Employee Health Information: Separate and Secure

By Judith Langevin – October 23, 2015 There are several reasons an employer might have employee health information, ranging from the results of a pre-employment physical to the contents of a request for FMLA leave to what’s written in a health provider’s note about the need to be absent from work. Employers may also have…

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New FMLA Forms Are Here Just in Time for Summer!

By Kamran Mirrafati – June 3, 2015 You can sleep a little easier tonight — you no longer have to worry about using expired Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) forms. On May 27, 2015, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) quietly updated its FMLA forms with a new expiration date of…

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What You Should Know: ABC’s of the EEOC

Who We Are The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is an independent federal agency responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person’s: Race Color Religion Sex (including pregnancy) National origin Age (40 or older) Disability Genetic information It is also…

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