Archive for November, 2008

Managing Those Pesky Females (Today)

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Managing Those Pesky Females (Yesterday)

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

The following is an excerpt from the July 1943 issue of Mass Transportation Magazine. This was written for male supervisors of women joining the work force during World War II. My best friend Christi Key sent this to me. Snopes.com says it is authentic and has posted the original magazine in a pdf format to [...]

What Can You Say About a Former Employee?

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

So you fired an employee because you smelled alcohol on his breath right before he jumped into the cab of a company delivery truck. You let your assistant go because she was late for work at least two days per week and was recalcitrant when confronted.  You found your salesman so abrasive and arrogant that [...]

FMLA Revisions

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

In one of the Bush administration’s final regulatory acts, the U.S. Department of Labor has issued 762 pages of revisions to the Family and Medical Leave Act. The changes have been two years in the making and not unexpectedly are more favorable to employers than employees. Family advocacy groups are pretty unhappy with the new [...]

Policy Manual Blunders

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Like all good employment lawyers, I encourage my clients to have an employee policy manual that outlines, among other things, the company’s expectations regarding employee performance, explaining the available benefits, setting guidelines for using the company technology and prohibiting harassment, violence and drug abuse.
I regularly draft new policy manuals for my clients or review and [...]

Employees Who Lie

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Have you ever discovered that an employee lied about something important at work? For example, what would you do if an employee called in sick on two scheduled workdays and then you found out she had really been in Las Vegas during her sick leave?
The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a city’s discharge of [...]

Good Boss?

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Sorry for the Problems

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

During the last week, my blog has been having some technical difficulties. On top of that, the hard drive on my computer crashed. So forgive me for the delays in posting anything new on the blog and for the design problems you have seen. I’m hoping that I am done with those issues for a [...]