Intermittent: Separate blocks of time that reduce an employee's work schedule. This can be in months, weeks, days, hours, or minutes. In the case of part-time employees who apply for FMLA leave, many do not meet the eligibility requirement for FMLA leave due to the working hours needed...
FMLA leave is unpaid and can be up to 12 weeks for most qualifying events. To be eligible an employee must have worked for the current employer for one year and have worked 1250 hours within the last 12 months for the current employer. The one year of service requirement does not need ...
Withhold Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes from employee’s paychecks and pay your own FICA taxes, which provides your employees with retirement and disability benefits. Pay state and federal unemployment taxes. Comply with the Federal Family and Medical Leave (FMLA). Contribute to sta...
However, the employee is not left to pay 100 percent of the premiums themselves. Rather, federal and state laws mandate that businesses sign up for unemployment protection. The coverage is financed by the payroll taxes paid both by employer and employee contributions. In Texas, the UI payroll t...
How not to handle FMLA leave: Do what Chicago did to a seriously ill employee.The article discusses a court case involving Theresa Rodriguez, a deputy director in the city of Chicago, Illinois, who sued alleging interference with her right to take Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave in...
Gambling on Court Interpretations of Care: Approving Leave for Travel Under the FMLA Chicago Park District that an employee is protected by the FMLA when accompanying a family member on a trip to Las Vegas. Other circuits have decided the issue differently.Given this circuit split, a bright-line...
As an employee, to be eligible for an FMLA leave of absence, your employer must have 50 or more employees working within 75 miles of your office. You also need to have worked at your job for at least 12 months – and have put in at least 1,250 hours of service – before taki...
Once you’re ready to make a hire, it’s time to start theemployee hiring process. Follow these four steps to hire your first employee: 1. Complete licensing and registration requirements Before hiring your first employee, make sure all your state and federal business registrations and licenses...
Apply for a federal EIN with the IRS. Obtain workers' compensation insurance. A business can determine whether it is required to carry coverage by reviewing information with the Division of Workers Compensation of the Missouri Secretary of State. ...
“If you already have a relationship with the person you want to ask, you can probably bring it up casually, either over the phone if you work virtually, in the breakroom, or over lunch,” she says. But if you don’t often interact with this employee, see if you can set up a time...