping — what you’re required to keep

Business Management Daily

Then Congress passed a series of laws designed to protect employees, provide limited paid leave, and help employers pay workers. The Families First Coronavirus Relief Act. The Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA). The Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ) doesn’t either.

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February 2024 HR Update

Higginbotham

Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule implementing a tougher analysis for worker classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This is significant because it provides more individuals with FLSA rights and protections, including overtime pay protections.

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California HR law update — what employers everywhere need to know

Business Management Daily

These cover the gamut from paid sick leave and medical leave, occupational safety rules, and expanded coverage for more family members like parents-in-law. Use these new rates to determine the regular rate of pay for calculating any overtime pay due to employees. California Family Rights Act (CFRA) changes.

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Essential steps to creating an emergency plan for your business

Business Management Daily

overtime labor, outsourcing, expediting costs, etc.). Warning: creating a telecommute option opens the door to Americans with Disability Act (ADA) accommodation requests to work at home. Then there’s the Family and Medical Leave Act. Allowing remote work during FMLA leave requires careful management.

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Reasonable accommodation can require additional leave

Business Management Daily

In fact, an employee who is disabled should not be automatically terminated once she’s exhausted all leave available. That’s true whether she’s a new employee who hasn’t earned leave or an employee out of paid or unpaid leave. Has she used all eligible FMLA leave ? Taken all time in her Paid Time Off (PTO) bank?

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Ask the Attorney: Shredding I-9s, employee leave pay and more

Business Management Daily

One of our most trusted advisors on all things employment law, Nancy Delogu, answers readers questions about when (and if) it’s safe to shred I-9 forms, salaried versus hourly paid leave and discussing medial information of a non-employee. The answer is the “salary pay” requirement of the Fair Labor Standards Act ( FLSA ).