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  • A New York Daily News reporter walked around Brooklyn in a snuggy to see what would happen.  Someone told her you have to wear heels with a snuggy, not flats! Some waitresses wear them on breaks.   see http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2…
  • IT HR-thanks for the info on the rollers and ink.  I wasn't aware of this, but I will pass info along. Yes, in the office section, we each have a box to recycle paper.  However, I'm not here when the cleaners come, but I hear through the grapevine t…
  • Are we discriminating against smokers who take their 15-minute assigned morning and afternoon breaks and also choose to take additional breaks to go outside to smoke? Wouldn't we be discriminating against nonsmokers if we paid smokers for the extra …
  • There might be some helpful information for you here http://www.equipforequality.org/resourcecenter/ada_serviceanimals.pdf  
  • It was on a blog, so I don't know which state the blogger was in.  Even if you can have such a policy, I don' think such a restrictive policy would help with morale--or recruiting. I worked on a production line for 4 summers in college and as long …
  • The AARP just came out with a new (and free) assessment tool for older workers at www.aarpworkforceassessment.org  Hope this is helpful
  • Do you get BLR's Strange but True e-newsletter?  It's free and has lots of stories like this.  I don't think the editors take the stories off of blogs though. They usually have a link to a newspaper or magazine article, press release, or website.  T…
  • Here's the list.  10. Gwyneth Paltrow 9. Hillary Swank 8. Helen Mirren 7. Nicole Kidman 6. Charlize Theron 5. Susan Sarandon 4. Helen Hunt 3. Reese Witherspoon 2. Jodie Foster 1. Julia Roberts The following are the top ten former male Academy Award…
  • Yes, I know that.   I was asking about perhaps 1 1/2 or 2 hours where employees could carpool to a coworker's relatives' funeral during work hours.  We have had some contention between hourly and exempt employees on things like this and was wonderin…
  • Do any of your policies cover letting co-workers take time off to attend funeral of immediate relative of co-worker (spouse, child)?  We have had this come up when there is no wake that co-workers can attend at night.
  • I just saw this on the Internet.  Seems applicable: Workplace stress is the most frequently cited reason U.S. employees consider leaving their jobs. While employers acknowledge that stress is affecting business performance, few are taking steps to a…
  • Cambodian. One of the managers speaks the language, but it is uncomfortable using her to translate because she can be a gossip. I would like to suggest onsite ESL classes to management. But I'm new and the HR Director isn't too hot on that idea.
  • I like the idea about having two pots--I can mark them "regular" and "strong."  This should cut increased use of bags--and resulting complaints about coffee being too strong or too weak--in half--well, if everyone can resist multibagging the "regula…
  • The Human Rights Campaign (www.hrc.org) has a Web page devoted to "the restroom issue" and while it suggests that employers grant restroom access according to an employee's full-time gender "presentation," it acknowledges that this a very sensitive …
  • Hi everyone- There is an article on what the different generations can learn from one another in today's boston.com at boston\\http://www.boston.com/jobs/news/articles/2007/12/02/younger_older_workers_have_much_to_learn_from_each_other/