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[quote=Still Need Coffee;721724]What if they are coming back from maternity leave? What if they just did a stint in the Peace Corps or Army Reserve and don't have a current position. Very short-sighted indeed.[/quote] What if, like me, they had be…
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I'm also surprised that this is occurring. We have a lot of good employees we'd have missed out on if we followed this practice. Like the others, I actually view it as a good thing, if we have a position that needs to be filled right away and a qual…
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I know that migraines can come on suddenly, I started having them when I was in my late 20's and they continued off and on for probably ten years, then ended just as suddenly. I don't recall ever calling in sick to work because of a migraine, but th…
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We are a bank with about 130 employees and we have always outsourced our internal audit function. In the past couple of years we have gone from having a couple of employees who handled compliance part-time to a three-person compliance department, an…
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[quote=FunHRBanker;721642]No, no...I wasn't saying anything about semis...I was talking about the Smart Cars! I fully understand ground freight. I just think that driving in a rollerskate on a road with LARGE trucks is not so smart![/quote] Got…
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Wow, we are really strict compared to most companies. We don't have a written policy, but our unwritten policy (determined by what's been our practice for many years) is that if you are a no call/no show [U]once[/U], you're termed for job abandonmen…
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Our gas prices haven't gotten down [U]below[/U] $3/gallon since the prices originally shot up a few years ago! For a long time it was $3.22 at most of the stations here, then a while back it jumped to $3.25, and just last week it went to $3.28. I am…
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[quote=plynnl;721534]Some of our schools close at just the mention of snow.[/quote] The primary NBC t.v. channel that we watch here is from Seattle and it always cracks me up when, on the 10 p.m. news, they start telling which schools will be clos…
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Here it's 40 degrees, raining, and very windy, and if groundhogs feel like my dog did on her morning walk today, they wouldn't even want to poke their head out of the ground, much less check for their shadow. But at least it's rain and not snow...as…
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According to IRS Publication 969, an individual cannot participate in an HSA if they are enrolled in Medicare. I understand that to mean that, even if they are not using the Medicare coverage, it isn't an eligibilty vs. usage question, it's actually…
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With re-hires who terminated that recently, I normally just reactivate their old file. The only things I would have them fill out would be a current W-4, the paperwork for direct deposit of their paychecks, and we have one form where they acknowledg…
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I know that most day cares won't allow a child to be there while they are running a fever. But according to my understanding of FMLA, unless the fever is part of something that qualifies as a serious health condition, it wouldn't be covered. Little …
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Do any Walmart employees still even wear those vests? At ours, they've gone to navy t-shirts or polo shirts. I don't think I've seen anyone there in one of the vests in a while.
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I've been asked about it by a couple of people who have already heard about it on their own, but I'm not planning on sending out anything.
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I try not to make New Year's resolutions as such, but I use the beginning of the each new year to try to make some improvements in my life, whether it's exercising more, eating better (both of which are a continual struggle for me throughout the yea…
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I have always enjoyed going for drives to see all the lights & decorations, and sitting in the living room with just the Christmas tree lights on, listening to music. I also love going to the Christmas Eve candlelight service at church. In re…
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Some organizations that I know of have been charging their employees to attend their holiday parties for years. Generally, it's been government entities that I've known of doing it; my husband used to work for the city and at that time they charged …
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[quote=NaeNae55;721225]cnghr: I always wonder in these cases how the employee took it when confronted with the truth. Was she shocked, defensive, creative (tried another lie), or did she seem abashed and accept the discipline? Do most just say, "O…
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I don't know that we've caught people in the act using modern technology, but a few people have been caught by old-fashioned methods...the most recent one I can think of was a woman who said she had to leave town because her mother-in-law had died a…
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I'l love to be able to say Martha Stewart, but unfortunately, that isn't true. I've certainly had my share of Clark Griswold moments, and while I'd rather not admit to it, I've had the occasional Scrooge-y or Grinch-y moment, too. The character I…
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Ours is on paper kept in locked file cabinets, all of which are under my direct control...some in my office and some in a file room a few feet from my office. There is also limited access to our department so we don't worry too much about confidenti…
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[quote=Paul in Cannon Beach;721180]CNGHR, you win the uncomfortable, ambivalent feeling that comes with knowing you understand how Frank's mind works.[/quote] I'm not sure I could ever understand how Frank's mind works, I just have a lot of otherw…
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[quote=ACU Frank;721177]We have a winner! I hate it when no one picks up my mid-70s pop culture references...[/quote] Woo-hoo! \:D/What do I win, besides the tremendous satisfaction of being able to figure out your mid-70's pop culture reference…
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[quote=Sharon McKnight SPHR;721173]Re Frank Speak, I think he's implying that you're going to take a hatchet and cut off dependents from your benefits plan. Frank, if I've misrepresented your intentions, please chime in to clarify. Sharon[/quote…
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Most of our branches/departments do their own decorations, usually trees, wreaths, lights, etc. and never anything overtly religious, although some years back we had a local artist that we hired to paint Christmas scenes on the windows of a couple o…
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Growing up we always had this one awful jello salad. I don't think it was originally meant to be for Thanksgiving, but rather for Christmas because it was red and green...green jello with red apples and pimentos in it. It was served with a sauce mad…
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lorilori, I think you missed in the original post where the person stated that the FMLA request was being made for late February 2011, and the time was being requested to take her daughter to the hospital for the birth of the baby and to help the da…
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Our confidentiality agreement reads in part: [I]"As an employee of __________, I recognize that I may have access to or be required to handle certain information that is confidential, private, and proprietary during the performance of my duties. I…
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[quote=Dutch2;720893]This is only the second year that we have allowed our employees to wear costumes. Being a financial institution (bank) costumes have been frowned upon in the past.[/quote] It's funny that you say that, Dutch, because around he…
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We have separate sick time, vacation time, etc. Our practice is to allow the use of sick time for doctor's appointments, including general wellness checkups, and we've never separated out emotional or mental from physical illness. We would allow the…