Diagnosis: Buckle Fracture. 1.5 weeks before leaving for Disney World. Poor Offspring. It happened while she was (theoretically) watching television. I was cleaning the bathroom. Lesson from this? I should not do housework.
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I drive past a school on my way to work. The school zone lights flash and the speed limit is 15. This is good. I prefer not to have any small children run over. However, during spring break, the school was not open. Still, the lights flashed and
Dear Evil HR Lady, We have a problem with staff taking their sick time as soon as they earn it. This leaves us with reduced staff coverage in several departments and problems. What suggestions do you have to reward a team or staff for not taking their sick
Carnival of the Insanities is up over at Dr. Sanity’s blog. Go read it and see that there are insane things outside of HR as well.
Washington Post Headline today:IRS Commissioner Named to Lead Red Cross I know nothing about Mark W. Everson, but since the Red Cross is supposed to help people and the IRS is, well, not supposed to help people, it definitely is a career change for him. Of course, both
I got a call. An employee was to be laid off and given a severance package. She was within a few months of reaching retirement, so instead of giving her severance pay the plan was to “bridge” her until she reached retirement. This means we continue to pay
Thirty-two people were killed, along with a gunman, and at least 15 injured in two shooting attacks at Virginia Polytechnic Institute on Monday during three hours of horror and chaos on this sprawling campus. I know it’s technically the responsibility of Security, but HR is expected to deal
Note: I wrote a brilliant answer to this yesterday and then accidentally deleted it. So, if this answer isn’t quite up to brilliant, know that it should have been. Dear Evil HR Lady, Love the name, but that’s not the reason i’m writing. The writing is on the
Dear Evil HR Lady, I just read a snippet in one of our trade publications about a company where “total 2006 revenues slipped 7.7% to $73 million and severance expenses from 43 people hit the “cost” line” and I got to wondering about why companies pay severance. Do
Your Job Satisfaction Level: 73% Your job is pretty good, even if it always doesn’t seem like it.You have a lot less stress than most people, and your work environment is definitely above average.So if you love what you’re doing, keep doing it. It doesn’t get a lot