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Typically, ADA does not require that you permit absenteeism as a reasonable accommodation although a brief leave of absence for recovery can sometimes be required. It's easy to get caught up in confusing FMLA illness with ADA disability. Merely ha…
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Thanks, BLR!
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[quote user="bruxcia"]Hello, - This is the end of the year and i would like to know what to verify in employees files for the coming year? - What employees document do I need to verify or change for the coming year?- I would like to know if the bene…
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Most employers have moved forward in the last 25 years by assuming that pro-social behavior IS job related behavior. That's why many companies have codes of conduct and various other policy instruments for firing jerks.The question for your counsel…
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That I can answer: it's taxed.
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There are company's that provide compensation for benefits and allow you to keep some of it in regular pay if you can show that you have health coverage of a certain, minimum level. It's added administrative hassle and difficult to police. There's…
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I'm not aware of any state that requires severance pay. There are requirements under the WARN act and you will want to be sure about it's applicability to your upcoming plans. Companies generally offer severance in exchange for a release agreement.…
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[quote user="SFbay"]Try this Tool from the Department of Labor: http://www.dol.gov/elaws/overtime.htm [/quote]+1The very mention that this person sometimes works "overtime" makes it sound like you already think of them as an hourly employee.Exempt …
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[quote user="cappy"]Ditto. If I'm reading your account right she took advantage of her position in payroll to do this. That to me is an integrity issue in a department that must have the highest integrity. Edited to add: The thought of such a thing …
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[quote user="urway2destiny"]I have an eeployee that has taken advantage of the sick time and vacation, she has been taken time off and given no reason, can i aks her for proof or docutmention of some sort?[/quote] Let's start by reviewing what is in…
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[quote user="lstire3"] I know we cannot ask if a perspective employee has ever filed a workers comp claim. What can I ask that will get me some of that information? We were thinking "Have you ever been injured on the job? What happened and how did …
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[quote user="6238872"] We are a Specialty Clinic that is considering dropping one of our specialty areas, and are needing some guidance on how to respectfully handle our employees. We need advice on how to handle acquiring some into our other spec…
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Before you get too deep into the other details, assess whether or not the WARN act applies to you.
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[quote user="lfreem2"]I have a client who is asking me to look into Microsoft's Great Plains Human Resources module for them. The company has about 250 employees and uses Great Plains as an accounting/financial system for the organization. The CFO i…
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While we're at it, probably the most overlooked bits of training for people who don't deal with it every day are confined spaces and lock-out/tag-out. Of course, time and money are limited and the most likely screw ups come from breach of common se…
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My company is an Architectural firm, and we are in the process of preparing a policy regarding job site personal safety for our employees who will be visiting construction sites. Part of this policy is prescribing the minimum protective equipment t…
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[quote user="tschaeffer"]The problem now is how to explain why I voluntarily left this job without another job to go to, particularly in this economy. I prefer not to say anything negative about a former employer but I have to address it somehow. …
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[quote user="jbitner"]We are considering combining our paid sick days, vacation time, paternity days, moving day, etc. to a PTO system. If you have a PTO syster, could you share how are bereavement days usually handled? Are paid holidays normally …
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[quote user="HRFLDist"] She wants to know if her daughter put in for a leave request and if she did, did the leave get denied. The mom is saying she’ll provide a letter from an attorney saying she is the girls legal guardian. [/quote] As far as …
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When things like this happen, and sometimes the request for information is convincing and heart wrenching, I try to remember I'm not the school principal, I'm a representative of the Company with a duty to protect the Company's interests. Generally…
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[quote user="lstire3"] You are concerned that maintaining the laborers on "temporary" status for 1 full year before benefits eligibility while everyone else is eligible after 6 months is unethical? In the state of Washington Microsoft was sued year…
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You are concerned that maintaining the laborers on "temporary" status for 1 full year before benefits eligibility while everyone else is eligible after 6 months is unethical?What percent make it to 6 months? What percent to a year? High turnover ca…
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People don't do appraisals generally because they don't care about them. I would simply ask the president if he or she cares about the appraisals so you know whether or not to waste any of your time on trying to collect them. If he or she cares ab…
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The only thing I would add to SFBay's response is that the DOL, and the language of the FLSA, are both sensitive to to employer games with minimum wage and overtime compensation. Whatever week you have defined should not be played around with. If …
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I know some employers who are using the current situation to upgrade some of their staff. That's just another nail in the coffin of employee loyalty. If you have key players who have been stand out performers this last year, you should find a way …
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[quote user="SubGrapHR"]Can someone please elaborate on the difference between the two other than the tax obligation on the employer end for the W2 contractor. I am struggling to see how people get away with this classification. Any elaboration an…
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Naturally, birth certs are made at the county level. If they're old enough, they'll differ substantially within a state and they all differ across states. When you see more than one number (sometimes there's a number attached to the birth record an…
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My Plant Manger has posed the following questions. I am new at this and don't have an ounce of real world experience. Any advice is great appreciated. "If we have an employee that admits he/she is on drugs, and goes to rehab. Can he/she return to…
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BCBS is very inefficient across states. I don't want to get into the whole soap opera, but when you use BCBS and write the policy in one state, people in the other state end up with a lot more hassles on their claims.
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single state or multi-state? Many more dentists take it than are listed on their website.