Sep 1, 2011 | Summer 2011 Newsletters
By Mary F. Patterson What are an employer’s obligations regarding merit increases and bonuses to employees returning from military service? According to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) employers must treat returning...
Sep 1, 2011 | Summer 2011 Newsletters
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released its Final Rule requiring a workplace posting for most US employers. The posting will outline employees’ rights to form, join or assist a union under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Under the Final Rule,...
Sep 1, 2011 | Summer 2011 Newsletters
By Susan R. Breslauer, SPHR-CA It happens…an employee goes on an unpaid personal leave and there is a payroll glitch. When the employee returns, the Human Resources Manager (you) realizes that the employee continued to receive paychecks during his/her month of...