HR Headlines  National Bill Would Require Paid Sick Leave for Workers Sent Home with Flu November 06, 2009 - A U.S. Congressman has introduced legislation that would require employers to provide paid sick leave to an employee if the employer tells the employee to leave work or stay home because he or she has symptoms of a contagious illness. Larger Employers Stock Up on H1N1 Flu Vaccine November 06, 2009 - Several large employers in New York have received the vaccine for H1N1 flu (formerly known as swine flu), Businessweek reports. Be sure to check HR.BLR.com's News section for all the latest stories. White Papers  Can You Make Friends with Social Media? October 30, 2009 - Communications consultant Alison Davis, who stresses that she’s not a lawyer, understands all the risks of Web 2.0 media—but still feels that many companies should embrace their advantages. She addressed listeners of a recent BLR® webinar on the topic. If You Can Measure It, You Can Manage It October 30, 2009 - This article’s title is one of the mantras of Jeremy P. Shapiro, who presented a talk he called “When Good HR Metrics Go Bad, & How to Fix Them” at an annual Society for Human Resource Management seminar Be sure to check HR.BLR.com's White Papers section for all the latest stories.

HR Forums  • Chronic illness causing absences by employee not covered under FMLA . • Re: "Biggest Loser" • House Health Care Bill Read about all the latest discussions in the HR Forum What's New  Questions & Answers: • What are the minimum hours an employee must work to qualify for health benefits in Connecticut and nationwide? • An employee has been frequently absent due to illness. He has been absent the past three weeks. He has provided doctor's notes for the absences. Can we terminate him? Also, he is a minority over 40. Does that rais additional issues? • We have an employee who was given an assignment she did not like. So, we offered her another assignment. She refused to work on that without trying it out. Is this insubordination? Can we terminate her? Be sure to regularly check the What's New page for the full list of newly added content. HR Poll  How will your 2009 holiday party compare with yours in 2008? The budget will be bigger. The budget will be smaller. The budget will be about the same. We had one last year but won't this year. We didn't have one last year but will this year. We didn't have one last year and won't have one this year either. View previous polls

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