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  • thanks...I couldn't think of anything last night, but I told my friend that I would look into it for him. It's sad that the employer seems to always be the one who gets the short end of the stick.
  • see, we can learn something from t.v. x;-)
  • I would install the camera also. We actually had a similar situation and the camera was a great help.
  • I'm pretty sure that there was a thread on this topic not too long ago. I have been contemplating taking the test also. Let us know how it goes. Good luck!
  • Paul, that was a good one! thanks for the laugh.
  • I use Microsoft Publisher for our monthly company newsletter. Our newsletters are usually one page (front and back) and put in with the paychecks. We list anniversaries, b-days, new employees, etc. We try to add pictures of employees when availab…
  • The company I work for is family owned and operated. The only policy we have is the same as Pixie, just as long as there is no direct supervisory relationship. We have a lot of different family relationships, father and son, brother and sister, et…
  • do you really have to pay holiday pay if someone is on FMLA leave or is that just your policy? I don't remember ever seeing that anywhere.
  • [font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 09-11-03 AT 10:58AM (CST)[/font][p]I find it ironic that people out in the world preach everyone to be tolerant, but they are the same people who are always offended by something. What I've noticed is t…
  • to answer your first question, we will be having a moment of silence tomorrow.
  • thanks for the replies. Now that it has been mentioned, I guess that my bubble was burst when I heard that my work had to be double checked, but it is "better to be safe than to be sued". x:D p.s. no offense was taken to any previous posts x:-…
  • that's exactly how I feel, but the owner is insisting we send our updated policies to our lawyer. I have spent a lot of time on them and I feel that they are well written. I have gone over them with all the managers and they feel that they are goo…
  • Is it possible to do on site drug testing? It only costs us a few extra dollars, but we feel it is worth it....something to consider.
  • Margaret, your pre-conference session sounds really good. I finally got the ok to go to the symposium in Vegas, now I am working on getting the ok for your session. I would also love to meet up with anyone who is interested.
  • Money is tight for us as well and I feel very fortunate to have gone to these conferences in the past. Maybe I shouldn't press my luck.
  • we do background checks and drug testing and we have about 75 employees.
  • [font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 08-12-03 AT 02:08PM (CST)[/font][p]our worker's comp company gave out pocket knives at their safety seminar that I went to last year. if they can do it, anyone can. x;-)
    in A Knife? Comment by Lola815 August 2003
  • thank you everyone for your help.
  • I had to laugh at your comment, "I assume she is female"...funny!
    in pregnancy Comment by Lola815 July 2003
  • I might be totally wrong (I hate FMLA and have only had to deal with it a few times where I work) but if I were you I would only allow the 12 weeks FMLA time unless she had a doctor's note saying she needs more time off. We have an employee out o…
  • I agree with Dasher. If the employee out sick doesn't want anyone to know then they should say so, we will honor that. Once we forgot to send a card to someone when he was out and when he came back to work he was all bent out of shape because he…
  • We have a PPO through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah. We are at 260.95 for single and 654.70 for family. We have 80 employees. We had to change our plan quite a bit to bring down the increase from 12% to 7%. We now have a prescription drug deduc…
  • I agree with all of the above. When a meeting is mandatory, we pay them.
  • We are a manufacturing plant and we allow capri's on causual fridays.
    in capri pants Comment by Lola815 June 2003
  • Whenever employees ask me a question like that I tell them to get some estimates from their doctor/or insurance company and so far that has worked for me. I would not try to guess or estimate for them because if you are way off, they will blame you…
  • I actually had an employee come back to me and complain that we gave him too much severance pay and that he was mad at us because it screwed up his unemployment benefits! I was absolutely floored!!! Sorry, that didn't help to answer your question,…
    in Severance Comment by Lola815 June 2003
  • ritaanz, can I get a copy of that too? [email]lbaer@reidashman.com[/email]. Thanks!
    in picture Comment by Lola815 June 2003
  • ditto to HRMaiden. I also keep track of who the leave was for. so far we have not had any abuse with this policy.
  • If you can afford to spend some money, then I would go to HRtools.com and buy the video called Respect In the Workplace: Avoiding Discrimination. It is an excellent video that covers all of those issues and it is done in a "not so cheesy" way. g…
  • Yes, give the employee the day off. I just attended a seminar were the speaker said that when manager's "assume" behavior they usually end up with a lawsuit. You are assuming this employee won't attend the funeral or that he is not going to spend …