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  • Back in 1996, before my time, my employer developed a policy on these matters, including faxes, telephones, copy machines, etc., basically saying using these devices for personal purposes was prohibited. There was also the obligatory language deali…
    in non-work related emails Comment by crawfod April 2003
  • Karla, something is out of line if a Payroll Clerk makes 30 grand more than management positions, partly assuming you are referring to base pay, but even if that includes overtime then something is wrong. Lots of pay systems have pay ranges that ca…
    in Knowing Too Much Comment by crawfod April 2003
  • TO: LFernandes, I too would be interested in your documents. My fax is 615-451-5918 or email [email]crawfod@bellsouth.net[/email]. As a suggestion, if you are willing to share your email address with the forum, it will be easier for you to announc…
    in Extending 90 day probationary period Comment by crawfod April 2003
  • We are a non-union city employer and have a 6 month probationary period whereby "an employee may be dismissed at any time, with or without cause, with no rights to appeals or hearings." Vacation and sick leave accruals can only be used with the dep…
    in Extending 90 day probationary period Comment by crawfod April 2003
  • As for FMLA, since the Feds encouraged employers to be more generous than the legal requirements, and since our employees have Sick Leave pay to cover their time off (counted as an Excused Absence) and therefore have no interest in FMLA, and since w…
    in HIPAA Compliance for Small Groups Comment by crawfod April 2003
  • I had read that "The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) has extended the deadline for complying with this provision (contracts between the employer and business associates) to April 14, 2004, for contracts that weren't renewed or modified …
    in HIPAA Compliance for Small Groups Comment by crawfod April 2003
  • My preference is to send them the bad news as soon as I am 100% sure we would not hire them. But if a candidate could still be a possible hire because we went through the other dozen or so, then I would have to string them along. I'm sure we've al…
    in Appropriate time to mail regret letters? Comment by crawfod March 2003
  • I recently received a communication from our Dental Plan Carrier attaching a "Notice of Privacy Practices", and they were asking us to distribute a copy to each of our employees. They also asked us to respond acknowledging receipt of this notice an…
    in Does anyone else hate HIPAA? Comment by crawfod April 2003
  • I now work for a City government and we pay out sick leave only upon termination under a couple of formulas: Under age 62=0%, 62=20%,63=30%,64=40%, 65+=50%, or, 20 years service=20% and so on up to 30 years service=50%, whichever formula is more fa…
    in Sick Time Payout At Termination Comment by crawfod March 2003