By: Melanie Dunajeski The economy is humming along, we are at functional levels of full employment, and every time we have an open position it seems to get harder and harder to hire a qualified person. It is in these very times that employers… Read More >
Category: Blogs
Time to Say Goodbye: Making Sound Termination Decisions in the Era of Full Employment
Can Workplace Gossip Become Sexual Harassment?
Revisiting Wilhelm and the Indiana Anti-Indemnity Statute for Construction and Design Professionals
ConsensusDocs Standard Form Contract for Design-Assist Services
By: Joseph M. Leone As project owners continue to see increasing value in collaboration between designers and constructors during the preconstruction phase, techniques such as design-assist, Lean Design and Construction, and integrated project delivery (IPD), are being used more frequently. Last year, the ConsensusDocsTM… Read More >
Summary Suspension: What This Means for Your Health-Related License
By: Jennifer L. Strange Over the past year or so, there seems to have been an increase in Petitions for Summary Suspension (and requests to extend summary suspensions) filed by the Attorney General’s Office. In some cases, a health professional’s license has remained summarily… Read More >
Anti-Harassment Training for Supervisors is a Good Investment
By: Melanie M. Dunajeski Ask any employer who has had a sexual harassment discrimination charge made against them—is this something that you’d like to do again? Not likely. Even setting aside the costs of investigating and responding to a charge (or defending an eventual… Read More >
FMLA Leave: DOL Opinion Letter on Designation and Use of FMLA Leave
By: Melanie M. Dunajeski The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its Opinion Letter FMLA2019-1A on March 14, 2019 advising employers (1) that they cannot delay designating qualifying leave as Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave; and… Read More >