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Since we have to comply with FMLA, employees have up to 12 unpaid work weeks off. But we run paid time off concurrent with FMLA. While mom is off recovering physically she can use her sick time, after the doctor releases her she has to use vacatio…
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I have a Bachelor of Science in HR Management and my PHR. A masters wouldn't get me any more money in the organization I'm in and I could just switch companies with the education I have if money was an issue. I've been a participant in industry spe…
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We have had customers harass employees. We investigate & talk with the customer and if it is harassment let them know that it is unacceptable behavior. We've gone as far as letting the employee tell the customer "one moment please" if they end…
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We have 10 and we're closed on Easter Sunday. When they fall on the weekend (like this year) we have floating holidays.
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We pay for the 2 weeks. Besides the good advice from mushroom, I always figure that since we're the ones who want him to leave sooner than his notice we should pay the price, not him.
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When I was at a bank a few years back & we hit the threshold I had a company write the initial plan & thereafter do the yearly calculations for me. If you're in the Columbus or Cincinnati area you can check with Employers Resource Associati…
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As a non-profit we pay the IRS rate. Used to be that the rate was much more than what gas cost so I considered the wear & tear included in the reimbursement. Even now with a reimbursement rate of $.485 per mile that's more than what gas costs, b…
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1. If it is company business it is on company time, if not it's personal or vacation time. 2. We just had a high level employee come back from grand jury selection and she said the judge asked for "volunteers" first. They had enough so she didn't…
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 10-25-05 AT 02:08PM (CST)[/font][br][br]But if they answer no on the application and the employer finds out later that they lied and they have a statement on their signed application that any missstateme…
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We only have 1 staff restroom so it is unisex but the public restrooms have more than one stall and staff use those if they really need to. In that case she would use the womens. Can you imagine someone dressed as a woman in the mens restroom? Or vi…
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It may sound like Ann Landers but it happens and when it does we do have to deal with it, we can't pretend it isn't happening. True, she doesn't have any legal protection but she is a person and my personal opinion is most people have some value; m…
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 08-26-05 AT 09:46AM (CST)[/font][br][br][font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 08-26-05 AT 09:46 AM (CST)[/font] I like that option, let them decide what it should be! By the way, I had a wonder…
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Yep! I'm in the middle of a re-write of a manual that I think was written in the 90's, so that and a few other un-PC words are being taken out of the manual. Don, you'd have a field day with your red pen & our manual! Lucky for me there's not…
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 08-17-05 AT 08:04AM (CST)[/font][br][br]We are a non-profit, public sector entity. We have a policy that reads "Gift-giving is a traditional way to express good will and friendship, particularly at holi…
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Some employers here advertise wanting the certification. I got mine as a morale booster because I was getting burned out going to school and knew I had at least 5 more years to get my degree through evening classes. I took a 12 week prep class on …
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Quadruple ditto...
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When my son became eligible for his 401k this month I practically had to force him to fill out the paperwork because he said he didn't know if he wanted to participate. He's even heard his dad talk about his 401k (same workplace) and me talk about …
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Supervisors approve vacation & since they are not allowed to short themselves (and its on their evaluation) they usually only allow 2 off at the same time. We're never overstaffed. We haven't had problems with the same people asking off for th…
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The employee forwarded the e-mail she received from the temporary agency requesting the reference to me because they asked for dates of employment etc. & she didn't have that. When I spoke with the employee this morning about it she said she ha…
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Welcome to the Forum. I'm somewhat of a newbie too. BTW, we're a public employer. Clerical 0-4 years: 2 weeks (1st year is pro-rated) 5-10 years: 3 weeks 11-19 years: 4 weeks 20+ years: 1 additional day for each additional year up to 5 weeks for al…
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I had happened to print out the regs & pertaining info this morning since I had to make a clarification to a returning service member. Section 4316 (b)(1) says that "a person who is absent from a position of employment by reason of service in t…
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She asked the restroom question, one about his job & the legalities of being demoted and a general one about being married which led to discovering he still had husbandly duties. I think most of us were shocked to ask questions (it is conservati…
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Don- really I'm not pulling your leg. We have an employee who seems to be going through the process. He's almost 22 & I can't imagine a doctor letting him do this at such a young age. The attorney was a transgender who was a speaker at a class …
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Larry, what about if they are dressed as a woman e.g. in a dress & heels but the equipment hasn't been changed. Do they use the women's or men's restroom. We discussed this in our steering committee because of our customers (yes, plural) who w…
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The staff restroom is a single unisex. I'm pretty sure he hasn't used the public ones which are separate. We have had customers who we're concerned about but they haven't used the restroom, yet. When dressed as a woman do they use the womens?
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I work for a public, non-profit agency and during open enrollment if they don't turn in any changes they roll over. When we switch to a different carrier if they don't enroll they sign a waiver. As HR manager I keep track of all forms received and…
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Abby, I had the same problem with my blood pressure medicine, but it drove ME crazy that I had the cough. I told my doctor that it was irritating to me and on the 3rd prescription she found one that didn't have the coughing side effects and lowered…
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In our cataloging department they are allowed radios but they must use headphones due to previous radio noise that bothered a select few. A few also have TV's or CD players but they're for job related functions when they have to review or repair a …
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We banned flip flops for everyone. Then the controversy started over what constitutes flip flops. I had to actually show them the difference between flip flops that were not allowed and mules which are allowed. I think they were just trying to be…
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I'd be extremely happy with half of that, even if I couldn't get another job.