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[quote user="American Metals"]I have a small manufacturing plant in Baird, Texas about 20 employees. All management speaks english. Can I require that English be spoken. I think it would be a safety issue.[/quote] Job relatedness becomes the foca…
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[quote user="Rlsmarty"] My company issued a temporary layoff for one month. During this time period one of the employees has developed a medical condition that will require surgery. She will not be able to return to work on the specified call back…
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[quote user="pwilliamson"]In the state of VA, are we able to reduce an employees wage based on non-performance? [/quote] Chicago1 summed it well and I wasn't going to reply until I started thinking.... Do you mean, literally, "non-performance" or do…
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[quote user="cappy"][quote user="TXHRGuy"] My brother says that they don't do any psychological testing for any position in their FD. He says "We don't believe in it." [/quote] He may have a point. From personal experience we don't want people that…
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My brother says that they don't do any psychological testing for any position in their FD. He says "We don't believe in it."
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NOt yet. I'm on the road right now but I pinged my brother and hope to hear from him soon.
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Thanks for your kind words. My brother is a fire captain, I will ask him about his thoughts on this as well although he's on the other side of the nation from you. Job relatedness and selection instrument/process quality (uniform guidelines on s…
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[quote user="dhall111"] 100 employees is the threshold. http://www.doleta.gov/programs/factsht/warn.htm [/quote] Not only that, but it's not a one-point-in-time threshold. I also think it has to be 100 simultaneously. You'll see when you read in …
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[quote user="Bedford"][...] If he has not felt that it is necessary to come forth and tell you of any medical reasons, then let's be realistic and assume there are none. [...][/quote] Actually, that kind of thinking has failed in both ADA and FMLA l…
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[quote user="Grubby"] Recently workers complained about a coworker taking too long and too many bathroom breaks. Yesterday he spent over an hour in the restroom. We have a camera in the break room that captures the entrance in to the restroom. G…
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[quote user="ayedalanazi"] dear all, my supervisor ask me to prepare a polciy regading handover policy which mean when somebody take a vacation he/she must submitt his/her duties and responsiblities to another employee. could you please help me. …
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[quote user="idougs"] I hired a secretary to do run my office. When she got her feet on the ground she did not have the skills I was paying her for. She is a really hard and dedicated worked so I paid to have her trained on the job. One year later …
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[quote user="ddnicole"]Can anyone give me any ideas on a cheap vacation and pto tracking system? [/quote] The smaller the company, the more likely Excel is your best bet. How many vacation-eligible employees do you have?
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[quote user="pioneersand"]Is it 1 year by law or just best practices? I haven't been able to find a definite time frame from the point of layoff to refilling the position.[/quote] The big issues are all controlled by EEOC. If you decide to start h…
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[quote user="4440257"]Wouldn't SNLA also kick in here?[/quote] Saturday Night Live Addiction? (And a much lengthier response that was pulled aside for review so can't be viewed just yet)
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[quote user="6375839"] I read the following comment in a response to a FMLA - Exempt Employee question: Additionally, your predecessor was making a grievous salary-basis error by requiring any amount of time other than "more than zero" to pay for a…
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Thanks for the info, Cappy. I think that's the first thing I'm aware of that actually swung in favor of the employer and was substantial.
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[quote user="HRforME"] The former regulations used to state that sick time concurrent with FMLA meant that you could only require documentation based on your sick time policy -- not on FMLA certifications for that concurrent time. From Jackson Lew…
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[quote user="SAMBUKA"] My response was a little short in explaining required use of PTO. Thanks for pointing that out. You can require use of PTO if your require it's use for other leaves and it follows your regular leave policy on using PTO. i.…
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[quote user="SAMBUKA"] Whether or not you allow or require the use of PTO with FMLA is subject to your policy. Our policy requires that employees use PTO concurrent with FMLA. You do not have to require it. However, if you do you must have that …
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[quote user="American Metals"]Thank you very much for you help. 1st FLMA is not applicable. He is a welder, has had lots of time off. He misses about 2 days a week and itt is documented. This guy has many verbal warnings about insuborination. I…
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[quote user="cb499"]My company is a covered employer but our employees are not due to multiple small offices that don't meet the '50 within 75' rule. Are we still required--or should we anyway--have an FMLA policy in our Employee Handbook? We post t…
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About two years ago, I had a situation in which a person did not use anything with their SSC on it for their I-9 and they escaped somewhere in the course of their first day of training without doing a W-4. Their phone number didn't work and we got a…
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[quote user="lanewestfall"] I have an I-9 question also: The company I recently started with makes a copy of every associate's driver's license and social security card for their personnel file. Now, we employ drivers and we are required by our au…
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[quote user="lanewestfall"] I have an I-9 question also: The company I recently started with makes a copy of every associate's driver's license and social security card for their personnel file. Now, we employ drivers and we are required by our au…
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You should not write on any part of the I-9 except sections 2 and 3. If you do, you have to sign off on the preparer portion of the document, which probably commits you to more than you want, give what you've already committed to in signing section…
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[quote user="6375839"] I was reading your response and was hoping for a bit more info regarding something you said in your response: "Additionally, your predecessor was making a grievous salary-basis error by requiring any amount of time other tha…
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[quote user="Joy1"]Unfortunately, your predecessor really got it wrong. DOL has made it clear in its regulations that the employer may make deductions from the employee's salary for any hours taken as intermittent or reduced FMLA leave within a wor…
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Team, X is no longer with the Company. (S)He did some good things while (s)he was here and has moved on to other things. I hope you will all join me in wishing him/her the best of luck. -TXHRGuy
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Please contact me at txhrperson at y a h 0 0 d 0 t c 0 m. Several issues going on here, like who determines what is and is not FMLA time. If your line supervisor or business managers are making that decision, there's something wrong with your comp…