Employee Relations Insight

UnumProvident has published an interesting paper, “Reducing Lost Time: The Correlation Between Family-Medical Leave and Short-Term Disability.” The paper describes the insurer’s 2005 study of “the various connections between lost time and the benefits that are paid to an individual during an absence.” The study included lost time data over a two year period from [...]

Covered employers are not required to resurvey their workforces pursuant to the revised ethnic and racial categories until the reporting period ending September 30, 2008, one year past the original effective date. Other aspects of the revised EEO-1 procedure continue to take effect with the close of the 2007 reporting period.

The way that management initially handles a complaint of workplace misconduct can affect the likelihood of later litigation. Read Before the Investigation—The Importance of Intake from Sepler & Associates.