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I would have to assume the ee was not entitled to FMLA or the company would have taken that opportunity in the first place. In our company policy, we can give the ee up to six weeks of "personal time off without pay" but they must pay their medical…

in Victim of domestic violence fired Comment by pork1 August 2004

We maintain a contact list of three pages of important names pagers, home phone numbers, cell phone numbers. It is good to become listed on this document, that means you are someone with some degree of special importance. Each individual has a rig…

in ee home phone numbers Comment by pork1 August 2004

ROCKIE: Sorry, we are not that far along, we are still in the manual and inclusion of the W-4 in the personnel file to back up, what we enter into the personnel record and our payroll data base. PORK

in Electronic W-4s Comment by pork1 August 2004

We only grant 48 hours of sick time each year and we pay it out annually on Nov 1. We discussed but decided that our sick hours are so few, we would not want any employee to give a limited number of hours away to another employee, who might have a …

in Policy on giving sick days to ee with serious illness Comment by pork1 July 2004

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 08-02-04 AT 04:16PM (CST)[/font][br][br]My thought here is that the ee may have let her boy friend in the office for a few minutes to use the restroom or whatever, and unknowingly, the boy friend may hav…

in EE implicated in theft Comment by pork1 August 2004

In order to ease the tension in the office I would consider suspending the identified ee that could be involved in someway with the loss of the ring, pending completion of the investigation. if the individual is not found to be involved then return…

in EE implicated in theft Comment by pork1 July 2004

NHHR: Since the invention of this computer thing and the NET, I have stopped dealing in any mailed resume with the exception of a few soon to graduate college students from the Dairy and Animal Science Department with whom we help to write resume's…

in Receipt of Resume Letter Comment by pork1 July 2004

MARTMAN99: Good question for your corporate attorney; however, for sure unless the subpoena specifically identifies medical information which should not be in the personnel file, I would not send HIPAA related medical information. Secondly, I woul…

in Subpoena for employment file Comment by pork1 July 2004

I agree; I have always done the ground work to look at individual personalities and company psychology and the specifics of potential team enhancements and degradations based on a personal intense interviews and understanding of the candidates needs…

in Hiring Comment by pork1 July 2004

ILBANKER: I have been there and done that, the team approach to interviewing and recommending is a good means of narrowing down or aligning the interviewed candidates for consideration. The CEO has always gotten an opportunity to interview and s…

in Hiring Comment by pork1 July 2004

I assume the academy has a fully trained and competent staff that will make the call at the appropriate time. They are trained to prevent injurys to other trainees. You should do nothing, let the training staff do their jobs and "fail or pass" her…

in Essential Job Functions Comment by pork1 July 2004

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 07-30-04 AT 09:26AM (CST)[/font][br][br]NJJEL: You can never be wrong by placing someone on hourly, but your company may be wasting some really good O/T $0llars that would not otherwise be required for …

in exempt or nonexempt Comment by pork1 July 2004

$27.63 per hour is the current standard test for computer wiz exempt status. Learned professional employees who are paid $455.00 per week are exempt. Primary duty of performing office or non-manual work requiring knowledge of an advanced type in a…

in exempt or nonexempt Comment by pork1 July 2004

NJJEL: I would classify the person as "contract labor" for a one time project worth x amount of money and never be concerned about EXEMPT or NONEXEMPT. Put a simple letter of agreement for control purposes of the quality and time lines for produc…

in exempt or nonexempt Comment by pork1 July 2004

I forgot to say WELCOME TO THE FORUM; YOU WILL FIND LOTS OF ADDICTIVE DISCUSSIONS ON THIS FORUM, do not be afraid to jump in with both feet, it might be cold at first, but not for long, and sometimes it gets real hot, but on the next thread the issu…

in Whistleblower Policy Comment by pork1 July 2004

What is your e-mail or FAX number? PORK

in Whistleblower Policy Comment by pork1 July 2004

29223989: WELCOME TO THE FORUM; The Federal law says Lunch breaks are rest periods. The employee must be completely relieved from duty for the purposes of eating regular meals. Ordinarily, 30 minutes or more is considered by the FLSA to be enough…

in Texas Law regarding lunch breaks Comment by pork1 July 2004

pjdriscoll: WELCOME TO THE FORUM;have been there and done that, assist the investigation pertaining to company resources, as necessary to move the investigation along as rapidly as possible. You will identify the ees subjet to involvement in this i…

in Releasing Employee Information Comment by pork1 July 2004

HR Beginner: I would not intercede sometimes we in HR have a tendancy to try to help each and every "piggy" in the litter. You just should become involved when there is obviously a strong personal link between you and the concerned ee on the floor…

in ee unhappy; does HR intervene? Comment by pork1 July 2004

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 07-29-04 AT 01:19PM (CST)[/font][br][br]In a seminar I attended a couple of weeks ago, the presenter from Rockhurst University, KS discussed this very subject. "What you can and can not ask": Arrests: …

in employee application Comment by pork1 July 2004

CROUT: As I last wrote the written physical exam is in my hand, and on the back side of the last page it clearly reads that drug testing and a discussion of alcoholism is required for a renewal of the expired two year. I have discussed the questio…