Court: No workers’ comp in drunk dockworker case

by joe@ocronusa.com | Aug 2, 2013 | Uncategorized

By NIGEL DUARA, Associated Press | Friday, August 2, 2013 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal appeals court says an Oregon longshoreman who got drunk on the job, urinated while standing on a dock and then fell 6 feet onto concrete should not get workers’...

When those ‘difficult conversations’ don’t get the results managers were looking for

by joe@ocronusa.com | Jul 15, 2013 | Uncategorized

by Tim Gould  | CrainCleveland.com  | July 12, 2013 So one of your organization’s managers has had the difficult conversations with a problem employee. She’s given it her best shot to turn the situation around, but nothing has worked.  Now the challenge has ratcheted...

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Absences on the Rise…

by joe@ocronusa.com | Jul 12, 2013 | Uncategorized

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Absences on the Rise; Employers Should Consider Improved Controls Article By: Timothy M. McConville | Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C. |  Friday, July 12, 2013 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) absences are on the rise, and...

RI becomes 3rd state to provide paid family leave

by joe@ocronusa.com | Jul 11, 2013 | Uncategorized

RI becomes 3rd state to provide paid family leave By MICHELLE R. SMITH / Associated Press / July 11, 2013 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island will become the third state to provide workers paid time off to care for a baby or sick family member, as Democratic Gov....

Employee Fired for Absences Exceeding his Certification Can Raise a Viable FMLA Claim

by joe@ocronusa.com | Jun 26, 2013 | Uncategorized

FMLAinsigt.com | Posted by Jeff Nowak on June 20, 2013 Have you ever made a rash decision that you wish you could take back the second you made it? One employer must feel that way right about now. Last week, a federal court refused to dismiss FMLA claims made against...