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  • In light of the H1N1 virus and the upcoming winter season, your company, no matter what it's size, should have a telework policy in place. Your email shows a reason to get going on this at once. Under a telework policy, employees and their managers …
  • Perhaps you should look at this situation more objectively; there is a lot of conjecture in your statement based on hear say. You don't mention the employee's performance.  How have his reviews been? Is he meeting all goals? Or is his performance su…
  • Even though you have a masters in marketing, if you don't have a background in general HR I would recommend that you take HR certificate courses at the local community college or online.  This will at least give you the broad view of best practices …
  • What about your exempt employees?
  • Hope you wear gloves when you are doing your good deeds.  We have had other types of discharge on our stall walls (looks accidental), but the cleaning company either refuses to touch it, ignores it, or just doesn't see it.  I have brought the subje…
  • The notes with a handwritten signature, rather than an e-mail, are the way to go. Can be displayed, taken home to show off, kept, etc. and are much more personal and meaningful. If you don't have a company newsletter, you can post the recognized emp…
  • Since you are new, where are you getting the information from that the long-time workers have been "slow for years" and nonproductive?  Someone who wants one of their jobs?  Dr did you have access to their performance reviews and they have been medi…
  • Have you considered that the older workers may be "spinning their wheels" because they were inadequately trained on both new hardware and software, somethings that the tech-savvy younger workers consider second nature?  Employers cannot assume that …
  • I don't have an answer to your question, but just want to warn you about letting employees eat while working during lunchbreaks to up their piecework and/or have OT.  I worked for a company that got into trouble with the state DOL over this.
  • Unless your workforce is ethnically and racially diverse, recruiting from within, hiring former workers, or even having incentives for current employees to refer applicants can result in a continuing lack of diversity.
  • I think there are studies indicating that schools who have reverted to uniforms and a stricter dress code for students (and teachers) show that students have a more serious, focused attitude and are more productive.
  • I was told by a business professor only to give gifts to people who are below you in company hierarchy.  I give small token gifts to my direct reports and others who do me favors (i.e. mailroom clerk), not to my bosses.  I do, however, bake some sp…
  • We had a donated leave program about 10 years ago, when we had far fewer employees.  While the intent is noble, and it helped one employee who was hospitalized a long time with a difficult pregnancy and one who had cancer and eventually died, it was…
  • Pam: I'm not sure that crossdressers think of themselves as transsexuals; there is a distinction.
  • It is my understanding that crossdressers have their sexual orientation and gender identity as males and do not identify as females, so they probably would want to use the men's restroom.  If you have more than two restrooms, I would suggest that h…
  • I just read an article that letting employees shop online actually increases productivity because they aren't taking long lunches or skipping out early to hit the stores.
  • As a Boomer, I see this as a question of instant gratification.  Because of the change in education delivery, technology, and even media aimed at children(high-production shows with "bursts" of information rather than Boomer's low-tech, low-key Ding…
    in Carrots? Comment by babaHR November 2007
  • Here is some more useful info on MRSA http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20071028/NEWS09/710280303
    in MRSA Comment by babaHR November 2007
  • There is an excellent Web page on MRSA on the South Carolina state website at http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/acute/mrsa.htm
  • Some corporations, such as Johnson Wax, have so-called "affinity" groups for employees with shared interests who want to network with others.  You might to write up a policy covering such groups, noting when, how often, and where they can meet, and …
  • You don't really say how you became aware of this situation, but if it was from his supervisor, as a first step, you can have the supervisor mention to him any free financial counseling services available through your EAP.
  • Meet with local college internship directors and get their suggestions. You will also want to develop evaluation forms for both the interns and their managers to gauge how the program is working. And be sure to these internships are paid; makes life…
  • I don't think so. I just heard that there were protestors at Columbus Day parades across the country because of the way the European settlers treated Native Americans in colonial times.  They probably wouldn't want Thanksgiving celebrated in their w…
  • Hope this helps: Make sure development opportunities are aligned with business priorities, business goals, and core values. Provide frequent and nonthreatening opportunities for conversations about colleagues’ goals, progress, and needs as individua…
  • A good reference I found is the book, 99 Ways to Keep Employees Happy, Satisifed, Motivated and Productive. It has some good ideas that are simple and inexpensive.  You can order through the BLR website; I know because I got a copy for a colleague a…
  • I think the wearing of Crocs goes with the wearing of shorts and other casual summer fare.  It depends on what type of industry and office setting you are in.  If you are in a more formal environment, employees can wear Crocs to and from work and ch…
  • Two questions:  Did this employee recently convert to a religion that holds Saturday as the Sabbath or day of rest?  If not, why was he able to work Saturdays in the past? Do you have another worker who is crosstrained in this employee's job who can…
  • Yes, Rep. Rosa DeLauro is introducing the bill in the House and Sen Hillary Clinton is introducing the legislation in the senate. Rep. DeLauro has said "When the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 against Ms. Ledbetter this Spring, it decided that a victim …
  • Monster has a new Diversity Candidate Status feature where applicants can signify with a check of a box if they want to be regarded as a diverse candidate.  Go to http://diversity.monster.com.  Hope they have some tech/engineering applicants for you.
  • Please listen to what happened to me when I first started out.  I received an offer letter from a well-known company and gave my two-weeks notice. In the interim, the new company informed me that the position I had been offered was given instead to …