Articles for tag: Bereavement, Employee Handbook, Employee Rights

Karla News

Know Your Workplace’s Bereavement Leave Policy

Knowing your company’s bereavement policy now, before you need it can save you heartaches and headaches later on, if you ever need it. The bereavement leave policy where you work is as important to know as other company policies that cover time off from work. Does Your Workplace Have a Bereavement Leave Policy? First, find ...

Will I Receive Severance Pay If I Am Laid Off?

When you are laid off from a job, you want to be sure that your final pay includes all the benefits to which you are entitled. Severance pay, which is money paid in addition to your salary or wages, accrued vacation, and other benefits, is not required by federal law, but a few states, such ...

The Benefits of Having an Employee Handbook

The idea of having a formal employee handbook can seem a little overboard, especially for small companies where the personnel list is only the owner/operator and a few helpers. One may not think it is important to write all of the rules down when the small family of workers is already so well-versed on how ...

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Maternity Leave: Do You Get Benefits If You’re Part-Time?

Congratulations! You’re pregnant, and in nine months, you’ll bring a bundle of joy into the world. But what if you only work part-time? Do you still get benefits? This is something that pregnant women everywhere struggle with when the time comes to have a baby. They only work twenty or thirty hours each week, and ...