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It looks like this concept is getting around! The "Dilbert" comic strip worked the topic of negotiation and women into their Oct. 17 strip: http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20071017.html
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It looks like BLR has a number of sample performance appraisal forms under the Performance Appraisal topic (http://hr.blr.com/topics.aspx?topic=126), but you have to be a subscriber. I don't know where else to get actual forms. I agree with SFbay t…
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What I'd like to settle is whether it's better to have paper towels (speaking of waste) in restrooms or air dryers for hands. I think we should make the switch from paper to air (and save lots of trees) but there's been resistance by those who say …
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OK, I know this will make it clear I don't know much about the ERA...but with the Equal Pay Act and the Civil Rights Act in place protecting women from discrimination, what rights or protections, exactly, would the ERA add that would impact the work…
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I'm not surprised that many of the articles out there speculating on this tragedy are going back to the issue of gun control because therein lies the answer...Unless we can keep guns out of the hands of people like this guy, ultimately, I don't thin…
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So, you mean this employee is given an annual budget for travel and you want to reduce it as a punishment for repeated transgressions? I don't know see how this would be a prohibited move, but I'm wondering if it's the most effective way to handle …
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I agree in theory that the request for a place to pray sounds reasonable BUT it should be made clear that any time spent praying should be on the employee's break or lunch time (not during time they should be working). As such, the frequency and le…
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Another site that has links to a number of resources--including to the one Chrissy1 mentioned--is the "Domestic Violence in the Workplace Resource Guide" from the National Center of State Courts: http://www.ncsconline.org/wc/CourTopics/ResourceGuide…
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I read that some (obviously disturbed) woman went on a hunger strike and said she wouldn't end it until Sanjaya was voted off. I just did a search on it online and the first hit was http://www.myspace.com/starvationforsanjaya which is apparently th…
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Thanks--that sounds like a reasonable way to address it without taking away the "fun" of the event for participants. If anyone really only interested in winning a "jackpot" of moneyk, they can join a pool outside of work. This year, I'll just have…
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Thanks GetToWork....I was thinking what if I told the employee who runs it that he must use his own personal e-mail address, and run the pool on his own time and from his home. This way, even if his "mailing list" (and therefore the participants in…
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Yes, it looks like the training has to be 2 full hours and must be "interactive" according to BLR's CA sexual harassment analysis. As a trainer, it looks like you can avoid going there personally so long as you're available via e-mail. See relevant …
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Where I work, our employees have contact with the public/customers. There is no way we could tolerate an associate with body odor that would drive people away, since it could literally send customers in the opposite direction. It would simply have…
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If it's a disruption to other employees I don't know that the absence of a policy should be standing in your way. If an employee blew bubble gum and popped bubbles all day, and drove his co-workers crazy that way, you wouldn't need to have a policy…
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Well, I can't speak to having a local team playing in the Super Bowl (since the Detroit Lions have never been!) but I can say that in general, the impact is pretty moderate. Fortunately, the game doesn't seem to impact our rate of absenteeism. Is …
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I think it might depend on the agreement/contract you have with the temp agency. If you were going to hire the employee outright, the temp agency would probably charge you some kind of finder's fee. They might put a limit on how long you get to kee…
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Hi It sounds like you're not so much opposed to them having a 2nd job after hours per se--in other words, they aren't coming into work tired and unproductive (because they worked another job the night before). It sounds like the issue is employees …
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This is an issue for us sometimes as well. I don't know what you can really do though if they are using paid time they've accrued--besides hope for a tame winter! I just don't know how to 'crack down' on something that could potentially be a safety …
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And, sometimes it's not even the entire state--in Detroit, you can't discriminate based on sexual orientation, but that same prohibition doesn't apply to the rest of Michigan, as far as I know. If you are an employer with multiple locations, I'd er…
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I agree with bevhunt...I think you could have a policy prohibiting supervisor-subordinate relationships. You could also tell employees that if they are equals and have a relationship, and one gets promoted, that either one of the 2 people need to f…
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All of these posts are giving me the motivation to finally get such a policy together at our company. One question though--what do you think is the best approach considering that my company is small, and there's only one person (possibly two depend…
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We play some indoor street hockey--it's pretty informal. We usually just scrimmage against each other, but there's a nearby pub/sports bar nearby whose employees we sometimes get together with and play. Either way, it's a good way to connect outsid…
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Our company is in the retail industry in Michigan--a few dozen employees total. We've only had 2 people called to jury duty in the 3 years I've been here. We don't have a policy in writing but we've paid both employees who missed time for whatever…