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It's 15 degrees and snowing heavily in the Boston area. We're expecting another 12-20 inches by end of day tomorrow (on top of the 2 feet we arleady have) with dangerous icing. I'm hoping I can convince the boss to close tomorrow. Will be the fi…
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I also agree if their duties and responsibilities are different you should draft different policies. A person who is traveling the majority of the year for weeks at a time obviously needs more time off for personal needs and relaxation. I would se…
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We require them to apply any scholarship or grant money before reimbursement, but whether or not they apply the reimursement to a student loan, I would not police. They are responsible for the student loan, just as they would be a credit card, and …
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There is a standard that "if the company knew or should have known" that the leave might qualify for FMLA that they can be held to designate it as such even if the employee does not specifically ask for it. You do have some pro-active responsibilit…
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We are also a manufacturing facility and I am curious as to what your response has been when she fainted at work? I would have called an ambulance, and then required a fit for duty certification from her doctor before she could return. Also, you c…
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We also pay only 1 1/2 times for callbacks with a minumum of 4 hours if they come in to the facility, even if they are not here 4 hrs. We pay a minumum of 1 hr at 1 1/2 times if they respond electronically to a situation here. I think overtime pl…
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Being in a very competitive industry, we have a policy against all camera-equipped devices below. We should probably add tape recordings as well. Camera-Equipped Devices Camera-equipped devices and other image recording equipment belonging to empl…
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Our employees accrue PTO monthly and can borrow up to 40 hours at a time provided there is enough time left in the year to accrue it back. Time is charged as used. They can subimit requests for PTO for the whole year, but if it isn't there when th…
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I have dealt with alcohol abuse at previous companies, and the legal advice I was given is that being under the influence or consuming alcohol on the job is a terminable offense. The ADA protects a recovering alcoholic from discrimination because w…
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I've worked with both systems and the only benefit to separate banks thatI can think of is that we are required to pay out unused vacation or PTO time at termination, but not sick time. It's still not worth the hassle to me. I got so sick (pun int…
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We decorate the lobby and one of the party rooms with Christmas trees, wreaths, pontsiettas, but nothing overtly religious. Several of the individual departments do their own decorating. We have an international workforce, so I'm sure there are a …
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In an Italian family like mine, there has to be pasta, usually ravioli or lasagna accompanied by meatballs and sausages. Often, we fill up on pasta in the afternoon, and the turkey dinner gets postponed until later in the evening. I'm not Italian …
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We also utilize an outside loss management services company. It's a self-employed registered nurse who has put together a group that offers a variety of services. We use them for medical surveillance, flu and Hep B shots and some training. They …
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In response to Sonny, I (HR) handle all increases, benefit changes and anything else related to payroll except the actual processing of the timesheets. They go straight to accounting for input into payroll after approval by the supervisors.
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I've heard horror stories like this but so far not experienced it. We have an 8.5% increase which we negotiated down from 13.5% effective next month. We have a real cadillac plan with $5 co-pay and no deductible. Of course, in MA I believe we hav…
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We follow the same procedure as Still Needs Coffee. No reason for me to be involved unless there are policy or rate questions. The supervisors keep track of the hours in the dept, so I wouldn't really know if the sheets are accurate.
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FLSA doesn't allow comp time, but you can accomplish the same thing by paying the overtime she's entitled to in the week she earns it and then offsetting it with unpaid time off (at the rate of 1.5x) in a subsequent week. Her pay for the two weeks…
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This is a tough one. Of course she's going to need assistance caring for herself and the child (she's a child herself), but that doesn't make it a serious health condition. The doctor here doesn't seem to understand the difference between a serio…
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------- Tomorrow?
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They'd never be noticed, especially in costume, but they've got to bring food--we're big on food.
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First, I question whether she qualifies as an independent contractor since it doesn't sound like she is a separate established business from yours--which is pretty much what is required now. Second, if her work authorization for the US remains vali…
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Three or four times a year we have a pot luck lunch centered around a theme with employees bringing in the food. Halloween is the most fun with costume contest, games, pumpking carving, and any other games I can think of. We give prizes (Amex gift…