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  • Actually, that is what I would do and separate the two presentations so that one is a reinforcement six months later.
  • The legislation presumes a "victim" to be a recipient of harassment who has filed a complaint with the company. The information requirement would be satisfied by informing participants of the federal and state enforcement agencies to which employee…
  • The regulation can be found in Section 12950.1 of the Fair Employment and Housing Act. It starts out by stating "By January 1, 2006, an employer having 50 or more employees shall provide -------". Since it certainly covers employers who have 50 or…
  • I don't have my material with me so can't verify independently. The website isn't clear whether it is an employer with 50 employees or a location with 50. I'll see what I can figure out.
  • If you have a supervisor in Ca. it applies.
  • From a legal point of view, just California, but maybe your other supervisors need it as well?
  • Most employers who credit previous service have policies which restrict credit to a faily short separation period. I expect that most are less than one year, but you can do that if you want. Probably the most common would be 3 - 6 months.
  • SHRM and Bureau of National Affairs have conducted an annual survey for years about this topic. I don't have a copy to confirm what is current but the ratio of HR to total employment has been 1:100 for years with some variation depending upon indus…
  • Probably not. The cases in this area usually revolve around the felony and the job which is available, as well as the length of time since the conviction. The easiest to evaluate are those who have been convicted of fraud, embezzlement etc and the…
  • I agree with Mark. It is completely dependent on where the potential employee is in their stage of working life. The hardest thing to avoid is the the assumption that the employee would be bored, will leave for a better job etc. etc. My situation…
  • I, for one, wasn't thinking that you were insensitive. I agree that this type of change can be very troublesome because it is so "different", but much less different than one might think. I remember when AIDS first became an issue and there was al…
  • I'm not sure that I see an employee on a bandwagon - just one going through a sex change and who has reached the "change of dress" stage. To let other employees know about the change is a good idea. A "tastefull" message from the employee is one w…
  • It is quite common in certain industries (especially aerospace) to do this, and engineers fall into the categories for which it is done. The typical policy is some sort of overtime scheme to make sure that hourly workers don't make more money than …
  • I join the others but encourage you to review the qualifications for the job. Does measuring widgets really require a BA in Mathematics? Can candidates gain the knowledge in some other way than a degree? Maybe someone in the 24 could actually do …
  • I agree with the "dump 'em" group.
  • If you belong to SHRM, there is a bunch of articles on this topic in the White Papers section and you can find a lot of stuff on the internet. As I recall, the main issues when developing a policy are - Is this a standing pool of time/dollars or s…
  • That will probably depend on the state law in your state. If you are in Ca., no.
  • I don't have much to add, other that in California an employer can get a restraining order.
  • In order: Reread first sentence. Irrelevant. Reread first sentence. No.
  • You need an attorney with this one. Does Montana still have "just cause" rather than "at will" as the standard for termination. If so, the attorney can help you determine whether the supervisors activity satifies "just cause" under Montana law. T…
  • Hunter either confiscates it or forgets the whole thing.
  • Are you making rules after the fact? Do you have any policy in place which you could use to claim the equipment or some sort of reasonable analogy, such as frequent flyer mileage? What is the history - have you always allowed the attendee to keep …
  • No, and a requirement should also be a good driving record, which can be determined by the DMV report. These are common requirements for driving jobs.
    in Hiring Comment by Gillian3 August 2005
  • [font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 08-16-05 AT 10:48AM (CST)[/font][br][br]I am not sure that you are. What you describe sounds a bit more organized than the situation in the original post. What may happen though, outside of an organize…
  • Public sector are free to use volunteers to do work - much more free than private sector employers. That doesn't make your "opportunities" a good idea, though. I wouldn't do it, short of a formal program in which you participate. These are general…
  • Mine was too long ago, to make any recommendations. Nothing available today was available then, sorry. On the other hand, I'm glad it was a long time ago - I have "life time" certification, something not available today.
  • In my opinion, the value has grown to where certification can certainly be the deciding factor when decisions are made when the candidates are two good HR people. In Ca. anyway, the Certification often is listed as a required or preferred requireme…
  • The other responses are correct, and the owner is either unaware of how the family members perform (least likely) or is knowingly hiring a consultant to point out the deficiencies (most likely) so that then he will have something on which to hang hi…
  • Unless the manager is some sort of psychic and has a history of making very good choices I would advise continuing the interviews. There may be a better person to come.