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If the promotion (and increase in pay) is being made around the same time that we do annual performance reviews and wage increases then I will tell the employee they will be evaluated in 6 months for a possible increase at that time.
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I make them go back through orientation. I have them sign all of the same forms that I have everyone sign on the first day of employment. My reason is that there could have been a change to the presentations, policies, employee handbook, etc. and …
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Regdunlop is right on the money about the implied contract. In my state, the courts have ruled that having a progressive disciplinary program that says the process is verbal warning, written warning, final written warning, and then termination is b…
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I have a document that lists the parameters for employee access to records for all states. According to this list the only thing it says is state employees may inspect their own performance appraisals (SD Code 3-6A-31). It does not say anything el…
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What state are you in? It will make a difference in the answer to your question. There are some states that allow employee access to their records as well as allow them to make copies. There are other states that the employee has to make the requ…
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This website, HR.BLR.com, has some good training material for diversity. There is a powerpoint, trainer's guide, speaker's notes, handout, and quiz. They have two different presentations - Diversity for All Employees and Diversity - Legal Basics fo…
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I agree about the handwritten signature, but unfortunately, the majority of my employees are out of the office most of the time so email works best for us so that everyone knows the person is getting recognized. This way it allows the other employe…
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While it is nice to get a gift certificate, a bonus, etc. for a job well done, I sometimes think the small stuff makes a bigger impact. Our President/CEO sends out an email to all of our employees when someone has gone above and beyond. Also, we s…
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I agree with Efeldman. You should let your employees make the decision as to whether they want to participate or not. I send out an email to all employees wishing the person a Happy Birthday on that day. I have a couple of people who have asked me …
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Let's put a humanistic side to this for a minute and put yourself in the employees shoes. If you are someone that is working say 60 hours a week and you leave 6 minutes early, and then get docked from your PTO for the 6 minutes, you are probably go…
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For any of you subscribe to the HR Daily Advisor from this website, today's topic is talking about working while on vacation. http://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/default.aspx
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Knowing what the DOL has said, I think the OP is asking what everyone does if you have a mgr who is supposed to be off work (using a vacation day) but ends up doing work. Are you making the employee still use some of his/her vacation time?
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One thing to remember before you do background checks is to check state law. A number of states have limitations on what information an employer can use to make a hiring decision. If you use a service like ADP, you would hope that they could help …
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Each year we give out a Holiday bonus to all employees - everyone gets the same amount. Otherwise throughout the year certain departments have other bonus programs. Our sales reps get their regular commission pay and then a quarterly bonus if they …
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I guess now is as good of a time as any to review my policy and make sure that all of these things are in there. Seen any good articles lately that covers this issue?
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After reading the DOL opinion it seems like the key is to have a policy in place about this. Otherwise, you need to err on the side of the employee.
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HRforMe - I just sent you an email. Sorry it took so long. TXHRGuy - Did you ever find anything on SOX compliance for privately held companies? I am curious to read some info on this. Thanks!
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HRforMe - what payroll forum do you visit? I also work for a privately-held company and work with our CFO on payroll.
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Unless there is a California law that I am not aware of, you are not required to request new forms for either of these unless there are changes. I have heard of some companies having all of their employees fill out new W-4's at the beginning of eac…
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After I read TXHRGuy's post and then reread the OP I can see what TXHRGuy is talking about with the possible ADA situation. Fortunately, I haven't had to deal with that either. One thing I did forget to bring up before is that OP mentioned somethi…
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This looks like the same posting (with another paragraph added) that TXHRGuy and I responded to earlier in the day. Now I can't find that posting, so here goes. TXHRGuy had said (and I agreed) that this is an ADEA issue only if you make it such. B…
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I can see both sides of the issue and that is why I asked the OP earlier what position the person is in, if there has ever been an issue with this employee before, and what the reasonable suspicion policy is. At my previous company we had a handwr…
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There are two ways to look at this. One is that you have absolutely no proof that this is true and has really happened. The other is that you have now been put on notice that something illegal may be going on and one of your employees could be unde…
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One thing you have to keep in mind before you talk to the owners is that Salt Lake City is known as being a very religious. It is very different then most places in California, which are very tolerant of different lifestyles. You can compare Salt L…
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I think HRforMe andd Denshu are right on target. I have done a lot of college recruiting and have also gone back to the university I graduated from to speak to some Business and HR classes about "the real world". These students are coming out of c…
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I just read a new checklist that this website (HR.BLR.com) put together on SS Mismatch letters. It says give the employee 90 days to resolve the issue (and make sure to tell them what that date is). If it is not resolved then try to verify identit…
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We may all get more clarification on this soon. The DHS just released a Supplemental Proposed Rulemaking for the No-Match Rule, which is supposed to try to clarify some of the things the court asked about when they blocked the original rule. I hav…
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TXHRGuy - you are right. The only difference now is there seems to be a larger percentage of the population that is hitting retirement age then there are coming into the workforce right now. But my question is this - what is retirement age now? …
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I agree with the other posters that you have to be careful with this issue. There is another posting talking about utilizing the skills of both new employees and more experienced employees to make both groups more productive. Experience talks. Why…
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Speaking of cost-cutting ideas. Did you see that as of 8/1/08, the state govenment in Utah is going to 4 10-hour days. Do you think this is going to be a trend that will pick up steam as gas prices and all other prices seem to continue to skyrocke…