Employment Law 101
This law gives eligible employees up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave annually for medical and family reasons.
What is the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?
Repeated inappropriate behavior that interferes with work is considered this.
What is hostile work environment?
This type of leave is allowed under FMLA in small blocks of time.
What is intermittent leave?
This tool is used when improvement is possible, but guidance and structure are needed.
What is a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)?
An employee who is absent from work for 3 consecutive days due to illness must have this to return.
What is a doctor's note?
True or False: An employee must specifically say “FMLA” to trigger the employer's responsibilities.
What is false? (Employers must recognize qualifying events even if the term “FMLA” is not used.)
This term describes when an employer takes negative action against an employee for reporting discrimination, harassment, or participating in an investigation.
What is retaliation?
When employees run out of FMLA, this law might still apply.
What is the ADA?
Finish this sentence:
If it was not documented......
What is it never happened?
When it comes to new-hires, this should always match the information that is being entered into UKG.
What is the offer letter?
This federal agency enforces laws against workplace discrimination.
What is the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)?
True or False:
An employee must prove that their complaint was valid in order to be protected from retaliation.
What is False?
Employees are protected from retaliation even if their complaint is not substantiated, as long as it was made in good faith. Retaliation occurs when an employer takes adverse action against someone for reporting or participating in an investigation of misconduct.
True or False:
Workers’ comp leave must always be tracked in UKG as a formal LOA.
What is true?
It's known as the best method for providing feedback on performance.
What is the STAR method?
It's the best time to get a new-hire active in UKG.
What is before their first day of work?
This law requires employers to accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities.
What is the ADA?
Exchanging job benefits for sexual favors is known as this.
What is quid pro quo?
It's known as the first rule of documentation.
What is do the documentation?
These are two examples of conditions that may qualify under FMLA.
What are chronic migraines and pregnancy?
A manager overhears a nickname based on age. No complaint is made. The manager should do this, immediately.
What is address it?
This type of effort is the level of effort an employee could give if they wanted to, but above and beyond the minimum required
What is discretionary effort?
This action is taken to remove an employee from the worksite while an investigation is pending or to prevent immediate disruption, rather than terminating them on the spot.
What is placing the employee on administrative leave?