The interactive process is a term most often associated with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a federal law that requires organizations with 15 or more employees to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees who have a...
Human Resources
Can We Discipline an Employee for Not Taking a Lunch Break?
Question: We have a remote employee who is working through their lunch break. Can we require them to take it? Answer: Yes, generally you can and should require an employee to take a lunch break. In many states, employers are required to provide employees with rest...
How to Fire Employees Legally and Compassionately
Firing employees is always hard. Perhaps that is why Google fired 12,000 employees via email one night, immediately locking them out of company devices. Most employers do not fire employees that way. Most of the time, employers make the difficult decision to let...