HR

How to Create an Effective Return to Work Policy

Returning to work after an illness or injury is an important step on a worker’s road to recovery, but it raises questions for both the employer and the employee. How much time away from work are workers entitled to? Do they need to be “100% healed” before they can return? And can they be assigned to transitional work or light duty?
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How and When to Use Human Resources Automation

For small businesses, it can be easy enough to handle human resources tasks with a small HR team. Maybe you only need to onboard new hires once or twice a year, and your company is small enough that you aren’t subject to state and federal leave laws like the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
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Working While on a Leave of Absence: Is It Allowed?

An employee is on a leave of absence for family or medical reasons, and you ask them to take care of a few things at the office. Or maybe they’ve offered to handle some tasks voluntarily. But is working while on a leave of absence legal? And what if they continue to work a second job while on a leave of absence from your organization?
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Sabbatical vs. Leave of Absence: How to Create HR Policies

Chances are the word “sabbatical” brings to mind a tenured professor taking a year off work to focus on personal projects. But sabbaticals aren’t just for academics, and more and more companies are offering sabbatical leave as an employee benefit. But what’s the difference between a sabbatical vs. a leave of absence?
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6 Reasons Why You Need Incident Management Automation

Risks and hiccups are a part of running any organization. Equipment can break, apps can crash or need fixing, and accidents can happen. These issues and anything else that’s likely to happen can be addressed successfully if you implement a robustincident management process.
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How to Create a Personal Leave of Absence Policy

A personal leave of absence policy is your company’s set of guidelines for taking time off work for personal reasons. Personal leave is a broader category than sick leave or vacation time, and can be taken for a wide variety of reasons. However, just because you have a personal leave policy doesn’t mean that other leave laws don’t apply.
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7 Key Steps to the ADA Interactive Process: ADA Checklist

The ADA interactive process refers to the steps that employers must take to assist an employee with a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Employers are obliged to provide “reasonable accommodation” to the employee unless it would present an undue hardship to the business.
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HR

Top Tools and Tips for Tracking Employee Attendance

Tracking employee attendance is essential for ensuring that your employees are putting in the right amount of work hours, that they’re paid accurately, and that they accrue the correct amount of mandatory leave. But the right tools for attendance management will vary depending on how your employees are paid and where they work.
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HR

Do You Really Need a Human Resources Information System?

Human resource management encompasses a wide range of HR tasks, from employee benefits administration to leave of absence tracking. A human resources information system, or HRIS, is a piece of software that stores employee records in a central database and provides tools for managing and automating HR processes.
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FMLA Return to Work Guidelines: A Complete Guide

When an employee takes a leave of absence under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), they have several rights and responsibilities when they return to work. These FMLA return to work guidelines can vary slightly depending on the type of leave, the length of leave, and the employee’s job description.
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