You had questions specifically for an employment law attorney, so we brought one on the pod. Will Oden, Employment Law Attorney with Ward and Smith joins Lisa Leath, Amy Conway, and Gabrielle Plumez for this week’s episode. Will shares his insights as an attorney and helps the ladies walk through each write-in submitted from our listeners in California to the Carolinas! You get the best of both worlds of HR and Law this episode – and it’s all free.

1. “From a small business owner: 3 employees are at the end their pregnancy at the same time, we have no maternity leave, what do we do? How long do we give them PTO once their FMLA runs out?”
2. “We now have back to office requirements, but I moved cities. Our in-person attendance will now weigh 83% on our performance review. Can they legally (randomly) do that?”
3. “I work 90-120 hours every two weeks – no lunch breaks, 7-12 days straight, etc. I nodded off during a call because I was exhausted – can I be fired?”
4. “Lost a parent and my employer is only giving me four days of time to handle everything. I need to put her house up for sale and work out all the rearrangements and also grieve. I have a few days of PTO which I am planning to use. What if it takes me two or three weeks? 
5. “I need to fire an employee; they are always late and always have a bad attitude when they do show up. The issue is - we are a small company, and we do not have employee handbooks. Can they take us to court?

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