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  • I received the following from another HR site: "President Bush signed an executive order on June 6, 2008, requiring all federal contractors to use the U.S. government’s E-Verify system to confirm the legal status of their employees or risk losin…
    in E-Verify Comment by Dutch2 June 2008
  • We also require our ee’s that routinely drive on company business to have a safe driving record. The company that does our criminal background checks also completes the check on their driving history. We make a copy of their driver’s license i…
  • Same here. The Fed's always want 10 consecutive days off, but the State is fine with only 5. So... we have gone with 5 consecutive days for several years with no problems.
  • I too wait until their last day of employment and usually this is the last thing they do prior to leaving. I explain to the departing ee that the purpose of the Exit Interview is to help us make this a better place to work. Also that we are not on…
  • Depends on the students ability, but yes we have placed High School students on the Teller line. To my recollection we have had no more difficulties with them than with part-time college students. We do not hire anyone under the age of 16. As far…
  • I hate to admit it ,but I guess I agree with Paul. If the young employee request their parent be allowed to attend, why not do so. At the least, we make it a point to always have at least two adults present anytime a minor is being evaluated or co…
  • We also mention personal hygiene in our employee handbook. This hasn't been a problem I have had to address in some time. However, in my former life, this came up a few times. I always found it best that as soon as I learned of the problem I eith…
    in HELP!!! Comment by Dutch2 May 2008
  • That's the way we have always looked at it. The ee voluntarily resigned and we accepted their resignation effective immediately and have not paid for the two weeks notice. If they do apply for unemployement benefits we protest due to their having v…
  • I do not see how you could fire either of them "without fear of a law suit"? Anyone can file suit for just about anything at anytime. Having to pay unemployment may be an easy out. Do you have a corporate policy that addresses such matters? We …
    in EE's affair Comment by Dutch2 April 2008
  • Similar story to Sunny, however, rather than reduce the rate of pay for the ee's wanting to make under a certian dollar amount each year for SS benefits, we reduced the number of hours they worked and still paid them the same as others in the positi…
  • Curious if he was driving on company time or his personal time when he was arrested for DUI?
    in 2nd DUI Comment by Dutch2 March 2008
  • We use 12 months since the date of the last event. We do not remove ithe 12 month + old form from the personnel file after 12 months but we consider it inactive.
  • We have a few ee's that work 4 -10 hr days. Our policy is to pay holiday pay based on the number of hours the ee was scheduled to work that day. If their scheduled work day falls on a holiday, they receive 10 hrs holiday pay, if the holiday falls …
  • We do about the same as Nae. All claims with receipts go directly to our TPA and they determine if the claim is eligible. It really helps in such situations when you don't have to be thd bad guy.
  • We use "Specialist" on some of our more complex positions.
  • We do 'bout the same as Ray. If for example weather is the reason they are unable to make it to work, we do not "count" this absence against their total. It is always amazing that no matter how bad the conditions are, some will always manage to …
  • Couple of things... Alternative Scheduling: we have allowed four 10 hour days vs. the usual 5 days at 8 hours and three days in the office and two days working from home. What helped more than the schedule changes was to contact similar businesse…
  • Yep, same here. We make it a point to protest every unemployment claim. Chances are....the more you pay out in claims the higher your rates will be. After years of doing this, you can pretty much tell which ones you can win and which ones you can'…
  • We have been using online training programs to cover the basic required topics in the banking industry for three of four years now. Pro's - very easy to track to see who is taking the course and easy to "prove" the ee completed the course/or not/or…
  • We use the following: PROCEDURE/GUIDELINES: • TEMPORARY (TWO-WEEK) MILITARY LEAVE In addition to the rights and benefits provided to employees taking Extended Military Leave (as described in this policy), eligible employees who must be absent fro…
  • Also in Banking... we cover the Professional Dress Code in our employee handbook. If an ee is not in compliance, we simply follow our performance improvement program (counseling steps). We have never had to term anyone over dress code violations b…
  • We talso 12 days sick pay per year. However, we do not consider attendance to excessive as long as it does not exceed 12 days.
  • We are partially self-funded and this procedure falls completely under our medical portion. No co-pay, the total cost of the exam goes through the regular medical deductions for our ee's.
  • Yep it is by State. We can mandate that all ee's are paid via direct deposit but we cannot tell them which financial instituion they can use. So they can use any bank, credit union, etc. and the money can be deposited into any account they have: c…
  • We don't have a "written policy". We inform all new hires that there is no smoking in any of our facilities and if you smoke you must go outside to do so. This has not been a problem for us.
  • I understand where you are coming from.... but; if the ee was alert and able to gave you specific instructions not to call his wife and he left for the hospital doesn't this now become the responsbility of the hospital to notify someone if they beli…
  • We have a site on our company intranet that contains all sorts of stuff for our ee's. In our HR folder we have everything from insurance forms, Employee Handbook, various policies, etc and job descriptions. So far it has worked well for us. We d…
  • Do you have a progressive discipline program - so many strikes and you are out? Do the previous warnings/counselings state that if the situation is not corrected it may result in the tremination of employment? Is she the only ee that has received …
  • We had this problem in one facility to the point that we informed them they would be considered tardy anytime they failed to clock in. The number of times tardy where then addressed through our attendance program. After of couple of ee's received …
  • I agree with db-one-eleven: can't think of any law's. Just depends on your company policies - reg's and if they are covered by company insurance. If they are covered, you do need to check with your provider as they will no doubt have limits set a…