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Steve, can you tell me why retail and larger companies have fewer HR people? Thank you! Elizabeth
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I did not know that was the standard. I will be interested in others responses to your question. We have 4 exempt employees to handle employee relation issues for 22,000 employees. We have separate departments for health benefits, worker's comp…
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My understanding of Weingarten for non-union employees is that management does not have to inform an employee of that right. I am not familiar with the other one you mentioned. Can you tell me what that involves? Elizabeth
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It is true that in California, an employee must be paid all wages and all vacation,available and accrued at time of termination. If the employee quit without notice, the employer has 72 hours to pay same. Unfortunately, most judges who hear wage…
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This one is still painful to think about, but here goes. About 18 years ago, I made an incredibly poor decision regarding a sexual harassment investigation that ended up costing my company alot of money. I had to relive this decision when I was de…
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Here are a couple that I like: There are two types of people - those who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am," and those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are." If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. The art of being wise is the a…
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Bjak, sometimes the issue is not, "Is it legal to do it", but "Is it the ethical thing to do". I have,on occasion, managers who ask if they can "legally" take a particular action against an employee and given the scenerio presented to me by the m…
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Have mom read this message board.
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Not that I am aware of. While on business, I had my car totalled out by an 18-wheeler. Since it was not my fault, the driver's insurance had to pay my deductable. However, our company accepts no liability when we have an accident using our own v…
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We are also required to pay accrued and available vacation at time of termination. We discussed and dismissed going to PTO because we would have to pay all PTO at time of termination per California law. There would be no way to separate out the v…
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As with your employee, we have five employees working in one of our refill centers who observe Ramadan, but have not needed a day off. I don't really know anything about Ramadan, but intend to search the web for information. I had a Jewish cowork…
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In California, we are required to give paid breaks with the number of breaks dependent upon the number of hours scheduled. We do not have a chain wide policy regarding breaks on or off property, however some of our store managers do not allow the …
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Our policy also requires the MRO to contact the applicant/employee first when he/she has tested positive. This is for the same reasons already noted, to ascertain if there is a legal reason for the individual to have tested positive. Our managers …
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Depending upon performance up to 4 1/2%
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I hope this will not end up being terribly confusing, but here goes. Go to [url]www.leginfo.ca.gov[/url]. Select "Bill Information" and put in the Bill number you want - AB 1068. I printed off the Bill which is 9 pages long. On the 9th page, Se…
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Governor Davis did sign two bills, AB 1068 and AB 2868, that clarify the responsibilities of employers who conduct background checks and/or reqeust ivestigative consumer reports from a consumer reporting agency. When the information collected is …
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Cindy, I think it is a matter of semantics with the end result being the same; the employee is having wages taken out of his/her paycheck. Because a policy has been in place for a long time does not necessarily mean that it is legal. I agree with…
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I don't know about the legalities, but I would hate to have a camera on me all day. We do use them in our stores, but that is common practice due to theft issues. Just curious, but it would seem that the employer would be aware of who is a "slacke…
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I don't have one either. It just seems like everyone else does when I'm traveling the highways and byways. I do have a cell phone for business reasons,but do not talk on it while driving, in stores or restraunts. But, again, when driving, every …
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Interesting! I always thought we were high-stressed, got to be wherever we're going 5 minutes ago. And to get there, you must drive your own car. Californians loooooooove their cars, or more specially their SUVs. Why else would we fiercely defend…
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I am certain that our way of handling final pay at store level is unique. The store calls our General Office for the employee's pay out. The money owed to the employee is then taken from the store's petty cash and later reimbursed by our payroll d…
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Actually, in California, if an employer terminates an employee or lays him/her off with no specific return date within the normal pay period, all wages and accrued vacation earned but unpaid are due and payable immediately - section 201 of the Cali…
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Thank you for your help. I think that you are right that we will have to try the opposite scheduling. This is one situation where I was not particulary happy with an "unable to validate" response. We think that the female may have been trying to m…