If an employer provides telework, modified schedules, or other benefits to employees with school-age children due to school closures or distance learning during the pandemic, are there sex discrimination considerations? Read More If an employer provides telework, modified schedules, or other benefits to employees with school-age children due to school closures or distance learning during the pandemic, are there sex discrimination considerations?
An employer learns that an employee who is teleworking due to the pandemic is sending harassing emails to another worker. What actions should the employer take? Read More An employer learns that an employee who is teleworking due to the pandemic is sending harassing emails to another worker. What actions should the employer take?
Are there steps an employer should take to address possible harassment and discrimination against coworkers when it re-opens the workplace? Read More Are there steps an employer should take to address possible harassment and discrimination against coworkers when it re-opens the workplace?
Are the circumstances of the pandemic relevant to whether a requested accommodation can be denied because it poses an undue hardship? Read More Are the circumstances of the pandemic relevant to whether a requested accommodation can be denied because it poses an undue hardship?
May an employer ask employees now if they will need reasonable accommodations in the future when they are permitted to return to the workplace? Read More May an employer ask employees now if they will need reasonable accommodations in the future when they are permitted to return to the workplace?
When employees return to work, does the ADA allow employers to require a doctor’s note certifying fitness for duty? Read More When employees return to work, does the ADA allow employers to require a doctor’s note certifying fitness for duty?
Can an employer ask for two weeks notice (or 90 Days) in an employment letter? If so how should it be worded? Should it also be stated in the handbook? Read More Can an employer ask for two weeks notice (or 90 Days) in an employment letter? If so how should it be worded? Should it also be stated in the handbook?
What are the random drug testing laws for Nebraska? Read More What are the random drug testing laws for Nebraska?
I have an employee who is pregnant and due in October. She has already used up all of her PTO and keeps leaving early and taking days off because of different reasons. We offer 2 months non-paid maternity leave and she has already told us she will be on bed rest prior to her due date so she will need to use FMLA. Is there anything we can do to hold her accountable for all of her attendance issues prior to her going on leave? Read More I have an employee who is pregnant and due in October. She has already used up all of her PTO and keeps leaving early and taking days off because of different reasons. We offer 2 months non-paid maternity leave and she has already told us she will be on bed rest prior to her due date so she will need to use FMLA. Is there anything we can do to hold her accountable for all of her attendance issues prior to her going on leave?
I have a convenience store location in a city that has a mandatory mask ordinance – Columbia MO. Do we have to post a sign on the door saying mask required and if so do we have to have staff enforce it with the public. I feel as if this puts our staff in a position to be harassed by people who disagree with the ordinance. Read More I have a convenience store location in a city that has a mandatory mask ordinance – Columbia MO. Do we have to post a sign on the door saying mask required and if so do we have to have staff enforce it with the public. I feel as if this puts our staff in a position to be harassed by people who disagree with the ordinance.
