| Benefits
Long-term disability is an employee benefit plan designed to provide partial salary replacement to eligible employees who are unable to work due to a disability lasting more than 90 consecutive days.
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| Discipline
For employers, disciplinary problems occur when an employee continues to violate or ignore work policies.
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| Discrimination
Whenever age becomes a factor, instead of skills and qualifications, in determining a person's job status with a company, it's known as age discrimination.
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| Documents & Records
Job applications and resumes are usually the two most common ways that employers retrieve information about prospective employees.
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| Electronic Communications
With e-mail becoming an increasingly popular and efficient method of communication in the workplace, many employers have become concerned with employees abusing their privilege.
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| General Information
Labor and employment laws are the body of federal, state, and local laws that regulate workplace behavior and govern the relationship between employers, employees, and unions.
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| Hiring
Background screening of job candidates is a common and legal practice that many employers utilize to ensure that workers have the qualifications and credentials they say they have in their interviews and resumes.
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| Payroll
Under The Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA (F-L-S-A), employers are legally allowed to require employees to be on-call.
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| Safety & Health
Light duty refers to any temporary or permanent work that's physically or mentally less demanding than normal job duties.
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| Termination
When an employee resigns from a job based on his or her own free will, it's known as a voluntary termination.
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| Testing
Research has shown that pre-employment skills testing can often be a highly accurate method of predicting a job applicant's work performance.
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| Whistle Blower Claims (Government Fraud)
Basically, when you file a qui tam action, the government needs to know your identity.
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| Your Job & The Law
Employment contracts basically outline both your and your employer's legal rights and responsibilities in an employment relationship.
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