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One of my favorite Groucho lines comes from when he was hosting the "You Bet Your Life" TV show. One of the contestants was a woman with 15 children. The conversation went like this: Groucho: "Fifteen children? Why would you have 15 children?" C…
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At a former employer we had structured salary ranges with a maximum rate. We discovered that approximately 80% of our supervisors were topped out. In order to address morale, we implemented "non-recurring merit adjustments" (we didn't want to use th…
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We only accept electronic applications and applicants can only submit an electronic application for a specific job opening. So... we don't receive unsolicited applications.
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Yes, that's our policy. However, I would suggest that you create a formal policy on use of leave that includes that component.
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Rich - We are a local government and we just offered a "voluntary separation incentive." We offered it to all employees with at least five years of service. The employee did [U]not[/U] have to be retirement eligible. Basic components were: -Three …
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Unless your state has a law specifying when holidays have to be recognized and paid, there is probably no regulation that would prohibit you from making August 31 (or any other day) a paid day off; or prevents you from giving your employees a bonus …
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I have always interpreted the regulations to say that an employee does not receive compensation for any overnight travel during non-work hours unless they are driving other employees. So, an employee driving himself would not receive compensation fo…
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I would be cautious even if you confirm that the requestor is the ex-spouse. We get similar requests from both current and ex-spouses. In some cases the spouse is also an employee. I should also note that we are a public employer, so some informatio…
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You need to check your state's laws. In my state an employee has a right to see their personnel file; and the definition of personnel file includes supervisory files. With few exceptions such as reference checks, any documents that will be used to m…
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It's difficult to respond without knowing more. What was the impact of the supervisor failing to communicate with her manager? Has the supervisor received prior discipline/warning regarding the lack of communication? On the surface, lack of communic…
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[quote=leadvisor;719884]I understand that the passenger doesn't need to be paid but how do you decide who will do the driving? It keeps coming up and employees are coming up with excuses as to why they cannot go together so that both get paid.[/quot…
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This appears to be a situation for which there is no one right answer. However, I do see Sharon's solution potentially leading to an equity issue. Suppose you have an employee who is dealing with family issues, but not the kind that result from an F…
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You bet it would be insubordination. It is the same as an employee directing profanity towards a supervisor. The case with the police officer rested on the "flipping off" being free speech (expression). Employers can control speech and expression in…
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At a previous employer, our practice was to release only raw data without identifying people; and not releasing data for work groups of less than five employees. For those small work groups, we would combine the data with either a larger work group …
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Our organization is already unionized, so we are not doing any training. I am assuming that your organization is not unionized, hence, your concern with the EFCA. You might consider a more generalized training on union avoidance that includes the po…
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This is a very timely post. I am in the process of revising our FMLA policy to require that employees on FMLA, or our state version of it, have to have approval to work another job while on leave from us. This will require the employee to be open wi…
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You may be able to charge the fee legally under your state's wage and hour laws, but something about it doesn't sit right with me. It seems like you are sending a message to the employee that if not for the extra cost involved in processing the late…
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Well, first I would have him provide medical documentation which specifically details what his dietary needs/restrictions are. Then, I think, it would be a case-by-case decision whether or not the provided meal meets those restrictions. If the provi…
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Oregon statute requires an employer to provide an employee (including a former employee) with a copy of his/her personnel records. As I recall, some records are exempt. The relevant statute is ORS 652.750. You can look it up on the State's website.
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We sponsor CPR training approximately twice each year. Our goal is to have at least two CPR-trained employees in each work unit.
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The good thing about the show is that you can miss episodes and still know exactly what happened. As many of you already stated, all of the shows so far played out exactly the same (only the name of the company changed). And, I agree that giving bon…
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I just read of a court case (although I can't locate it now) where the court ruled that if the employer has an auto-deduct system, the employer is responsible to ensure deductions are accurate. In other words, if an employee works through lunch, it'…
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The coworker to coworker bullying that I have seen involved employees who are easily angered when they feel they are being treated unfairly. The bully will get in another employee's face and make threats; sometimes veiled, sometimes more direct. The…
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Bullying is usually defined to be a supervisor or manager because that person has power over others. And, although I have seen supervisors engage in bullying, in my 25 years in HR, most of the bullying I have dealt with has been coworker to coworker…
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[LEFT][SIZE=2][SIZE=3]Just about one year ago, BOLI clarified the rule on lunch breaks for Oregon employers. Unless there are some special rules for the food service industry, here is what BOLI said as to the only reasons for exceptions to employees…
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I agree with Paul regarding Jaclyn. She seemed like a hard worker, very capable and, perhaps, deserving of a promotion based on merit. However, giving her a promotion and raise based on facing challenges in her personal life sets a bad precedent for…
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It is a good concept. However, the boss only spent one day at each location. I'm not sure how much he can learn in one day. I missed the beginning, so I don't know how they explained being followed around by a camera crew. If you saw the scenes for …
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For our nonbargaining folks (mainly supervisors), we pay the number of hours they are scheduled to work. However, for our union-represented employees, we only pay for 8 hours of holiday leave. The employee has the option during a holiday week to sw…
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Our employees receive compensation in several ways in a situation such as this. First, they receive standby pay for being available outside of regular work hours. We pay employees one hour of straight time pay for every eight hours of standby. Next,…
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Last year, we had about 6 - 8 workers' comp. claims filed because of "walking incidents." A couple involved tripping on cracked walkways or uneven ground; but most were things like "just turned my ankle while walking" or "heard my knee pop when I to…