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A better chair would help, but there are lumbar supports you can purchase to place behind his back to help the situation also. You might contact your WC carrier and see if they could and come out to perform an ergonomic evaluation of the work stati…
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I have had this issue in the past in a larger manufacturing environment. We installed a coin operated medicine dispenser, avoids the whole liability issue. If needed I can give you the name of a good source for this. In another past life, we had …
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I would need more info on the situation. Why is he leaving? Is it a highly skilled job that would take a long time to fill? Is he a top performer? How you handle vacation will most likely effect if you need to pay it out. If this were a lower …
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This is another good example of why you should hold off letters to top candidates saying that someone else was hired. Think about how many times it came down to two candidates, very very similar or both qualified. By holding off on those letters, …
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If it was one employee's word against another that is one thing, however when you get the same message from the entire staff I think it lends credibility to it. I always look at it this way, is everybody wrong or lying, or is it this one individual…
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Exactly as Don says, oh no now I have agreed with him. Treat her as you would any 25 year old that works for you with the same performance issues. My $0.02 worth. DJ The Balloonman
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Don't stress over this, obviously this is not working out, and today is Friday a perfect day for terminations! As the previous posts stated, document the performance issues, let them know it is not working out and have a ice cold one tonight after…
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I would just throw all of them away and not respond at all. My $0.02 worth. DJ The Balloonman
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Yes what was the major infraction? But I would throw in that attendance warnings are not something that should be heavily factored in regard to a rule/discipline issue. Not disregarded, but two previous warnings for safety or policy violations wou…
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Tell them to pound salt, and get a subpoena listing the specific items they want. Then the lawyer will probably decide he does not want to invest any real time and energy into the fishing trip. Second if he does actually get the subpoena, then pro…
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Well Frank you have come a long way babeeeeeeeeeeee. I just hired a nice young man from Pleasant Hill yesterday. I did not think to ask was he more union or rebel....lol DJ The Balloonman
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Possibly poor choice of words by both of us. Don, I do disagree with saying that terminating them is for us to be totally turning their life and family upside down. None of us go looking to fire people, they earn their termination through their ac…
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Linda I have $10.00 says he never makes it to his anniversary date! DJ
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LOL, Don, I knew I should not have said that but you had to be there. The guys first name was Famous! He had an excuse for everything. Turned out he was incarcerated, and was being released to come to work. But to his credit he did tell us that …
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I agree hold him to it, and when he points out fire him. Then the union will file a grievance. At that meeting pull out his attendance record. He will say you are firing me for my house burning down. Then say no we are not firing you. He will p…
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Hmmmm what about the health department, would they allow that in a kitchen? Simple fact is I do not know of many employers who allow their employees to bring their infant children to work with them day in day out. My $0.02 worth. DJ The Balloonman
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WOW, first off you need to do a hazard assessment to determine what PPE (personal protective equipment) is needed for protecting the employee from known exposures. As for training, you need to do specific Hazard Communication training, and additio…
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Well I was out of the office yesterday, and have a pocketful of change! First off I work on identifying people who would be great employees and who may know others in the field. I try to keep a "pool" of candidates I can work from. What we all ne…
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Rare is it that someone began looking soley because they were underpaid. I remember a friend who had his boss find out he was a finalist for a position. I will leave out all the details for brevity. Well he ended up keeping his job, and his boss …
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While I agree with Terry's post that this is allowed, the question as I see it is different here. They hired individuals, and now want to change the rules/requirements of employment. I can see moving forward only hiring employees who meet this cri…
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Rose, that is pretty funny, requiring employees to give to you clothing that they purchased!!!! I would find it quite amuzing to have an employer request that of me. I would do it, provided you paid me for the shirts that I purchased. You have th…
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Don, you are very astute in acknowledging that those "plumbing" relationships can be.......... hhhmmmmm devastating if you think that they do not matter when applying policy to the individual. I know of an HR professional, #2 at his company at the…
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There are situations where this can occur. In a past life, prior to the company going out of business specific departmental budget cuts were given. By the third round we were cutting people we "needed to accomplish the mission". If the company is…
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Don, I am impressed! That first post was in my mind perfect. Of course this is coming from a man who plays with balloons!!!!!!!!!! You made some excellent points that we all need to keep in mind. The approach you take, in finding out where they s…
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The end of the day is probably the best way to do it for a poor performer who might not take things well. Have boxes ready, as I have seen it take an eternity to just find enough boxes. You will need to have someone observe what they are removing …
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Thank god NO! My $0.02 worth. DJ The Balloonman
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Well I found some change in my pocket so, here goes! I would be concerned as to why they wanted to review the files. But if it turns out they have that legal right, you will need to go through the files and as a previous post said, and make sure m…
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We count each day as 1 point, unless they bring a doctor's note from the time they were sick. If the note/visit is after the fact they are out of luck. If they bring a doctor's note we count it as one occurrence, 1 point even if they are out a wee…
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Sounds like you are on solid ground. You even let your boss know what you were preparing to do, always a smart move. Since I work for a small company I always let the owners know about pending terminations and why, this way when the employee says,…
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I don't know if I have advice that will help but I will tell you what I have done elsewhere. As part of our restricted duty program in manufacturing plants, I did not accommodate non work related restrictions. Here is why, most were short term, du…