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We do not publish and update an employee directory, but each month in our company newsletter I print a paragraph about the new employees. At orientation I tell each new employee that I publish information about them in the newsletter and I ask them …
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I agree with the others - define your policy and be consistent, but update as needed. Our company does a plant ($25-$35) for immediate family (spouse, parent, child) funeral. (In-laws are not included.) A card is sent for new baby (mom or dad) and …
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We also have charged 25 cents per page, plus my time to retrieve the paper file, copy and prepare for mailing, and the cost of postage. Since the personnel files are not to be viewed by unauthorized employees, and this is a one-person HR office, the…
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Our hourly employees receive 2 weeks paid vacation per year and nothing else, no PTO, no paid days, etc. While I don't recommend this policy, it certainly cuts down on the frivolous use of sick days! I have always thought that a PTO policy where un…
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I agree that you made the right decision. My feeling is that a cover letter is the most appropriate place for an applicant to entice you to call for an interview, and to explain anything that might appear odd to a prospective employer. If I were w…
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I'm confused. What is the difference (legally) between firing someone for something and refusing to hire someone for the same reason? (I'm not being sarcastic, I just don't get it. It seems that you would invite more problems if you fired someone …
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I think this is an interesting topic, and one that has seen a lot of news coverage lately since a Michigan company decided to quit hiring smokers. There are several stories available online, here's one: [url]http://www.shortnews.com/shownews.cfm?id=…
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Today is 3/10, and I just checked the website. No poster.
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I have also noticed that when I have previewed my response the system displays the state of the person I am responding to. But when it actually posts, it has the correct state.
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We do post-accident testing as required by DOT (after a vehicle accident) but not for every injury accident. The $50 per each screen cost is why. If we send every employee who drops a pallet on their foot or some other minor injury then we would be …
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Our company makes the match and profit sharing contribution after the end of the year also, even though we know how much the match should be. Today is Feb. 9 and the money is not yet there. (At our company an employee must be employed on the last da…
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I think "at such times and places we might choose" pretty well covers you in this case, and most others. The company CHOSE to make everyone test in order to receive a contract for business. However, you might want to develop a more specific policy i…
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Our company is located in Kansas, but we have outside sales reps, fully-commissioned, from Kansas and Missouri. They are on our payroll as regular employees, we pay unemployment and work comp etc. just like every other employee, the only difference …
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Sorry, I don't know much more about her, and I'm not about to ask. x:-8
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To be slightly more clear on the question: I know we are not liable for the bedroom antics (or I WOULD fire the whole lot and start over!), but what if one guy comes in and shoots another guy for sleeping with his girl, or worse yet - shoots up the …
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She must be the exception to the image that would usually come to mind. I don't want to get myself in trouble here because I hope to be a woman in my 60's someday (20 years from now), but the simple fact is most young men do not lust after a woman t…
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I believe he was 24 when they became 'a couple.' If I did not know them I would think either he must be some strange piece of work or she must be some bombshell, but neither is true. I think he is a nice looking young man, and while I like her also,…
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Our company goes by first-come first-served, regardless of seniority. Vacation forms are handed out around March and the official start of the new vacation year is May 1. No vacation requests are allowed prior to the new vacation forms.
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My mother works for a company that uses timesheets instead of a time clock. I don't know about the format, but the reason is because they want to show respect for the maturity of the employees, or something like that. The result is that the employ…
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We have 6 paid holidays per year. The Friday after Thanksgiving is not one of them. Employees may use a paid vacation day.
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We keep a first-aid kit in our front office, and also in the warehouse. The kit contains bandaids & first aid cream type items, as well as ibuprofen, acetaminophen, and aspirin. I have always just gone to the local department store to purchase …
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The article is very interesting. I just now read it also. My understanding is that he was fired specifically because of the domestic abuse issue, and not because he needed time to recuperate from the wound. So to answer the original question: My op…
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Another view: What about the victim that continues to go back to the abusing jerk, time and time again? Should she get repeated leaves of absence (all domestic violence related)? What about the danger this puts her company and co-workers in because…
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I also noticed that when I preview a response before posting, it lists the state of the prior post. But when it is actually posted (not just previewed), the state shows up correctly. I don't know why.
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In Kansas, the Kansas Department of Human Resources has a form that can be completed by the employer and faxed in to them requesting previous work comp records on an individual. You can see this form at [url]http://www.hr.state.ks.us/wc/html/wcfrmp…
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You are right. I got exactly the response I expected. When employees come into my office and say surely there is a law against this, and I tell them there is not, I figure I better at least put out a query in case there is something I am not famili…
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During the interview I discuss the physical requirements of the job, and ask if there is any reason they would be unable to perform the duties of the job, with or without accommodation. Any comments they give here are taken into consideration for em…
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What happens since they did not show? I hope this means that she gets to stay at her original rate of pay. I agree that they were not treating her right by trying to cut her pay, but I also understand that a 'not quite right' job can still be the b…
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Do you want a legal response, or a moral response? I am not aware of any legal reason to disclose her pregnancy. But I would personally not want to start off a work relationship on such a note of deceit. Legal issues aside, pregnancy will bring on…