Life as a truck driver can be hard. Long hours on highways crisscrossing Wisconsin and the rest of the nation can be boring and sometimes dangerous.Unfortunately, a tough job is sometimes made more difficult by the people you work with and the company you work for. A...
Month: December 2016
Age discrimination on the rise
They say that age is only a number and that a person is only as old as they feel. While those things might be true, it is undeniable that ageism in the workplace is on the rise.New research shows that workplace discrimination on the basis of age has risen in recent...
Trying to figure out employer’s thoughts in FMLA case
Virtually every employee has wondered at one time or another what their employer is thinking. The online publication HR Dive gives human resources professionals information about their industry, while giving the rest of us insight into what employers, managers and the...
Jury sends powerful message in age, sex discrimination case
The jury was asked to send a message. And that is exactly what they did, the Wisconsin Law Journal reports.The Missouri jury heard the story of a sales manager with American Family Insurance who sued the company for age and sex discrimination, as well as retaliation....
Good advice on an FMLA question
People misunderstand each other. It is simply part of the human condition. But when an HR director misunderstands an employee's use of Family and Medical Leave Act benefits, it can sometimes lead to inappropriate treatment of the worker that can include a denial of...
When health issues prevent you from working
Life is difficult; much more so when illness or injury prevents a person from working. Some of the leading causes of long-term disability include arthritis, depression, chronic fatigue, back pain, heart disease, cancer, chronic pain and diabetes.When one of these or...
Family Radio is focus of wrongful termination lawsuit
Harold Camping was an evangelist perhaps best known for his widely publicized prediction that the world would end in October of 2011. When the forecast failed, Camping and his Family Radio sharp drop-offs in popularity and revenue. He died in late 2013, but the radio...