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
I am glad I don’t work for the Civil Service in India. Women civil servants in India have expressed shock at new appraisal rules which require them to reveal details of their menstrual cycles. I think “expressed shock” is putting it mildly. And you thought navigating US employment
By now, I’m sure you’ve all heard Circuit City’s plan to layoff highly paid workers and replace them with lower paid people. They are getting a great deal of bad press for this–as they should. But their reason for getting bad press is all wrong. Layoffs are rarely
