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  • We are a municipality and field and office workers are supplied shirts (5) at no charge to the employee. Field workers have a choice of t-shirts or work shirts, we have a choice of several colors/styles of oxfords. Office workers can get 5 more sh…
    in Uniforms Comment by sonny May 2002
  • You might also consider a quick survey of employees as to what THEY would like. Obviously if you go with the above, this would not be an issue
  • Thank you both for your input. . have my opinions too.. also moot
  • Yes, I'm sorry for not being clear. It is our pension plan. Employees get a % of their salary times years of service. Exec. (who are already at a higher wage) would also get a higher % in the formula. Hope this helps. I would really like some f…
  • We are paying the difference between military and our wage.
  • Where I worked previously, you could accumulate up to 960 hours of paid sick leave and were paid cash for 50% at termination. (also a non profit) Where I work currently (municipality) you can earn up to 72 hours a year paid sick time. Once a year y…
  • We are currently "making whole" anyone who has been called up to active duty. .we are paying them the difference between their wage here and the military and have not set a limit on how long we will do so. A generous policy and I believe most emplo…
  • Being in semi-retired frame of mind and age, I would love to take more vacation time and support the need for all to do so, but as an employee would be unhappy if forced to do so because we have no short term disabilty program. Having been here onl…
  • Some elements I have seen included in tuition policies: 1)Course work must be related to employment ie would not pay for a data entry person to go to EMT school 2) Tuition is reimbursed to the employee after completion of the course and evidence is…
  • Depending on the size of your company, you could also gather a small group of employees or do a survey and ask the employees how they would like to be recognized. Where I am currently employed, employees get a plaque with a removal brass inset at 5…
  • . "Medicare only cuts off COBRA coverage if the person first becomes entitled to Medicare after electing COBRA coverage: Employee elected COBRA first. Has now been approved for SSDI. I recall that makes him eligible for Medicare (?) There u…
  • It will also help if you write a policy for future situations. We have a policy that would allow and ee to apply for an unpaid medical leave of abscence following the exhaustion of FMLA and any paid leave. Agree with Nae. .do for one, do for all.
  • Given it is the VA and government, I would probably give him a month. .x:D
  • We adjust hours in the summer. . start early before it is as bad. .
  • Ditto Irie, we pay balance of shift or first visit. .
  • Thanks, that is what is slowly coming back to me. I am supposed to be hearing from their Risk Management people as to what terrible sin we supposedly committed. Have a good weekend all. thanks
  • As usual, I am not being very articulate. The employee is not ours, rather works for us thro a labor pool. .They are the employer. She did apparently get treatment, but my question is not about whether it is recordable or not, rather.. .Is it our o…
  • I agree with joannie.
  • I assume if you have an EAP you have referred him. .
  • I would absolutely not ask for the prescription for the reasons given already. .
  • Geez, the 29th, that would be today. . . nice notice. Thank you all. Very interesting. Back in my former life when I worked with people with disabilities, I was a early on advocate of ADA. These changes CERTAINLY were not what we had in mind.
  • Wow, I guess (can of worms) Thanks for the link. I must have my head in the sand again, as this is the first I have heard of it. Any word on the probability of it passing? Thanks again.
  • I agree with NeedCoffee. Our carrier has found was case of MSRA to be compensable and another not.
  • Thanks much.
  • Thanks SD. . appreciate the response. We have contemplated the steel covers and asked the ee to discuss with his Dr., but may put in writing as you suggest to take to the Dr. as we have already verbally asked ee to talk to Dr. and he didn't quite "g…
  • It would be dependant on your policy (or CBA if you have one). . if you don't have one, just make sure what you do this time , you do next time. .and then write a policy. I have worked places that do it both ways. Employer pays first 7 days, if th…
  • Your limited experience comment made me smile. . .you are right on. We give our firefighters 12 weeks FMLA. . same as everyone else. The point raised is a good one. Am surprised it has never come up at the table.
  • Got it, thanks. I must have been mis-googling yesterday.
  • NC. . .can you tell me where you read about this? I have searched extensively and can't find anything. We just had WC deny a claim for an ee with diabetes. I was very unhappy. Curious to read about this case.
  • Not in my opinion for that reason. Can you say retaliation for filing WC claim?. . just my thoughts of course.