Hunter1
About
- Username
- Hunter1
- Joined
- Visits
- 0
- Last Active
- Roles
- Guest, Member
Comments
-
I hope you had your tongue firmly planted in your cheek when you wrote this answer! You can tell who we are if you call us back at our work number. Easy enough to verify; we're in the phone book. And, yes, we all know that doctors' offices will …
-
Couldn't agree more! I had almost the same conversation with one of our supervisors just yesterday. In this case it's an employee who lives to hunt. Wants everyone else in the department to change their schedules so he can have all the time off h…
-
It's hanging in the wood shed behind the door. It's not well stocked, though. We don't heat it in the winter, so the only thing that won't freeze is something with enough alcohol in it. : ) Just have to make do.
-
Linda: You need to get out and enjoy the beautiful fall colors that are developing. I have shared your frustration in a number of cases, but you need some kind of release, something to ease the tension. And get upper management to get off that …
-
That's where this religious accomodation gets tough: If I know that you're a practicing Catholic, and you tell me that you can't work on Saturday due to your religious beliefs, or you cannot work Yom Kippur, I'm just supposed to accept that?? Pret…
-
Wow! A year on the job, several salary increases, 'I know he appreciates me', 'he is going through a lot', 'very good working relationship'. What do you want from a boss, and what makes you think that he won't come through again? Sounds like yo…
-
Unless you have an employment contract which says they can't, yes, they can do all of those things. They just can't do them for reasons which violate the law. Having your job responsibilities changed, having your pay changed (you wouldn't question…
-
I've been negotiating labor agreements for 30 years now, and it's the best part of my job! Currently I'm chief spokesperson for the City for six labor agreements, handle grievances through to arbitration, and thoroughly enjoy the whole process. I …
-
Sounds like a situation I became aware of in a former job: GROSS misconduct. I, too, will leave that for another day. On another note, the employer should be careful of what's put on the UC form. Could very well be discoverable in some other pro…
-
I've had a couple of bad experiences being an exempt employee for most of my work life, but to me, being exempt has meant a lot more than being exempt from the overtime requirements of the FLSA. I never cease to be amazed at what I read on a board …
-
I'll take a try at this: Unless you're doing some government contracting, you're not even required to have a handbook, so, no, you are not required to have an EOE policy in the handbook. Since it seems that you're doing quite a bit in the way of m…
-
If there isn't a union contract yet, there are no grievances. Grievances only exist as a product of the labor agreement, or, possibly, through company policy. I've been through the mill on union organizing. Successful and unsuccessful attempts, h…
-
I doubt that this would qualify as a disability under the ADA. Needs to be a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the person's major life activities. Unless you're a horn player, not being able to hear high freque…
-
Yes, we use a test, and I'd argue that it's an absolute necessity. We use different speed requirements for different positions, beginning at 45 wpm for an entry level position. My Admin Asst types approximately 100 wpm, and types about 2 hours a d…
-
I'm not a COBRA expert, but you said that the former ee elected COBRA at the last moment. You also said that the new er sent in the paperwork and signed the forms. Anyone can make the COBRA payments, but I think only the ee has the right to elect …
-
I don't know about BLW, but in my case, it is public record, and our state law specifically says that the person requesting the information DOES NOT have to even give me their name or a reason for requesting the information. I just have to comply. …
-
I was surprised at all these answers, and maybe I'm going to have to re-think our policy. We confirm this information in response to inquiries all the time: bank calls - "Can you verify employment of John Smith, and tell me when he started?" Yes,…
-
You also need to deal with how the list of three was created: How did three individuals get to be the top three when each of them appears to have problems which would preclude their promotion??? I agree with the others, if that's what the contract…
-
Don: How the devil do you shave inside of your ears??? That's a trick I have yet to learn. Maybe when I'm as old as you are. : ) And, where do you come by your sense of humor?
-
I don't know what kind of unions you deal with in PA, but in this part of the country, if the employee presses the issue, the union will definitely go to arbitration.
-
Even in a relatively simple situation, there are always so many variables: Was it actually 'starting time' when the supervisor gave the order? Was there rudeness involved? Have there been previous problems? Were there actually witnesses? Do a t…
-
HRQ - Good for you! There are bad places to work (some of you may remember a posting I made about a job I had where I was fired three times in a year), but I truly believe that we make our work what it is. I've had some great jobs including my cur…
-
Different rules for different groups. Weingarten applies to the union folks, it doesn't apply to the non-union. Of course, implicit in all of this is that the NLRB could change their mind again at any time, and you could be the case that makes the…
-
Crout is right, it's absolutely horrible language. Who ever heard of the employees coming up with the schedule, and the only right management has is to disapprove it? I wouldn't totally give up, though: Agreeing to a work schedule normally would …
-
Right On, Twin. You've hit the nail on the head. Lasik surgery and heart scans are two procedures which prove your theory. Lasik cost $2000/eye when it first became widely available, now it's advertised for under $400/eye because most insurance p…
-
I think I've been on this soapbox before, but here goes: If we think of ourselves as an 'employer group', paying incentives for our individual employees to opt out of our health insurance coverage is costing us more as a group than need be. You …
-
Probably not a hostile work environment, and this may be 'shop talk' depending on how many employees use it in the work place. On the other hand, this supervisor probably better not complain that a subordinate 'cussed him/her out' and want to take …
-
How did this thread deteriorate into such drivel?? Besides, I don't think vegetenarianism would do it at all. It's black jelly beans that'll really do the trick. So, it should only happen once a year. Back on the subject, we met again today with…
-
Thanks, all, for the advice. Shadow: I've run into some doozies before, including a female attorney who accused me of making a pass at her while we were having a sidebar in a room off of the conference room where we were negotiating. She once wit…
-
Yes, it's local government. I deal with: Teamsters, International Assn of Firefighters, International Union of Operating Engineers, Labor Assn of Wisconsin (get that? LAW) representing police officers, a Dispatch and Clerical unit in our Police De…