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Extending Paid Leave Without Setting an Unsustainable Precedent
QUESTION: We are a large company with multiple locations and over 50 employees total. We comply with the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and have had a staff member who has recently experienced a significant loss. Her husband passed away suddenly last week – he was only 40. She was off last year on FMLA for the birth of their first child and ...
Read More → Dealing with a PTO Spender (Abuser)
QUESTION: I have a long-time staff member who is really good at her job…when she’s here. It doesn’t matter how much paid time off (PTO) she’s granted each year; she burns through it by the 3rd quarter of the year and then has no cushion left for unplanned absences (which she ends up taking without pay). We’ve had several talks with ...
Read More → Paying Employees for Unexpected Office Closures
QUESTION: I had to shut down my company for a total of five (5) days due to extreme weather. No one came into work during that time. Since I was unable to generate any revenue during those days, I did not pay anyone for the time I closed. I have had a lot of complaints about not paying them; telling ...
Read More → One Snarky Comment Too Many
QUESTION: I messed up. Last month in a moment of anger, I fired an assistant. She had been getting on my nerves. She had a snarky attitude and had made one sarcastic comment too many. I have had several discussions with her about the comments that I felt undermined me, but she did not change her ways. During a morning ...
Read More → Top 10 HR Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
QUESTION: I’m a new to human resources (HR) and I am trying to learn all I can. Can you share some common mistakes that HR professionals make and how to avoid them? ANSWER: At HRM Services, we’ve worked with organizations on their HR needs for well over a decade. Throughout the course of these relationships, we’ve come to notice ...
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