Mike Bishop
Posts by Mike Bishop:
Ask Rita in HR: Should Murphy’s Law Be a Consideration in Making HR Decisions?
Some factors to keep in mind when you’re planning to discipline or terminate a nonprofit employee.
Ask Rita: I’ve Never Fired Anyone Before — and Now I Have To!
How to handle termination of employment at their nonprofit properly and with due regard for all concerned.
Ask Rita: What to Do When the FMLA Replacement Is A Better Performer
What happens if an employee who is filling in for another employee out on FMLA turns out to be better in the position? What are our options?
Ask Rita: An Employee Isn’t Holding Up Their End of the ADA Interactive Process—What Do I Do?
The ADA interactive process is a two-way street. What should employers do when employees aren’t interacting in good faith?
Ask Rita: When Do I Initiate the ADA Interactive Process with a (Possibly) Disabled Employee?
When to engage in an interactive process with employees to determine if a disability limits their ability to perform essential job functions.
Ask Rita: Religious Exemptions from Regular Work Duties—What Am I to Do?
How to evaluate an employee’s request for a religious accommodation and when to appropriately provide such accommodations.
Ask Rita: My Employee Has Been “No Call, No Show” for Three Days—Why Isn’t This a Resignation?
Terminating an employee because they haven’t shown up or reported in should be pursued only after proactive efforts to reach out have failed.
Ask Rita: How Do We Handle a Supervisor Whose Way of Treating Employees Is Causing Them to Quit?
No one is too important, too indispensable, or too essential to escape discipline for zero-tolerance policy violations.
Ask Rita: An Employee Took Our Confidential Information for Their Own Personal Use and Won’t Give it Back—What Can We Do?
An employee has taken proprietary information and used it to start a competing nonprofit. What is our recourse, if any?
Ask Rita: How Do I Navigate Requests for Religious Exemptions from a Requirement to Receive the Covid-19 Vaccine?
It is important to work with that employee to understand the basis for the request and to determine whether it is appropriate.