JanG

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• Thanks. That was helpful.

  in Turnover Statistics Comment by JanG May 2002
• We've had a use it or lose it policy for years and we have employees in about 14 states. Only in California did we have to have to modify the policy. At our firm, for California employees, if you have leftover vacation, you do not accrue additiona…

  in Vacation Policy Comment by JanG August 2002
• Thanks for sharing your wisdom and experience. We have our legal eagle researching case law and we may give the executive committee the half-day option that they are looking for.

  in Partial vacation days for exempt employees Comment by JanG August 2002
• Our senior counsel interprets 29 CFR 541.118 "Deductions made be made however, when the employee absents himself from work for a day or more..." as prohibiting less than full day use of sick or vacation time. Is she being too narrow in her interpre…

  in Partial vacation days for exempt employees Comment by JanG August 2002
• We are a consulting firm with 500 employees in 14 states. Payroll is done by the accounting department - we outsource most of it to ADP. Human Resources has access to all payroll records and files. The two departments work very closely together t…

  in Does HR do payroll in your org? Comment by JanG August 2002
• We are a service industry; so hours are extremely valuable to us. We used to allow 40 hours of sick time annually with a use it or lose policy. Most employees used an average of 24 hours out of this time. Many employees never used sick time and s…

  in Help! Save our sick leave Comment by JanG September 2002
• I have been working as Human Resources Director for 2 1/2 years. I have worked for this firm for 21 years. I did not have a degree in a human resources field. I came through the operations side of the business.

  in HR Poll Comment by JanG July 2002