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  • Not sure if you mean this, but if you do . . . Report-in pay applies when employees report to work at the normal starting hour but are unable to work because of some unusual condition at the place of employment. No federal law requires employers t…
  • First of all - congratulations! Second - please know that the certification requirements for a pregnant person are somewhat less strict than for other serious health conditions. Generally, treating physicians will certify the pregnant employee's nee…
  • I don't think so -- every employer covered by the FMLA is required to post a general FMLA notice and keep it posted on its premises. The DOL’s Notice to Employees of Rights Under FMLA (WH Publication 1420) satisfies this general notice requirement.…
  • It appears that you are operating in Nigeria. Therefore, the laws of Nigeria would apply to your organization. If you are a subsidiary of an American company, then you may have some obligations with regard to U.S. employment laws as well. You may al…
  • Is one of them a supervisor? Do you have a policy on fraternization between supervisors and subordinates? Have you considered what will happen WHEN the relationship goes South (presumably, it will). We had an issue like this and the scorned lover re…
  • DOL just issued proposed/new regulations on this topic . . . going forward, under the federal FMLA, days off that include a holiday would be included in FMLA time off if the leave is taken in a block of a week or more (and not counted if the holiday…
  • Thanks to all - these are very helpful comments. I appreciate it!
  • We are working on improved communications between our various departments, starting with staff meeting "mixers." In these, a member of another department sits in on another department's meeting and participates, offers news from their department and…
  • I would look at things like: • Eligibility: Your policy needs to state who is eligible for using leave bank time. Are only employees who donate leave to the bank eligible? Are only full-time employees eligible? Are part-time employees eligible on a …
  • Some states also allow leave for victims of domestic violence, to get court orders of protection, to go to court for related reasons, or to seek counseling or medical care. Check with your state law to see if you are required to give leave for any o…
  • Had a short discussion on this at http://community.blr.com/hr/forums/thread/985.aspx
    in HRIS Comment by hr410 November 2007
  • I believe that, within reason,  it is all or nothing when you give employee groups access to company space for non-work activities. I agree with kylie though, that when the object of the meeting is something as compelling as religion, the risk of im…
  • With an agency, you do get some benefit of screening and no/reduced administrative burden. However, if you have an effective screening process and the administrative burden of paperwork is outwieghed by the cost savings, then I say go for it. Be car…
  • I guess I would ask why you need this information. As far as I know, you cannot require an employee to produce a birth certificate (for I-9 purposes), and other than certification of parental status for a FMLA request, I can't think of a valid reaso…
  • There are different kinds of staph, so the answer may vary, depending on the risk/threat posed to coworkers. For example, resistant staph (MRSA) is nasty, infectious, and presents a significant threat (see the CDC site at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/d…
  • depends on your policy or the precedent you want to set. If  you don't have a policy, and leave is exhausted, and the employee is not eligible for FMLA (state or federal), then your choices are to either grant LWOP, grant paid leave (but be ready to…
  • Hi Susie - Try O*NET -- DOL site: http://online.onetcenter.org/find/ it is incredibly detailed.
  • That is an interesting idea. But, my gut is to write the description as a security trading processor, with all of the job's essential functions pertaining to the processing part of the job, and then describing the accounting function in the "other r…
  • We organize by product name (since this what they are most commonly referred to )
  • Tell me about your first job. It is amazing what people remember, how it formed their opinion of working, and where it may have led them after the job was over.
  • My current favorite came from public speaker, Dan Pink. He said that the best interview question he ever heard was "Are you lucky?" See article on why this is such a great question at http://hr.blr.com/news.aspx?id=76122
  • SPDs, summaries of material changes to the plan, summary annual reports, and changes to information included in the SPD of group health plans may be distributed electronically.  Electronic distribution may be used only to provide documents to employ…
  • Thanks to all for the good references - I appreciate it!
  • Check out an earlier string in this forum for some advice: http://community.blr.com/hr/forums/thread/985.aspx
  • There are social networking forums like this for practically any skill, edicuation or job type you can imagine. The problem is that if you contact a person directly after seeing his or her page, it may surprise them or be unwelcome. I think that peo…
  • Hi Sybil:  I think the one day rule is harsh, and may result in knee-jerk terminations when there is a perfectly viable explanation for the absence. I guess it depends on your corporate philosophy. Keeping a pretty tight reign on absences is smart t…
  • Beware -- although the federal age discrimination law (ADEA) only prohibits discrimination against those people over 40, many state age discrimination laws prohibit discrimination "because of age" -- these state laws have been used in cases where yo…
  • Hi Blakefan -- good news on your favorite singer last night (although I am a Melinda Doolitle fan myself, SOB). . .  take a look at an dearlier discussion on this site for info on mentoring programs at: http://community.blr.com/hr/forums/thread/299.…
  • The few that come to mind are WARN and the federal reporting obligations under the EEO-1 Form. Take a look at http://www.business.gov/topic/Human_Resources for more information on federal laws and employee threshold numbers.
  • whether you call it a clique or bullies, I think that this is a fairly common problem. You can't force employees to include others outside the workplace, but you certainly can address behavior that occurs in the workplace or affects the workplace. I…