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I was in a grocery store one time when an elderly woman approached me and informed me that I looked like I was her son. We exchanged pleasantries and then went our seperate ways. She approached me in another isle to inform me once again that I loo…
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I like the three options you provided Neitra. Especially the last one!!! I remember when my father told me that I should study HR when I was picking my undergrad major. He couldn't tell me enough about it, but one of the boys fathers in our scout…
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Have you asked her why she does not want to seek medical attention? I don't know what benefits your company offers, so I may be pointing out the obvious... 1. If your company offers Short Term disability pay, then the employee should not have to wo…
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Ray, I was thinking the same thing, but wanted to get more details on the sickness. Common cold, let them stay...something much worse and highly contagious may require a different approach. In the last couple weeks we had one employee get stung by…
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What is your concern?
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Gadget, Unions are a crafty bunch - how's your negotiation skills? I'm wondering if you couldn't figure out how to utilize the unions to help in your employee retention issue. Think about it - unions use propaganda to recruit folks to join the un…
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I hate to keep throwing questions at you. However... What is the unemployment rate in your area? The county I worked in before moving to NC had an unemployment rate of 2.3%. Every employer in the area had revolving doors. It was an employee's ma…
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You've stated the obvious about the work conditions - I worked in a steel mill as a laborer during the summer - yeah, hot is an understatement! 1. Do you conduct exit interviews, or do your folks quit without notice? 2. Is your plant union? 3. Wha…
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No FMLA - let him go - his job has no protection and you have a legitimate business need to fill the position. At least he didn't try to tie it to worker's comp.
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I like your forum name...you may appreciate this bumper sticker I saw the other day...it read "If it weren't for flashbacks I'd have no memory at all!"
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I'm extremely curious as to why this hiring manager does not want to give the person a conditional offer letter. I hate to even ask, but does the hiring manager really understand that a conditional offer letter just gives you the "green light" to c…
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I would be interested to see a cost benefit analysis between a decision to terminate with a severance package and cost of recruiting and hiring his replacement to the cost of the current low moral. Compare this to the cost of trying to work things …
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Belt and suspenders; aside from his work hours, is he able to "produce"? If he is still able to produce and work shorter hours - good! If he is not able to produce, you need to focus on where he is falling short. This is a performance issue that …
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I had gone through a mass layoff myself - what I did was contact the local employment security commission. They put me in touch with the right (free) organization. The other areas I remember about a mass layoff are; the WARN notices, letters to lo…
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Marc, Sounds like a great idea! The concept is clear from your explanation, but what does "PIP" stand for? BB
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Shirley, It seems that you and I have very similar views on this subject matter. One approach that you brough up regarding half the pay now and half the pay later based on the employee improving attendance was something that came to my mind as well…
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Since when has attendance not been considered part of a person's performance? Even in school attendance weighed very heavily on a person's grades. Have a candide conversation with the person. Let him know what the company's expectations are rig…
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Thanks - but, our manager is taking at least the 20, 1 minute smoke breaks, and two to three 10 minute smoke breaks, and the half hour lunch break where he smokes at least three cigarettes, he used to smoke on the production floor before I started w…
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Agreed.
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I'm sorry you had a bad day. I've experienced something similar recently and wanted to share it with you. In the last couple of weeks we had a light pole knocked over in our parking lot by a trucking company and then a truck from another trucking …
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DOI (Date of Injury)
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I'm not sure of any hard and fast rules governing the PTO payout policy, but I'll tell you what we do...if an employee has any earned by unused PTO, they can role it over to the next year. If they haven't used any PTO in two years, they are paid th…
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30 days?!?!?!?! Here's my two cents - no matter how you change this policy you're going to upset a whole mess of people. We start our employees with 10 PTO (paid time off) days per year. I've been with my current company for 4 years and now have …
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OoH! OoH! one more before you go - I understand the person is being laid off, not terminated, but when s/he goes to look for another job s/he will probably be asked what areas s/he excelled and which areas needed improvement. I feel strongly that t…
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So, if I understand this correctly, your boss wants to keep the folks on board because they serve more than one purpose - if they can't drive they can do something else. I think if you have the ability to do that within your company then it's proba…
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The ee is fine, it's her husband that is the problem.
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Yeah, the regional HRM said it was a state law, but I didn't get a resource from him to review the law for myself.
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That was my first thought...I just got off the phone with a Regional HRM...apparently, a law came out about a year ago which says that a company can place a restraining order on an individual if they pose a threat. However, given our situation, sin…
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Our exec. sec. asked me to do something. She felt it was the company's right to know the legal status of this individual and wanted me to confront the employee to get this information. And, depending upon the results, if he's out on parol (I guess…
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No question-totally agreed!