Employers get these notes every week. “No stress.” “Light duty.” “Work from home.” “Reduced workload.” “No overtime.” “Off work until further notice.” Each one tells you what the employee or the provider wants. Almost none of them tell you what ...
What’s the secret to a thriving workplace? Trust and connection — as well as understanding exactly how much work each person can do, according to O.C. Tanner’s 2027 Global Culture Report. Survey data was gathered from 25,000 workers across 23 ...
Employers can run afoul of the Americans with Disabilities Act in a number of ways, recent lawsuits have shown. In one case, a company was sued for allegedly firing an employee with breast cancer after the third-party administrator failed to ...
Most-clicked story of the week Close to 1 in 5 workers surveyed by ResumeBuilder.com said the job they have now is either completely different or has changed significantly from what they were hired to fill, per a report released earlier ...
Open enrollment is nearly here for many of you. You’re looking to create an atmosphere where employees are engaged, eager to enroll, and save money with the benefits you provide. You’ve probably read advice on how to do that, but ...
In a recent announcement, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) held a press conference announcing the rebrand of Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs) as CHOICE Arrangements. The event was held in ...
Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Labor is trying to help workplaces prepare for opioid-related overdoses in the workplace, according to a news release issued Thursday. DOL’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration released a fact sheet Thursday that “provides practical ...
It’s a common complaint that HR is tasked to fix: “We’re short staffed.” But before a company jumps into a hiring process that can be costly and time consuming — especially if, in a rush, it hires someone unfit for ...
Managing personalities can be a big part of an HR person’s job — though as important as personality is, it’s not easy to quantify its effect in the workplace. For example, worker personality can matter more than skills in certain ...
Ollie’s Bargain Discount allegedly refused to hire deaf worker, required ‘ability to hear regularly’
Dive Brief: Ollie’s Bargain Discount unlawfully discriminated against a deaf applicant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The agency claimed Ollie’s violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as the Civil Rights Act ...