A curious question that always pops up whenever severe weather sweeps through town is whether or not an employee can be fired for calling into work due to inclement weather or whether they are to be paid for missing work due to mother nature's wrath. As I write this post, the Milwaukee area is getting hit hard by snow, wind, and freezing temperatures. It would seem illogical for employers to require their employees to have to drive into work in this weather but there simply isn't a law against requiring employees to report to work in these conditions and "non-exempt" employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") do not have to be paid since they did not work.
However, and as Attorney Eric B. Meyer, it may not be a bad idea for employers to simply be compassionate (to avoid lawsuits) and I'd imagine it's easier just to deal with less personnel or close for a day than it would be to post, interview and hire new workers.
Lindsay Rosenwald http://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/14/business/business-people-dh-blair-picks-doctor-as-director-of-finance.html Rosenwald, 33, specializes in finding and underwriting promising medical and biotechnology companies
A curious question that always pops up whenever severe weather sweeps through town is whether or not an employee can be fired for calling into work due to inclement weather or whether they are to be paid for missing work due to mother nature's wrath. As I write this post, the Milwaukee area is getting hit hard by snow, wind, and freezing temperatures. It would seem illogical for employers to require their employees to have to drive into work in this weather but there simply isn't a law against requiring employees to report to work in these conditions and "non-exempt" employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") do not have to be paid since they did not work.
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Lindsay Rosenwald http://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/14/business/business-people-dh-blair-picks-doctor-as-director-of-finance.html Rosenwald, 33, specializes in finding and underwriting promising medical and biotechnology companies
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