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  • I hesitate on this one but here goes anyway. One of our ee's lives 30 miles away and on a snowy morning he arrived 45 minutes late. We have an absence request form and on the reason for absence line he wrote "permanent erection"
    in What's the funniest excuse you've ever heard? Comment by safety March 2003
  • [font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 03-30-05 AT 11:08AM (CST)[/font][br][br]I don't know about the requirements but why wouldn't you give notice before implementing it? You might want to take a look at this link. http://said.dol.gov/Brows…
    in policy changes Comment by safety March 2005
  • [font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 03-25-05 AT 04:47PM (CST)[/font][br][br]What is the nature of your business?
    in Employee Orientation Comment by safety March 2005
  • My AAP is due at the end of the month and I havn't started it yet, ugggg.
    in Affirmative Action Program Comment by safety March 2005
  • Why tell them that ritaanz, how about something like this. Thank you for applying for our (insert position here). The selection committee responsible for reviewing candidates for that position has carefully reviewed all applications and resumes r…
    in Sorry, but No Thanks Letter Comment by safety March 2005
  • [font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 01-14-05 AT 02:21PM (CST)[/font][br][br]Um, lets see, it's 9 degrees out today and this HR Assistant job is in Fl, let me know when you're accepting apps.x:7 Crusin through posts and responded to this o…
    in HR Assistant Comment by safety January 2005
  • [font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 05-21-04 AT 11:12AM (CST)[/font][br][br]This may or may not help you but I am pasting it for your review. 29 CFR 785.19 - Meal. Section Number: 785.19 Section Name: Meal. --------------------------…
    in Eating at desk Comment by safety May 2004
  • We track unavailability from work. What that says is an ee is scheduled to work _ number of hours in a week, month, year. If the ee is unavailable then the hours of unavailability are tracked as a ratio of available hours and scheduled hours. Whe…
    in Open up a can of worms??? Comment by safety December 2003
  • I expected someone to comment on a safety incentive. I know the pros and cons of this and have struggled with it for five years. This is a GM decision and he won’t listen to me on the issue. We give out an incentive every 75 days if we have no OS…
    in Is This Taxable? Comment by safety September 2005
  • Sounds like it's time to polish up the ol resume. Makes one wonder what other unethical practices are going on.
    in Owner's Kids working in plant Comment by safety June 2005
  • What type of plant is it and how old are the 'kids' There are some environments where the DOL has very strict rules on employment of minors and the duties they can perform.
    in Owner's Kids working in plant Comment by safety June 2005
  • Check your e-mail.
    in Mandatory Overtime Policy Comment by safety February 2005
  • You might try this site. [url]http://laborstats.hr.state.ks.us/[/url]
    in Salary Survey's Comment by safety February 2005
  • We are a manufacturing environment and pay shift differential for holiday pay and vacation pay but not for jury duty or bereavement. Also, hours not worked for holiday and vacation are included in total hours for the purpose of OT calculations but …
    in Shift differential for non-worked time Comment by safety January 2005
  • In Ks a no call no report is not considered an attendance issue, it is general misconduct. I don't know about other states. Having said that I see no reason not to include it in an attendance policy. We track hours of unavailability and if there …
    in paycheck delay Comment by safety August 2004
  • [font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 07-30-04 AT 11:56AM (CST)[/font][br][br]Maybe. I would hold a conversation with this ee, along with all other hourly ee's, and explain that unless they are asked to come in early to work, they will not …
    in Punching in early Comment by safety July 2004
  • Thanks for asking that 'cause I don't know either.
    in 6 Sigma Black Belt Wages Comment by safety June 2004
  • So, wouldn't you then observe two holidays on the same day?
    in 2004 Holidays Comment by safety February 2004
  • We date stamp all requests then enter them into a database. Just today I posted the following memo on vacations. ANY EMPLOYEE WHO IS PLANNING ON REQUESTING VACATION DURING THE FIRST QUARTER SHOULD TURN IN THEIR VACATION REQUEST BY JANUARY 31, 2004…
    in Vacation conflicts Comment by safety January 2004
  • At our manufacturing facility we had the usual early punchers. What we did was create a form stating our policy of paying for all time worked in accordance with the FLSA. The form also stated that unless an ee was asked to come in early or stay la…
    in Pay for time punched in but not working Comment by safety October 2003
  • WE are not in your area but pay $0.40 for the off shift.
    in SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL Comment by safety September 2003
  • Thanks for the responses; we have decided to let-it-go and to consider this a continuous improvement exercise. Our payroll clerk is great and through her own self-audit she found the mistakes. The error occurred through the KRONOS system and in or…
    in Overpayment Comment by safety April 2003
  • It looks like you and the Fax will be good friends for a while so - when you have time one for me please, thanks. 620.276.7953
    in Hidden Paychecks Comment by safety February 2003
  • 100% of the first 3 then 50% of the next 3
    in Poll--What's your 401(k) match? Comment by safety June 2005
  • Oops, sorry, I forgot to mention we offer a $500 per person wellness screen in our CDHP. This is covered at the full 500 level unless there is a diagnosis, and then it is charged to the deductible. You are correct on the shopping aspect but I thin…
    in HSA's Comment by safety January 2005
  • Beginning this year we are offering a Consumer Driven Health Plan that offers a Health Savings Account. The company I work for decided to partially fund the HSA for all ee’s that chose that plan. We also offer a PPO plan to employees. We believe the…
    in HSA's Comment by safety January 2005
  • Ditto to SMace
    in Bereavement Policy Comment by safety January 2005
  • Where does one find the Section 125 rules, is this on the IRS site?
    in Section 125 Comment by safety December 2004
  • I tell all new hires that they will not be terminated for refusing an order to perform work that is unsafe, immoral, unethical or illegal but I don’t think this is the same as the document in the original post.
    in Sign waiver for safety? Comment by safety August 2005
  • Since I don't know much about the ADA and have not taken the time to research it; do I understand correctly that a seizure condition that is not diagnosed as epilepsy, and can be essentially/usually controlled by medication would not be covered unde…
    in How far to accommodate? FML/ADA Comment by safety July 2005