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In addition to travel to Asia, my wife's company has also limited travel to Canada. Personally, I think the SARS issue is rather overblown. How many people have died worldwide? 250? That's an incredibly small number for an "epidemic." The liabi…
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You know, I just read this thread in it's entirety, and as someone who actually HAS had my pants in a wad (don't ask, it's a long story) I should be as entitled as anyone to feel slighted, yet I do not. My fellow inmates are far too valuable to my …
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The supervisor may indeed have some "problems," but nothing you've posted indicates any kind of discrimination or harrassment. If the supervisor prefers to have the new employee do specific tasks that's within his right as a manager. Also, as Don …
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 04-28-03 AT 12:07PM (CST)[/font][p]"Terminating Division?" Yeeesh! Gerri, you guys actually have a "Terminating Division?" Sounds rather dark and sinister. Like the "Doom Patrol." I kinda like it. …
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Absolutely. Emails writtn on company equipment on company time belong to the company. You should, however, be able to verify that the EE's in question were the people who wrote the email.
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You do not have an obligation, and further you should be wary about inserting the company in this person's business. You can counsel the EE to take appropriate steps, and certainly work with her in regard to time off, EAP, but filing a police repor…
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Profits or not, his anger management issue needs to be addressed formally by his supervisor. As much as I hate to say this, does your company have an EAP? I personally feel that EAP is too often used as a panacea for poor supervision, but in this …
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Don, what do you expect? After all, YOU weren't around to advise them on how to do it right. Their loss.
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We go 4 months for Union, and 6 months for non-union.
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Good thing you guys weren't in Nimitz's chain-of-command when he ran his destroyer aground. His career would have ended early and we might've lost World War II. But, seriously, the NLRB issue was mentioned as nothing more than a consideration, i.e…
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Before rescinding the offer, you might want to consider that speaking to co-workers about salary is protected activity under the NLRB. Why not have a meeting and let her know in strong terms that what she did was inappropriate, and educate her as t…
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True story: Last week my brother-in-law and his wife went to a sushi restaurant with another couple in center city Philly. The tab at the end of the evening for the four of them was.....are you ready?.....over 700 bucks. And this was NOT because o…
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Wit? Or witout?
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I once worked for a non-profit that used the following formula: $10 - Breakfast $15 - Lunch $20 - Dinner These prices are from the 80's. It also depends on your geographic region. $20 here in Philadelphia will not take you very far.
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A physical is required for employment as a driver, but not for obtaining a CDL. Crazy, no?
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It's kind of a confusing system because it has to do with Federal mandates administered by the individual States, but any Class A CDL (Commercial Driver's License) can drive interstate with the appropriate endorsements (Haz Mat, Tanker, etc) for the…
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Anyone hired AFTER 11/06/1986 must fill out an I-9.
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It's a good idea to check your particular State, but since employers are obligated to deny employment for not having an SSN I personally feel that it's a good idea to ask for it as part of the application process. In that sense, the SSN is as much …
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Let me play devil's advocate here. I think the two long-term employees DID receive stolen company property. The horns were stolen by their supervisor, who was then disciplined....right? They knew the horns belonged to the company...right? Okay, …
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I disagree with "counseling" a non-exempt employee in this situation. Your company offers time off in the form of vacation and sick time. Allowing this EE to play a semantics game and carve out some "Personal Time" sets a bad precedent. If you ha…
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When you say "docked" are you speaking of an exempt, or a non-exempt employee?
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FMLA does not apply unless her child has a compelling medical issue, or is a newborn, or was recently adopted/foster child. Basic childcare is not covered under FMLA. So she has documented attendance problems and has the gall to have a hissy fit o…
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What did the EE want from the DOL? And which DOL...State or Federal? The only context that I know of for "wrongful termination" is discrimination of a protected class and that falls under the EEOC. In regard to back pay, I think that the concept …
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So your original question should have been: "Can we terminate an EE for dishonesty and inappropriate use of sick time?" The answer to that question seems self-evident.
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Of course you should terminate immediately IF your investigation was sound and fair. If you are overruled by idiots it wouldn't be the first time that's happened to an HR professional. Make sure you express your misgivings in memo form up the chai…
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The specialist certified him to full duty, so I'd put him back on full duty. The fact that your company kept him on light duty based on his veiled threat was a very poor decision. Then I would bring him in for a meeting and confront him on some of…
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Heretic!! Stone her!!!
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Perhaps I'm old school, but I fail to see how utilizing the EAP will solve this problem. Are you speculating that the excessive absences are the result of some undiagnosed psychic illness? Don't get me wrong. EAP is fine, but you still have to st…
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Why make a policy that will be a nightmare to enforce fairly? How are you going to objectively quantify what constitutes a messy desk vs. a neat desk? I agree with Don. It's a bad idea. On the other hand, you could always do what one of my former…
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Check your State law regarding the payment of wages. Most states have a stipulation that any deducation beyond taxes, etc requires an authorization from the employee. In PA we have all new employees sign a deducation form as part of the Orientatio…