Employers generally cannot change exempt employees’ compensation because of absences from work. However, employers can reduce pay without jeopardizing employees’ exempt status if absences of a full day or more due to: Personal reasons Illness or accidents if employees are covered under sick or disability pay policies Unpaid leave taken pursuant to FMLA act … Continue reading Permitted Salary Reductions to Exempt Employees’ Salaries
Month: July 2014
Woman Sues After STD Diagnosis Posted on Facebook
An Ohio Woman whose medical record was posted to Facebook, which revealed her name, and a syphilis diagnosis’s, has sued the hospital where she was treated and the worker who accessed her information. The 20-year old Cincinnati woman, filed the lawsuit against the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. According to the lawsuit, the events of … Continue reading Woman Sues After STD Diagnosis Posted on Facebook