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Obama Orders Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors
On Labor Day, appropriately enough, President Obama issued an executive order establishing up to seven days of paid sick leave for employees of federal contractors and subcontractors. The order was drafted and proposed in early August and issued on September 7th, capping off the White House’s push of its “Lead on Leave” initiative. More >
Fighting the Flu (and Liability) in the Workplace, cont.
On Monday, we examined the basic concept of employer-mandated flu vaccinations. Generally speaking, employers may require at-will employees to get a flu shot and may terminate an employee based upon a refusal. The right to terminate, however, is not without limitation, and a recent case on this issue instructs that certain protected rights and classifications likely must be considered prior to termination. More >
Sick of Sick Employees? Can You Send Them Home?
At this time of the year when the flu, strep throat and other illnesses are making their way through our children, friends and society in general, it is good for employers to be mindful of their options, but more importantly to plan ahead for employees who come to work visibly ill. While many people want to “tough it out” through an illness, the reality is that by toughing it out an employee may in fact be compromising the health of others and decreasing the productivity of an entire workplace. The time to ask what to do about such an employee is not when the employee sits down at his/her desk at the start of the work day or takes his/her place on the assembly line. Rather, the best time to consider how to handle these inevitable situations is well before they occur. More >
