Archive for the 'Telecommuting' Category
Employee benefits other than wages have evolved over the years as companies look for new ways to retain good employees, boost employee morale, and encourage employee loyalty. Each year, we at HRHero and BLR survey our readers to find out what benefits they offer and how their benefits plans are decided and change to fit [...]
Posted in Alternative Work Schedule, Benefits, Benefits, Cafeteria Plans, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Leave, Employee Leave, Health Insurance, Paid Time Off, Retirement Plans, Telecommuting, Vacation, Wellness Programs by: Wendi Watts
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Employers and employees have seen gas prices rise to alarming levels, then ease a bit only to head back up again in a seemingly endless cycle. While pump prices hover in the $3 to $4 range, forecasters hint that $5 a gallon or higher prices may be in the future. The direction gas prices will [...]
Posted in Alternative Work Schedule, Benefits, Benefits, Going Green, Telecommuting by: Tammy Binford
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Unlimited vacation is a growing trend that may be a good way for organizations to provide an incentive or bonus to employees to reward them for good work without increasing salaries or providing bonuses or other kinds of incentives. The concept of unlimited vacation is very simple: Employees can take vacation, personal, and sick time [...]
Posted in Absenteeism, Alternative Work Schedule, Benefits, Benefits, Classifying Workers, Discrimination and Harassment, Employee Engagement and Retention, Employee Leave, Employee Leave, Employee Morale, Employee Retention, Exempt Employees, FLSA, Non-exempt Employee, Overtime, Paid Time Off, Rhode Island, Sick Leave, Telecommuting, Vacation, Wage and Hour Law, Work-Life Balance, Workplace Discrimination by: Colorado Employment Law Letter
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Raise your hand if your business has not been disrupted by the weather in 2011.
In the past two months, large parts of the Southeast and Midwest have been reeling from record numbers of devastating tornadoes; the West Coast had tsunami warnings following the earthquake in Japan; and the Mississippi River and its tributaries have reached [...]
Posted in ADA, ADA, Crisis Management, Electronic Workplace, Employee Leave, Employee Leave, FMLA, FMLA, Safety, Safety in the Workplace, Social Networking, Telecommuting, Texting e-mail and the Internet, Workers Compensation, Workplace Technology by: Wendi Watts
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From the nightly news to the employee break room, one of the hottest topics right now is how the cost of gas keeps going up, and with the crisis in the Middle East continuing to escalate, there is no end in sight. Employees are feeling the pain of rising gas prices and some may be [...]
Posted in Alternative Work Schedule, Corporate Responsibility, Employee Engagement and Retention, Employee Retention, Going Green, Telecommuting by: Celeste Blackburn
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Employment law attorney Robert P. Tinnin, Jr., answers an HR practitioner’s question about improving a flextime program that has become unmanageable.
Posted in Alternative Work Schedule, Benefits, Employee Morale, Employee Retention, Exempt Employees, FMLA Leave, Handbooks, Handbooks and Policies, New Mexico, Overtime, Policies, Telecommuting, Wage and Hour Law, Work-Life Balance by: New Mexico Employment Law Letter
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It seems that the number of people with allergies or sensitivities to various scents and smells has grown substantially. Some of those allergies can be severe, causing severe respiratory difficulties and other serious health issues. Questions continue to arise about the often competing rights of allergic employees and coworkers who wish to be able to [...]
Posted in ADA, ADA Accommodation, ADA Amendments Act, EEOC, South Dakota, Telecommuting by: South Dakota Employment Law Letter
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A swine flu pandemic was a no-show this past spring, but there’s no guarantee it won’t come roaring back when the regular flu season gets under way this fall. Swine flu (also called the H1N1 virus) should be taken seriously because this particular strain hasn’t been seen before, so people haven’t built up natural immunity. [...]
Posted in ADA, EEOC, FMLA, Kentucky, NLRA, OSH Act, OSHA, Telecommuting by: Kentucky Employment Law Letter
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On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the H1N1 virus, commonly known as the swine flu, has officially reached the level of a pandemic. Swine flu first became big news in the U.S in late April and early May, but within a couple of weeks was off most people’s radars. Although it [...]
Posted in Absenteeism, Crisis Management, Discrimination and Harassment, Employee Privacy, Telecommuting, Wage and Hour by: HR Hero Line
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by Mark Schickman
Look around your workplace, and you will see baby boomers who are rethinking their retirement plans. They have had their anniversary date in 2010 circled on their calendars for a decade, they have bought their retirement condo, and they have calculated the rate of investment return that allows their retirement fund to [...]
Posted in Break Time, California, Employee Retention, Retirement, Telecommuting, Wage and Hour, Work-Life Balance by: California Employment Law Letter
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