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  • We don't allow full time employees to "moonlight" without HR approval. Requests are reviewed on a case by case basis. We would never allow anyone to work a second job in our industry and our drivers are not allowed to have a second job at all.
  • We are a trucking company. I can make a very good argument that drivers and children with behavioral disorders are similar.:D Our dispatchers are considered first line supervisors and each dispatcher is currently in charge of @ 45 drivers. We are…
  • Directly from our handbook: "If conditions ever demand that a reduction be made in the staff, the order in which employees are released will be determined by past performance, special skills, qualifications for work and flexibility. Seniority will…
  • PM your e-mail address to me and I will send you ours.
  • We reimburse for job related at 100% up to $500 per year.
  • I suppose the first question to be answered is does your company have to comply with FMLA? And, welcome to the Forum. We are glad to have you.
  • Sorry, lerobb, our's are provided by the clinic performing the physical and appear to be proprietary. You might ask the clinic if you can see what they use.
  • In response to Nae. Supervisor has only been with us since October. No, this is not the first mess up. He has been in a supervisory position with other companies for 40+ years and should have known better. Oh, look, my 2150th post!::pb&J::
    in Situation Comment by joannie June 2011
  • Coffee, you know we SPHRs are not all as cynical as my good friend, Frank.
  • [quote=cnghr;722435]The worst I've seen have always been women, but then our workforce is 75% women so that isn't too surprising. It's my experience that most banks & credit unions seem to have a predominantly female workforce, which could also …
  • You really feel that HRCI is a marketing company? That leads me to ask, have you not found your SPHR to be valuable?
  • As bad as I hate to say it, I agree with Frank. I believe David has the best suggestion, though.
  • I think proper terminology would be SHRM affiliate rather than subsidiary. And, I wouldn't call SHRM a vendor; they are a professional membership organization. I know, Frank, to may toe, to mah toe.:)
  • Legally permitted and required, as I understand it; but to be entirely on the safe side, I would run it past my employment law attorney to be sure all the i's are dotted and t's crossed.
  • Wow! My life this week. We have this at one of our satellite offices. Only 5 people in the office, but two of them are really struggling to play nice. Come Monday, one is being moved to the corporate office. Will be doing the same job, but will…
  • And this is work related, how?
  • PM your e-mail address to me and I will send you mine.
  • Coffee, Check with your state Chamber of Commerce. Our state sponsors a salary and benefits survey that is very beneficial and reasonably priced as well.
  • [quote=sonny;722029]It's not just sales. Hell, almost every senior FF in this City makes more than I do with OT. I think it falls under the "Who said life was fair rule?"[/quote] OT? You get paid OT! I haven't been paid OT since 1977.
  • We also have a 90 day introductory period. Our attorney advised us to do away with "probationary" language. We are in an "at will" state and have progressive discipline. Our handbook states "All new employees are subject to a 90 calendar day intr…
  • Nope, we have the same idea on what is a background check. We check criminal background, previous employment, MVR, etc. before interviewing. Department manager interviews the qualified applicants, then if they want the person, they make a job offe…
  • Welcome to the Forum. I'm sorry your first post has gone unanswered for so long. I haven't worked with Texas unemployment in several years, so this info may be outdated. The ex employee draws benefits based on the wages earned while at the former…
  • We also require socials on all applications for background checks. Also require DOB's if the applicant will drive a company vehicle. I notice some of you said you don't do background checks until post offer. If you haven't checked the applicant o…
  • Our policy requires employees to use all available paid time off in conjunction with FMLA.
    in dlongawa Comment by joannie March 2011
  • [quote=FunHRBanker;721638]Regardless of fuel price, as long as large vehicles and semis travel on the interstate, I think the people who drive Smart Cars on them are total idiots. One little rub and you're done.[/quote] Hey Fun, where else are sem…
  • The total employment period is one year, spanning eternity. The 1250 hours is in the last 12 months. So, they worked 11 months in 09 and were rehired in December of 2010, they would be eligible for FMLA in January under time served; however you wo…
  • We have a potluck. Company president furnishes the meat and the rest of us bring everything else. Some years we play dirty Santa and some not, but we always have a good time visiting.
  • Guess I have to be Scrooge this year. We have terminated 2 employees this morning, with one more to be done this afternoon. No lay-off, just performance issues.:(
  • [quote=cnghr;721179]Woo-hoo! \:D/What do I win, besides the tremendous satisfaction of being able to figure out your mid-70's pop culture references?[/quote] Uh oh! cnghr has crossed over to the "Dark Side".