Question: A pregnant employee has gone on leave 4 weeks before the baby is going to be born. Do I have to give her all 12 FMLA weeks after it’s born, too? Sixteen weeks is a lot! Answered by the HR Experts: Eligible employees are entitled to take up to 12 workweeks...
Time & Attendance
Can an employee returning from FMLA leave be placed in a different role?
Question: Can an employee returning from FMLA leave be placed in a different role? Answered by the HR Experts: Generally not. Upon return from FMLA leave, employees must be restored to the same job or one nearly identical to it with equivalent pay, benefits, and...
Layoffs: When the Ax Falls
During the pandemic, companies experimented with options to ease the trauma. They quickly adapted to compromises such as no-layoff pledges, furloughs, grants of extra personal time off and trimming executives’ salaries first. Their pitch was that they cared sincerely...