Judge Steady, I won the lottery!,” exclaimed Court Reporter Sue Lucky. Yea for twenty-year employee Sue, who is celebrating by resigning that very day to find a new winter home near her grandchildren in Arizona. An employer is lucky to get a week’s notice. All courts are “at will” employers and employees are free to resign at any time. A basic sense of fairness and the threat of bad references are the two major rea … [Read more...] about Protecting What You’ve Got: Preserving Knowledge
Employment
Employee Medical Leave Rights: It's Complicated
Once upon a time, the employer determined medical leave. Whether an employee had the ability to stay home when ill without risk of termination depended on the boss. After a nine-year legislative battle, in 1993 Congress enacted the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA). For many workers, FMLA proved to be a great boon. Parents with newborns don’t have to negotiate for leaves of absence of less than twelve weeks. An i … [Read more...] about Employee Medical Leave Rights: It's Complicated
Ready to Retire? Upcoming changes to medical benefits may affect your timing
Have you checked the balance in your retirement medical benefits account recently? Never heard of it? You are not alone. But now may be a good time to become familiar with it, especially if you are nearing retirement. Certain provisions in the retirement medical benefits statute expire in 2017, and state employees considering retirement in the next couple of years especially need to know what that will mean for … [Read more...] about Ready to Retire? Upcoming changes to medical benefits may affect your timing
Judicial Clerkships for Recently Admitted Attorneys
At the fall 2013 Indiana Judicial Conference, Court of Appeals Judges Margret Robb and Patricia Riley informed trial court judges that together with Indiana’s law schools they had created a Judicial Law Clerk Program to assist new law school graduates and trial court judges. The law schools will identify recent law school graduates who are seeking full-time employment and pair them with one of the participating state … [Read more...] about Judicial Clerkships for Recently Admitted Attorneys
Dealing with the Difficult Employee
Martin has been working as a probation officer for seventeen years during which time he provided good to commendable service to the court. He and Judge Edwards have seen a lot together and are very comfortable with each other. However, lately all is not well with Martin, and no one knows exactly what or why. Martin has been making errors that are unlike him. His co-worker, Sandra, believes that more than once she has … [Read more...] about Dealing with the Difficult Employee