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After reading your message, my initial reaction is that she hasn't changed that much but the company's expectations of her have. Perhaps she thinks that this is what is expected of her especially as other posters noted that she received a large i…
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Is there anyone else in the company that you could look to cross-train in his position? We've had a situation where someone discussed retiring 6 years ago and is still here.... Sometimes outside factors have an impact on whether they are or aren…
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Another option would be to have your friend talk to his doctor about this - am sure the last thing they want is to fill out more FMLA paperwork for a condition that has been recognized as meeting the criteria for periodic rather than each time he su…
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We've run into this as well with a person that has effectively retired but continues to come into work each day believing that due to her longevity here that we somehow owe her. If she was performing it wouldn't be an issue, however she is not me…
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 09-13-05 AT 11:50AM (CST)[/font][br][br]A hard lesson learned but a good one for the future. We have also found people who have interviewed well but have trouble telling the truth and nothing but the tr…
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Have you considered having food vendors come on-site? We have done this and it cut down considerably on food orders from outside vendors. We have about 330 associates working here and have outside vendors lining up for the chance to participate. …
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Would also cultivate an environment of bringing issues up as many others have advised as the alternative is worse - you'll have people unwilling to bring up uncomfortable or unpleasant topics to avoid being labeled as negative. Would also encoura…
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Have a chat with your upper management team about your dress code in general - you can cover bed clothes guy and shirts too low lady as examples. If it's not something that you as a team will enforce as a policy then would remove the guidelines.
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Have a chat with your upper management team about your dress code in general - you can cover bed clothes guy as an example too. If it's not something that you as a team will enforce as a policy then would remove the guidelines.
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Sounds to me like she isn't able to fulfill the essential requirements of the position and no accomodations are available (not there long enough for either FMLA or short-term disability (I'm guessing)) so would look to term. Best to confirm with …
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I agree that salaried is typically more 50 - 60 hours a week but would be concerned about tying this in to FMLA as 8 hours a day - 40 hours a week would be considered full time. How would you calculate FMLA hours for him if he is working the full…
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Good advice from Don as in order to collect unemployment it presumes that she is actively searching for a new position elsewhere. Am curious if the company was glad to see her leave why she was invited back at all? The folks we ask back are those …
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 04-21-05 AT 05:30PM (CST)[/font][br][br]Can understand your frustration. Those at the top are usually the ones with access to records and information at a much higher level than anyone else in the compa…
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Do you have a legal training session or management training for those put in a position to have direct reports? If not, would work on this right away honing in on personal liability as well as what it would mean to the organization as a whole. I…
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Would suggest another conversation with the senior managers and bring along several items as part of the discussion. 1. copy of your anti-harassment policy and what you state you will do (assuming you have the policy - if you don't, would look at …
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 04-18-05 AT 07:30PM (CST)[/font][br][br]Agree with several other posters on the best way to handle this will depend upon your company's culture and what your boss views your role in handling these type o…
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It will be time for me to get out of the HR area when I'm not in a position to show compassion to those that are suffering. We live in a litigious society - the fact that someone could sue Mc D's for coffee that is too hot proves that. At the end …
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One way that we've addressed this in the past is to cut to the chase with the associate. We offer to work with them in scheduling interviews outside the company if they agree to work with us on giving notice and working the remainder of the time so…
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If you had her complete an application, there may be a clause in there indicating disclosure. You may be able to rescind based on not disclosing to you especially if this was after she knew the client she would be working for. May want to press th…
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Sounds a bit like conflict avoidance - why doesn't the manager feel it's appropriate? Even if this individual doesn't return to work, you will likely need to replace her thus potentially starting the circle of problems all over again. May be worth…
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Just went through this with a manager who was struggling with a similar issue. Two pieces of advice that seemed to work well that we passed along: 1) This is not my issue to solve but yours as I don't have a problem with either of you. If you ar…
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Who does the upper manager report to? If it was a manager that reported to me, it would be something I would want to know as one of our performance criteria on evaluations is teamwork and the ability to develop/mentor those on their team. Sounds…
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Culture of her past organization's may be in play here too. Her prior employer may have made her into the control freak she has now seemingly turned out to be. Have oftentimes found out that it may have started due to self-preservation - at some p…
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So, in other words, they're playing Amber to her Rob for those of you who watched Celebrity Survivor.
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Interesting combo - highly comped executive with a HMW - high maintenance wife.... Definitely one to consult an employment attorney about - hard to term for non-performance when you have no job description/title to measure it against. Also, be pr…
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We did some research on this - it isn't impossible to retrieve (nothing is!) but you have to work really hard at it.
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Would agree with the comments - seem like petty complaints. Only way I would want to address it is for her (the way one of my bosses did when I first started out) benefit. I tended to dress more trendy and she pointed out that while it was cute it…
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 03-17-04 AT 07:35PM (CST)[/font][br][br]BLC - please update us on the inappropriate remark - our responses to your question are based on the assumption that it was sexual harassment since the comment was…
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As mentioned before, would pull the document listing the prior write-up and look at the specific situation and the action plan to address it. If another manager overheard and is offended - it may warrant going a step further. Before going forwar…
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Thanks - I did read the article and saw mixed reviews on what to do as it seemed to vary from state to state. Anyone from Wisconsin that can offer advice on this?