There are plenty of reasons that drive employers to limit or ban smoking at the workplace. It can upset customers, patients, and coworkers when employees smell like smoke. It often upsets other employees when smokers seem to get extra breaks to support their habit....
Question: I had an employee give 4-weeks notice that she was leaving. Through online advertising and word of mouth, we found a wonderful new employee almost immediately. The new candidate was available to start work right away, so I ended up letting the original...
More often than you would think, we get calls from members wondering what they can do about someone who they think is impaired at work. When that happens, we immediately go into crisis control mode because, well, impairment at work is never acceptable. In this...
Working in a dental office means possible exposure to potential hazards during work for all employees. Most risks are mitigated through properly functioning equipment and by following safety protocols. One of the common issues related to potential exposure events that...
How to Conduct Workplace Investigations There are many reasons an employer might need to conduct a workplace investigation. Common examples include: • Harassment or discrimination complaints • Workplace theft or embezzlement • Alcohol or drug use allegations • Other...
State vaccine mandates are rare, but certainly nothing new. In fact, the first state-wide vaccine mandate in the US was enacted in Massachusetts to combat smallpox in 1809. However, as an employer, the responses to vaccine mandates can run the gamut from confusion to...
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Your employees' right to discuss their pay, wages, and benefits with each other is protected by a federal law known as the National Labor Relations Act. Even if you have a policy or agreement in place aimed at preventing your employees from discussing pay, your...
There’s nothing like the holidays for combining fun and good cheer with turkey-sized helpings of stress and exhaustion. So how can we keep stress levels low and the management headaches minimal this time of year? Here are some ideas for limiting holiday-caused hassles...
I used to joke that you could fire an employee for shooting you in the leg, but unless you could provide video, two witnesses, and a doctor's note at the unemployment hearing, the employee would still win. And this was true whether you had one employee or one hundred....
We often get questions such as the following (with minimal edits to protect privacy): “My office manager has been continually sick, calling out of the office for legit reasons, but she is always sick!! I expect my office managers to be in the office on non-clinical...
I get asked a lot of questions about employee issues because it's what we do here, including questions surrounding the sudden revelation that an employee is also working at a strip club. Or even, as in two other cases (yes, I said TWO!) finding out an employee is an...
