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I live 17 miles from our General Office where I worked for 17 years. The GO became over crowded and a branch office was built in the town where I live, so now I am 7 miles away from work and it takes me about 15 minutes to drive to work. The commu…
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Very Cute!
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Hi, it sounds like a good idea to try it in-house. It worked well for us though only when booking trips scheduled far enough in advance. The "in-house" person would need a profile on everyone who travels in order to book preferences such as aisl…
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OT is based on hours worked, so vacation and/or sick pay is not included in over time. The second part, I'm not certain that I am clear on. If the employee is scheduled to work a 9 hour day and they take that day off, we pay 9 hours vacation and …
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I have never faced a problem like this or even one similar. But if so, is there a legal obligation to report this, or is it only a moral issue? What would any of you do, if you faced something like this? Elizabeth
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Why do you want to owe them 1/2 month wages? I think, bottom-line, that wages must be paid on prescribed pay days, either weekly or semi-monthly. The Christmas bonus really isn't a bonus,is it? I just don't think you can legally do this. Eliz…
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mwild, I know California is different, but the DOL hears wage and hour claims here, not the EEOC. Elizabeth
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Borntexan, it does sound suspect. Our store's bookkeepers have access to the safe and large amounts of money, but do not make any independent decisions - they are non-exempt. Our store assistant manager's are often able to hire, usually not fire,…
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Right now, we only use the card for terminated employees. For us, it works because in California we need to pay out all monies at time of termination and sometimes the store manager may not have enough petty cash to do so. We have had no complain…
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 10-03-03 AT 03:14PM (CST)[/font][p]I am definitely not an expert in this area and maybe you need to review your state's law regarding what sounds like a commission and not a bonus. But, our store manage…
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I am not familiar with this classification, but if the employee is non-exempt I would think that you must pay for every hour worked above the usual hours. In your examples, you have the person working 5 hours over the 35 with no compensation and t…
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Jeffrey, I am curious regarding the criteria you used that the highest paid with the most seniority was let go. It's just so "reversed" from our cut backs. Elizabeth
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Ann, we only use them at store level when an employee is terminated. In Calfornia, we must pay out all wages and all vacation, available and accrued, at time of termination. This can be a challenge for store managers who previously had to pay th…
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Petard, I would also be interested in what other California employers have to say regarding part-time exempt status. I have never heard of it. As you pointed out, the amount of compensation cannot be subject to reduction because of variations in …
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You may want to check state law regarding commissions. In California, commissions are considered wages and must be paid even though the employee has been terminated. However, the Labor Commissioner does recognize that payment of commissions is no…
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I don't know what that "window" is, but it obviously closed on our company. We recently settled a class action suit because we had classified our lower level store management as exempt. It did not take a rocket scientist to realize that the major…
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I agree with Margaret. In our company, sick leave is to be used only for the employee's illness. It punishes honest employees and teaches them be dishonest. Those of us in HR are against it,but have not had success in having a change approved. W…
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We always return the employee to the same location. 36 miles is a substantial distance in our area and I would think there could be potential problems if she doesn't want to be transferred. We interpret FMLA to include same location as well as sa…
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I think that in the "worse case scenerio" - employee sues under FMLA rights - you'd have a difficult time defending terminating her because she needed an additional 10 days. It seems there have been court cases or something to that effect, but I …
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The information that I have received indicates that the program will be administered by the California Department of Employment Development. That's a little scary. To be eligible, employees mus provide a ceriftication to EDD establishing that a s…
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Domestic partner is defined by this legislative act as two adults who have chosen to share one another's lives in an intimate and committed relationship of mututal caring. A domestic partnership is established when allthe following are met: 1) Bot…
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You won a wooden nickle. As a result of a recent legislation (AB 25), California recognizes domestic partners who have registered with the Secretary of State. This legislation covers same sex partners and heterosexual partners over age 62 and rece…
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Kathi, I would have concerns about conducting an investigation and reaching conclusions without the input of any employee involved in the situation being investigated. I would rather have the employee exercise his/her weingarten rights than not ha…
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>Severances are typically only offered to exempt >personnel, not non-exempt. We are non-union. I would agree except in situations where mass lay-offs occur. Last February, we laid off some 100 employees, mostly non-exempt, and offer…
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Kathy, we have had different agreements, but the average is a weeks pay for each year of service with a minimum of 2 weeks pay. We have many long term employees, so it is usually capped at 15 weeks. We also pay Cobra for 3 months and offer outpla…
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I am still not clear what you role is? Are you responsible for resolving this situation? It just might help regarding how I would respond. Elizabeth
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We face this situation often at our store level with employees terminated for theft. However, I feel strongly that the terminated employee's rights to privacy must be maintained. I have the managers tell the employees that they cannot discuss the…
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Apparently, my company locks us out of websites dealing with marijuana, but I did get into a few using "medical marijuana". And it appears that nine states since 1996 have legalized medical marijuana: AK,AZ, CA, OR, WA, CO, HI and another one that…
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My company employs people to "shop" our employees not only for customer service quality checks, but also for alcohol and tobacco violations. As with the enforcement agencies that shop various retailers, the minor is accompanied by an adult who imme…