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  • Two more points to ponder: If you do this, you might want to specify a certain dollar amount of credit.Obviously someone with a $ 300 credit limit could not travel so much as someone else with with a $ 10,000 limit. Second, be sure to reimburse rig…
  • I bring my step-daughter here once in a while. She stays in the office, so there is not a safety issue in the production area. The sales-manager brings his dog every day, and the dog stays in the office. Both owners bring in their dog once in a whil…
  • Does anyone know of a web site or software that uses electronic I-9's ? Are these acceptable to the INS ? In this way, just "shred" with the click of a mouse. Seems lots easier than keeping paper copies. Chari
  • CBA = Collective Bargaining Agreement. Is th employee a member of a union? Chari
  • What are the company policies on paying back shortages? Have others paid back shortages to keep their jobs? Are you being consistent ? Is this employee a member of a protected class? Is this employee under a CBA ? Better have all your ducks in orde…
  • Rather than laying them off, put them ( if they agree ) on a part-time, on call basis ..in that way, when you call them back in Fall/Winter you will still have experienced employees, as opposed to temps who do not know your operation. Chari
  • Gillian- By your definition, I qualify as an old-timer..I sure remember those pneumatic tubes back in the early '70's, the paperwork used to get stuck in them quite often! Chari
  • My 6 cents worth: leave the situation alone. If the employee is as bad as you say he or she is , then his or her new bosses will find out soon enough.
  • Just my six cents worth: scrap the monthly auto allowance. There will always be someone trying to get more. We had a salesperson get a $ 600 monthly auto allowance, and then charged personal gas usage on the company credit card, and tried to claim m…
  • Margaret- Oh you reminded me of the old days when turkeys were given out.Once worked for a hotel, which made a surprise announcement that turkeys were going to be given. Only when we got to the distribution area, did we realize that the birds were f…
  • On the wall of the business school I went to: " Management is getting people to do what they should be doing anyway." Chari
  • Gillian- California is indeed a different Animal. We normally dispose of records 5 years after terminations. Last week, I got a call from the Public Defenders Office re a former employee who had left way back in 1990 - over 12 years ago, asking for …
  • Now, will the Customers recognize the SON as a spoiled brat or will the Customers take their business elsewhere?
  • Don- Get well soon !!!! Chari
  • Rockie: And also in those other countries , it is not just the workweek- but WHO gets to work OUTSIDE the home. Lots of people have to stay home and work. I have been there, done that. At least in the United States, never mind the hours 45+ here, I …
  • Hmmm...here I am near San Diego, and I do NOT drive a SUV ( can't afford it, the gas-guzzling thing ! )..neither do I have a cell phone...YET I am stuck in the same nightmarish traffic..must mean that I am not a "California native" ! And those INS …
  • It would be simpler, if the manager called the customers involved , and asked the customers if they would like to be assigned to another customer service rep . But flip the coin to the other side , what if a customer who has an accent has trouble…
  • It does seem rather unfair that those single employees with no family still have to chip in to the tune of $ 70 each per year. There is no way that they can benefit from this law. Even myself, as a married person - as a sole provider , would find it…
  • Nip this in the bud now - put out a memo stating that after the date of the memo, those who abuse the auto usage will have to use their own personal cars from that date on, and stick to your guns !
  • We have a nurse from a clinic give flu shots each year, and I tell the guys in the shop - its their choice, and any activity is not totally risk-free, they have to weigh the pros and cons in their own individual case. About 1/3 of the guys decline t…
  • It is not how far the new location is from the old, but rather how far is the new location is from their homes - that is what the employees will be thinking about. Of course, you want to keep these people - monthly free gasoline cards good at their …
  • Can you give an example of the formula you have been using? My immediate guess is that you want the values the formula needs to arrive at a deired result?
  • RJS- What credit report items would weigh in your decision to disqualify a candidate ? Chari
  • I think it would have been wise for the employee to have been taken to an ear MD specialist, not just an audiologist. What bothers me here is that people seem to think the guy was faking it. I can tell you from personal experience that hearing abili…
  • What if the applicant protests that the credit report is in error ? A lot of compnies rely on a Tri-Merge credit report , which supposedly gets data from the 3 major credit bureaus. But the Tri-Merge report isn't always up to date, and may have err…
  • Depends on what was said in the interview. For example :if an interviewer told the applicant in the interview, that he/she ( the applicant ) was "the best" - and then hired someone else...certainly more than a generic reply is warranted.
  • In our Calif plant, the workers frquently work part of their lunch break - even though we tell them that a 30-minute break is mandatory. While on travel to install our product (in Calif and out-of-state ), the workers frequently work their lunch ho…
  • Just my thoughts for you - about 2 months before, circulate a list asking each employee to choose one of the following: two tickets for a dinner-theatre show, or two tickets to a sports event ( football, basketball ), or two tickets to an evening at…
  • Our small 30 employee factory gives $35 per day per diem for overnight travel with North America and the Caribbean, and $ 50 per day for all other countries.
  • Going one step further, suppose an employee already on "unpaid leave" quits ? Then the company would HAVE to pay earned and accrued vacation up to at least the last day they worked, and pay within 48 hours of the employee quitting.