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We not only offer flu shots to our employees, but we pay for them since they are not covered under our plan. Our employees work in a public government setting, meeting the public on a ongoing basis. We feel like since their jobs expose them, we sh…
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Thank you for the links. They have good information. I am going to go with, ..."the best policy will limit disclosure of an employee's medical information to those individuals who truly have a need to know -- and ,even then, limit the information …
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I have worked with my staff and supervisors about this issue by talking about compliance with HIPPA and they seem to be doing better. My problem is not that usually that an employee does not provide enough information but that they tell every detai…
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I did check. Attorney stated to continue as we have been and see if this is turned over on appeal. Apparently, this happens quit a bit in that District. Also, we are not in the District where this ruling occurred and since it hasn't been ruled …
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That is what I thought but I get a bulletin that I send to my supervisors twice monthly that makes them aware of the types of legal issues that can occur. I think they should read about issues regularly so that when a situation occurs, they have so…
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We are county government and if the county makes the decision to close, we pay everyone (including hourly) under Administrative Leave for the hours that they were scheduled that they were unable to work. Our workforce is far flung and if they decid…
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I agree with NaeNae. He should have rescheduled his work obligations since the family obligation could not be rescheduled. No one wants to appear aloof and uncaring to the players that left or the ones remaining, that he still needs to work with.
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We do not have to use progressive discipline but we generally do. Our handbook states: There is no progressive discipline policy in the Library. However, a progressive procedure may be followed where deemed necessary by the department head. [I]…
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We have a flexible work policy, but it only extends to flexing the hours that you come into work, not working from home. Since we are open to the public seven days a week, working from home is not an option. We have public service desk hours that …
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I agree with Sonny but know additionally that EEs should be able to name a trust for their minor children. In this situation, your attorney may suggest creating a trust to pay the money to and asking the probate court to decide on a guardian. If …
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We are government and not only do we do not have consecutive, we allow employees to take their time up to quarter of an hour increments.
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I work for government entity and we allow 45 days or 337.5 hours, which is the amount that the retirement system allows you to cash out your last year. Sick leave is not cashed out.
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Thanks to everyone for their comments. I will work on the wording so that we will have the paperwork that backs up the training.
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Thanks Still Needs Coffee. I agree that we need to cover this in training, but I guess that ex-paralegal in me just wants a piece of paper that an employee has signed that states, "Yes, you did explain that policy to me."
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I do not take “anonymous” complaints. If you have made it to my office, whatever happened is usually has enough “business necessary” to warrant you being there and I need to confidentially investigate what is going on. I tell Employee A that when t…
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Thank you. I think my basic question is do you give FMLA every time an employee has physical therapy regardless of whether they have the ability to make up time. Because at the time you need to designate the leave, you cannot be certain that they …
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We do not have a written dress code. I usually just speak with new employees about being neat and clean and that home casual and office casual are different. Out of 105 people, I only hear 1 or 2 complaints a year. That may be because almost all …
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Joannie, Thank you. We will have to see how this will work for us. I guess I am reluctant to completely do away with paper forms because it is so easy to see who applied for leave and when it was approved.
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My personal all time favorite: "Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings. They did it by killing those who opposed them"
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Just a thought, but everyone's morning sickness is not the same. I had something everyone referred to as "morning sickness" that made me lose 20 pounds and end up in the hospital both pregnancies. I was too sick to get out of bed for months on end…
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Thank you. I like the idea of backup because this will not be a job duty they perform regularly.
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I also work for a public agency, a public library, and we no longer have funding for newspapers, etc. However, I have great success with publishing on my website and also with the state unemployment agency. As a side bonus, they screen applicants …
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The sad fact is that this actually happened to me when I worked for a law firm in Florida. The good news was that I gave myself an early birthday present and gave notice after a week on the job. I never met just miserable people.
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Thanks for all the info. I always do call the person who wrote the letter, so I guess that could be an inconvenience if they have already taken the time to write. However, providing the letters is also one of the ways I have seen they "followed di…
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I work for a public library. We have no money for incentives but a suggestion box. Every suggestion is turned in by me to the Director, who then answers the suggestion on the Library's Wiki. The employees love have the ear of the Director and she…
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I had an employee that received a mark of "adequate" for initiative on an annual review. She then wrote a rebuttal stating that of her on accord she cleaned up "those little bits of paper on the floor" in the employee bathroom, so she did indeed ha…
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Paul, You are right. Maybe it will make me less quick to judge someone in the future, One touching aspect of the funeral was when his grandchildren got up and read affirmations that Senator Kennedy had written: That human beings be measured not…
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Thanks to both of you for your thoughtful answers. I was already researching to see what other multi-branch libraries in my state pay for the same work (we are behind), but I wanted additional reasons, such as sometimes our part time employees are …