When Sick Leave Isn’t Enough & Employees Need a Leave of Absence
In last week’s post, I wrote about why paid sick leave is good for business. For most employees who are under the weather, a basic paid sick leave program can be enough to help employees recover from illness and minimize the risk of contagious employees spreading cold and flu germs around the office. But what […]
Oh Baby: The Supreme Court Looks at the Pregnancy Discrimination Act
The U.S. last week Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. was argued before the Supreme Court. Since the Supreme Court granted cert in this case, if you’re an employment law nerd and anticipating a new child like me (baby #2 expected in January! ), you’ve been closely watching it. I see nobody else? Okay, then […]
Manner Monday: Significant-Others and Holiday parties
Every Monday Blogging4Jobs invites our resident Etiquette Expert, CareySue Vega (@Etiquette101), to share tips when it comes to etiquette in the workplace during our own Manner Monday segment. In my last post, I talked about Holiday Parties and Remembering Names. Keeping with the Holiday Party theme, you may be interested in a recent Podcast Jessica […]
There’s Always Room For More
My mother died in 1991; I was 21 years old and, for all intents and purposes, I should have no longer needed my mother. The problem was, I had been a schmuck of a kid, a wench as a teenager and an arrogant young adult. I offer those depressing nuggets to suggest to you that my mind was not open for her […]
