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Are We Required to Provide an Application?

Today Federated Insurance is sharing one of our “HR Questions of the Month” regarding employment-related practices liability issues. Question: If someone comes in asking for an employment application but we are not hiring for any positions, are we still required to give them an application? More

Bonus for Not Using Sick Time Okay?

Today Federated Insurance is sharing one of our “HR Questions of the Month” regarding employment-related practices liability issues. Question: We currently have a policy that provides that in the event an employee maintains the maximum accumulation of sick leave of 240 hours and does not use any sick leave during the calendar year, that employee shall receive a $200 bonus payable at the end of the year. Is this a concern for employment practices? We do not intend to discourage sick employees from using their time, rather to reward employees who do not abuse the current sick leave policy and have been healthy enough to accumulate their sick time, which they are allowed to use if they incur an injury but cannot get paid out (for unused hours) upon separation. More

Employee Dying to Make Our Workplace More Colorful

Today Federated Insurance is sharing one of our “HR Questions of the Month” regarding employment-related practices liability issues. Question: We have a staff member who has dyed her hair bright blue, purple, red, yellow (up to and including her eyebrows). How acceptable is this in the work place? More