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[quote user="lizcorey"] An organization that I am aware of has downsized a US department so that it could off shore reporting to India. In the past, the staff from India had come to the US for training. Now, after the downsizing, the the leadership…
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[quote user="cbeetel"] I am working on a project for a client and would like to gather the following information. Please respond if you have time. Thanks in advance. 1. When using a rating scale for performance reviews do you use a number rating …
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It's been quite awhile since I've had to deal with this but here's a sort of formalized short story: If X receives federal funding in excess of some amount, and X contracts Y for an amount above some number to do something, X must ensure that Y does…
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Some people keep someone "active" in the payroll system if the terms of their severance include additional pay checks or having their benefits being maintained, which can sometimes administratively "require" the person be active in the payroll syste…
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[quote user="daphne612"]My friend is roughly 37 weeks pregnant. She is in perfect health, according to her and her doctor. She has stated several times that she plans to work right up until she has the baby. Her doctor has told her she can, as long …
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I don't think they can if they have and use paid leave. They definitely can if they do not have paid leave to use. I worked for a company that closed for 1-2 weeks per year around Christmas time. My own approach to this was "I don't know, you'll h…
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The insurance Company can request a copy of the marriage license or other evidence of marriage, same name or not. At least they can in any state I've worked in, which does not include CA.
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[quote user="tanksleyj"] Our Alaska office actually closed for a snow day about a month ago. (Yes, it took a considerable amount of snow and ice to close things down). We paid all employees (exempt and nonexempt) for 8 hours. Although we don't h…
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I have an answer coming. It seems every time I write more than 3 sentences, they subject me to review but I've never had a post not show. You'd think they'd get tired of this by now.
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[quote user="EliVenk"] We do it different at our company - and TXHRGuy - I'm interested to know what you think about it in particular considering you are in TX. We make employees take a vacation day and if they choose not to or don't have enough va…
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You >must< pay a full day to all the exempt, salaried employees. If you are paying the hourly employees, you needn't pay except according to policy, past practice, and hours worked. For those who went out of their way to actually perform whil…
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Ask your LTD provider IMO. You don't want to designate STD eligible and then do anything that isn't within your STD policy. Going forward, you may want to consider making it possible to designate someone STD eligible but unpaid because the benefit …
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Let me take a stab at this from a different angle with some different ideas about some of the definitions given: Behavioral interviews are characterized by questions like, "Tell me about a time in which you ..." Screening interviews are characteriz…
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[quote user="Catbert2"]I'd like to ask amandaware why the nepotism is the problem, [...][/quote] I agree that there are always good reasons to question certain types of policies. Nepotism policies are often the result of knee-jerk reactions or dogm…
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[quote user="amandaware"] The State of NM has marital affiliation protection in its state code. We have a large problem with nepotism in our facility (i.e. managers hiring family members or family members of other employees). In the State of NM …
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[quote user="SFbay"]Could you get temporary help while the employee is on leave? The EEOC says that reasonable accommodation includes providing unpaid leave, unless the employer can demonstrate it would cause "undue hardship." You can find informati…
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As quickly as comment periods will allow. I would guess that she was handed plans or was asked to make plans or participatein the making of plans long in advance.
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Where is HRforME when you need her?
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[quote user="IT HR"] I think you keep it simple - "$1000 quarterly bonus based on current MBO's. Must have worked the entire quarter to be eligible for that quarter's bonus." [/quote] The language I use is something like this: "In order to have …
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[quote user="donohus"] Our Corporate Controller has asked that he be given copies of all offer letters and severance agreements for "auditing purposes." I have told him that HR needs to maintain all personnel files and that he may have access to t…
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I would run the convo this way: Hi Joe. Hi. Got a minute? Sure, what's up? Hey, I just learned that you've been sleeping on the job a lot. I'm not trying to get on you about it, but is there anything I need to know about you or what's going on in…
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[quote user="HRDir1"] Investigations in an education student/teacher context are very different from the employment context, so I would NOT rely on Title IX (or what I assume is the state FERPA). The interests and rights at stake are just very diffe…
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[quote user="jonijohnston"] Again, I disagree. I spoke with an attorney colleague of mine and here's what she had to say about the rights of the accused in a sexual harassment investigation. "If the accusations against you were for harassment base…
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[quote user="jonijohnston"]Here's the basis for that comment. If the person goes to HR, they are making a complaint. Doesn't the person whose been complained about have the right to know the nature of the allegations against him, including who mad…
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[quote user="jonijohnston"]Here's the basis for that comment. If the person goes to HR, they are making a complaint. Doesn't the person whose been complained about have the right to know the nature of the allegations against him, including who mad…
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[quote user="jonijohnston"][...] Regardless of whether you take it to HR or confront your boss directly, he is going to find out who complained. [/quote] You have no basis for making that statement. If the behavior is as public as OP stated, anybody…
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I have a different take on this. I'm generally against "or else" strategies. Either go over his head or confront him directly but don't confront and threaten to go over his head. Personally, unless I had a really strong and positive relationshi…
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[quote user="dhall111"] I don't have a snuggy but I do have a blanket in my office. In fact, I'm "wearing" it right now. I'm in FL and it's 71 degrees out today, but in my office it's closer to 65. Not on purpose, our A/C just seems to really enj…
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[quote user="IrisD"] Can we ban snuggys? Or should we? They really don't come under dress codes. [/quote] Honestly, if your dress code does not rule blankets-as-clothing either in or out, there's probably something wrong with your dress code. I…
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I was quite surprised in dealing with ADP, PayChex and others a couple years ago that none of them had any FMLA component to their time and attendance system. The response here suggests that remains a major problem, particularly in the SMB space. …