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I sit in on all interviews (to make sure no one says anything or reacts to someone saying anything that is protected, and to explain our benefits), but I have no hiring authority, though I am frequently asked my opinion. The direct supervisor is ac…
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I know, I'm going back to the public employee thing, sorry. But I can tell you from personal experience that even in governmental settings, your personal political views can be held against you and impede your professional progress. I'm in a socia…
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First, let me say I don't envy your position. This could get very tough. But I would like to make two points. In Missouri, at least, work comp benefits are reduced up to 50% when drugs or alcohol are involved in the incident. You do not state wh…
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Dontcha know, Paul? Being different than a complainant in any way means that you are predisposed to discriminate against them. Because I'm white, I'm assumed to be disposed to discriminate against blacks and asians and native americans. Because …
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>I do not know what their religion is because I >never have asked and do not wish to ask now. If you don't want to ask your co-workers to reveal their religion, you could forward the request to them and let them respond directly to the Comm…
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I think the simple act of possessing personal health information, which is what having a list of prescriptions is, could be a violation of HIPAA, if the employee felt they were coerced into providing that information ("you won't be hired if you don'…
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I do not have the ability to assess whether your policy or procedure is illegal. But we can all assume that someone somewhere will consider *any* drug test invasive... We do not require prescription/non-prescription disclosure before our post-offe…
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One of my "hats" is Computer Information Specialist, in addition to all my HR stuff. I am expected to confirm managerial suspicions of Internet use abuse. Our policy prohibits all pornography, but if someone somehow finds a website that isn't bloc…
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Maybe not having any pre-conceived notions about how HR operates is WHY I got the job... x;-) No, before IT, I was in insurance policy administration. Then I got a job as secretary here, and our sole HR person was my supervisor. She retired and …
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I was in IT before HR... I have to share with you how I've ended porn viewing at work. I pull the guy (it's never been a woman?!) off to the side and indicate that all the problems they've been having with their computer (they've *always* got a pro…
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I understand that we're not operating at the base minimum requirements of FLSA. For example, our holiday compensation scheme is even MORE employee friendly than what I stated above. Because we consider holiday time as hours worked, if an employee …
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We just faced this issue with President's Day. Because we just got the Board to pass a resolution stating that holiday pay is considered actual work time, then the 8 hours holiday pay is calculated into the work hours for the rest of that work week…
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I requested our City Health Department provide any information they may have, and they referred me to the State of Missouri, who, by my research, seems a little behind the times in developing a Plan as compared to several other states. Missouri has…
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I don't have experience with schools, but I do with governments. Are these EEs members of a teacher's union? If so, that contract may dictate how demotions or transfers are handled. An even if they're not in the union, the union itself may have s…
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Our conflict of interest policy: No employee of XYZ shall have a financial interest, direct or indirect, in any contracts entered into by XYZ during employment tenure or for one year thereafter. No employee shall be employed in any capacity by a co…
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Here's an excerpt from our Drug-Free Workplace policy: "To use, or be under the influence of alcohol or illegal controlled substances, at any time, to the extent that an employee’s work performance or fitness for duty is adversely affected is prohi…
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Yep. We've got 52 regular (full time) EEs and about 14 part timers. We had to scramble to find funding to pay for the tests for the part timers (their income is funded by a grant, which doesn't cover drug tests), so it's even more frustrating for …
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>Are you sure the acting ED meant exepmt from the entire policy or just >the drug testing portion of it? Exempt from the whole policy. I actually overheard it, and got it directly from the horse's mouth (the Chairman). I have informed…
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>Questions about this relationship: Is the ED's >salary set by the Board and, therefore, outside >of your normal salary scales? The ED's salary IS set by the Board, but it's supposed to be within previously approved ranges that appear …
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It's funny you mention "computer player." I honestly think this is one of the major reasons I still have a job here. I've got access to almost everything. I'm the computer administrator, so I have access not only to the PCs but to the servers and…
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> When you say "strongly suggest," that >the EE use PTO for the balance of the two weeks, >what does that mean? Do you tell them that >they'll be fired unless they use PTO? Oh, no!. We suggest that they take a vacation before launc…
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I agree with everyone here - very good points to consider. When someone at our agency gives notice and (for whatever reasons, like security or suspicion of animosity) we decide to have them off work before their two weeks are up, we strongly sugg…
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You could start by deducting a percentage of the recommended increase in pay for each period the review is late. If you give a supervisor a "good reason" break, any time past your extension cuts into THEIR raise. For example, supervisor gives "mom…
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This looks exactly correct to me, Calico! And that's a great example. I would have a tendency to make it confusing by stating that the shuttle from the Alaska airport broke down and wasn't able to run, so I had to spend 5:30-6:30 (paid) locating…
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If this migraine sufferer had already been placed in some form of probationary status regarding attendance and the request for a doctor's note was to verify that each absence was supervised by a physician or otherwise medically necessary, would FMLA…
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Only one person (the top dog) gets a personal vehicle allowance, which is $200 per month. Any employee that takes a day trip has to take a company vehicle. If one is available, employees also take a company car for overnight trips. Only if they'l…
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Lots of info here: [url]http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/index.html[/url]
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Another medical condition that may cause this is Irritable Bowel Syndrome. 82% of IBS sufferers actually get the opposite effect when the syndrome flares up, but about 18% of us end up running to the restroom like the poster's employee. (And not t…
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Had almost the same exact situation about five months ago. EE requested exemption from "on-call" duty (which he's fought against for years now) due to his new medicine making him "sleepy when I take it when I get off work." I requested a fitness f…
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 10-05-05 AT 04:47PM (CST)[/font][br][br]My only concern with an introductory period is that it not be (mis-)construed as a probationary period, of which courts warn us over and over not to do. Even the …