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For companies with 50 or more employees (or those about to get there), the Family and Medical Leave Act requires certain benefits you must give, but in Pennsylvania, there is still a significant number of decisions a company must make. The Family and Medical Leave Act...

Have you ever considered firing an employee due to a significant amount of absences? Before you make any decision to fire, you should ask, “Why is this employee missing a lot of work?”  The answer to this is key because the employee’s reason...

The next time one of your employees calls off sick, think twice before letting the other employees and your customers know.  If one of your staff recently had surgery, or is home fighting the latest virus, sharing that information could be putting you at risk for...

Did You Know continued… Did You Know...Policies, Procedures and Handbooks -- Oh My! Too much and you're "stuck" managing by the rule book. Too little and the "inmates" might be running the asylum. How do you decide the right amount of information to include?...

Did You Know continued… Did You Know...Employee or Independent Contractor? So here's a question. Employee or independent contractor? What's the difference? The short answer is - whoever controls the work. The general rule to follow is if the employer (that the...

Did You Know series continued… Did You Know...Why Job Descriptions are so important? When was the last time you updated your job descriptions for your key people? A job description is the first piece of the recruiting-interviewing-hiring puzzle and the key to a...