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You're so right - maybe we ought to start a new topic about prospective employers who can't seem to handle an interview properly! About a year ago, we were doing some mass hiring to fill an expanding department, so I was being assisted by several o…
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A few years ago, I was working for a small, family-owned manufacturing company in a tiny little town in northwest Iowa. Out of necessity, our recruiting area had at least a 50-mile radius, and most of our applicants were barely out of high school. W…
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When I was in my 20s and starting out in employee benefits (first as a consultant and then on the corporate side), I used to visualize myself in my 50s as a matronly "Personnel Gal", wearing business suits, silk blouses, pearls, carrying a brief cas…
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I ran into the same type of questioning when I interviewed for my current job a couple of years ago, with the president of our division. He'd retired from a larger division several years previous, but had come out of retirement. A couple of his mor…
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>Some fun for a bright, sunny Thursday! This e-mail was sent to >me...post your 'answers' and I'll let you know which 'age group' you >fall into according to the number you get right. It seems to really >work! >~~~~~~~~~~~~~…
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I took the SPHR exam in December of 2000. I used the SHRM Learning System, combined with about 15 years of hands-on experience. I actually enjoyed taking the practice exams on the computer - I feel that gave me the final edge I needed for the exam. …
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The Moody Blues - still together after 35 years! Although Ray Thomas isn't touring with the group this spring due to health problems, they'll be releasing another studio album this year. Drummer Graeme Edge has dubbed their sound "wrinkly rock" (the…
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I majored in music in college, but never intended to make a career of it. One of my cello students was the claims manager at Blue Shield of Minnesota, and offered me a summer job in the claims department there. When I finished college the following …
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Actually, they're performing at the Lawrence Welk Theatre in Branson - they were invited because Branson wanted to start attracting a "younger crowd" of visitors! Curious - the Moodies' average age is 60 (the four oringinal members, anyway).
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I've been a Moody Blues fan for over 30 years and I agree - there's something compelling about the image of a knight draped in white satin!
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I've challenged a number of claims, but not always successfully. I did a thorough investigation several years ago on an employee who allegedly fractured a vertebra in his back when he slipped on a patch of ice outside the building he worked in (it w…
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Don D - Unfortunately, this guy isn't the only one. I've now got employees that can quote me chapter and verse on the definition of "chronic" serious health conditions, including the section that says chronic conditions don't require more than thre…
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The regs are real clear on this - definition of "serious health condition" includes: "Any period of incapacity due to preganacy, or for prenatal care."
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You're correct, if both parents work for the same employer and they are married, the parents are eligible for a combined total of 12 weeks for birth or adoption of a child. Oddly enough, this limit also applies to care for the employee's seriously i…
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We have an employee who uses up her maximum FMLA allowance every year on intermittent leave for sinus infections. The medical certification from her physician states that this is a chronic condition, that it is incapacitating during acute exacerbati…
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We always stick to the original reason that the employee gives for absence or tardiness. Two years ago, we had an employee who called in one day asking for an emergency vacation day (denied - we don't grant these). Then, she called in the next day, …
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KathiHR, No, we manufacture pet food bags. Our printing process uses water-based inks, and our safety manager has tested the air quality several times - no huge concentrations of particulates or chemicals in the air (I wondered about this as well!)…
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On the nose, Don D! No such thing as "maternity leave" since 1978. My take on the original question - FMLA doesn't just apply to disability, but also to the "bonding" time for both mothers and fathers after the birth or adoption of a baby. Once the…
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Ditto to what LindaS said. I wouldn't automatically designate this as FMLA leave just because of the length of the absence, and you did your part to make that determination by sending out the paperwork, which the employee refuses to provide. We're …
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Don D - Your response was right on - I can't imagine a "maternity leave" policy any more, thought those were all abolished back in 1978! I remember the date very well - I was two weeks away from going back to work at the end of my maternity leave w…
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I do just like it says - if a child is over 18, he or she has to be incapable of self care in order for the employee-parent to be eligible for time off from work under FMLA. I like your argument, however, that if you can take care of a parent over …
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Yes, a common law spouse is a legal spouse in the states that recongize common law marriage. Here in Nebraska, we don't. However, I spent 12 years in Iowa, which is right across the river from Omaha. It doesn't even take a specific "shack-up" period…
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"Incapacitated" means inability to work, attend school, or perform other regular daily activities due to serious health conditions. "Incapable of self-care" means that the person requires active assistance or supervision to provide daily self-care i…
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For the employee-spouse, true - however, in that case, the employee-spouse would be eligible for FMLA anyway, based on the birth of the child. For a non-dependent child, if over 18 years old, only if the child in "incapable of self-care" - which is…
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Here's another way to look at it. Any period of incapacity due to pregnancy or prenatal care is considered a serious health condition under FMLA. Therefore, at least during the actual childbirth process, the young mother is certainly incapacitated b…
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Basically, I agree with Don D on implementation of policies. However, if you're not vigilant, you may find that wishy-washy management might want to implement a new policy to fit each individual employee situation! Case in point - we're a union pla…
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We've been hit really hard with the flu here in Omaha - again, the strain that the flu shot didn't cover. I was short-staffed for two weeks - one when my payroll clerk was out with it, and the second when my HR admisistrator's four year old son was …
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Nope - this was in the early 1990's. Same guy who told me that my "Workers' Comp 101" training for managers was about as credible as a pretty girl trying to sell Ford pickup trucks. That message takes a "real man in a flannel shirt & blue jeans …
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This reminds me of a CFO who insisted on asking the female accountants in his department whether they intended to become pregnant in the near future, because if so, he wouldn't be giving them a raise. After all, it's work related - if they take thre…
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We have the same rule about a physician's release to return to work after an absence of more than three days - we apply this across the board, including FMLA intermittent absences. On chronic conditions or pregnancy, the regs state that absences re…