Two people have sent me info about how Microsoft tried to make people repay an overpayment and then changed their minds. I suppose I’m supposed to be horrified that a big, mean, evil empire like Microsoft would ask for erroneously paid money back. I’m not. Let’s reverse the
From an proactive HR audit perspective what should a hire justification form look like and what is the best way to broach this subject with senior management and hiring managers that may interpret the new process as unnecessary work? Ahh, forms. Once, I was doing some sort of
I wish I had one of you were I work so you could take care of this problem for me! I am the administrative assitant at a very small law firm (3 people). My boss is an older man (in his 60’s), his partner is in her late
I am an HR Manager in a professional services firm and am currently planning for headcount reductions like so many of my colleagues today. As my functional leader and I have assessed our employee population, my leader identified a man who has a history of poor performance, but
Layoff Tracker. It reports on all anounced layoffs. The scary thing is to look at the number of posts so far this year: 181. Fascinating. On the other hand, my husband got a call from a headhunter this morning. So, there are jobs out there.
You have an exempt employee who is officially at 20 hours a week. Because she is exempt she is paid the same amount every week, regardless of how many hours she puts in. She frequently works more than 20 hours, but no time cards exist. She has a
My mother sent me this joke: Some cannibals get a job in a big corporation on the condition that they don’t eat any of the other staff. Things go very well until their boss calls them into his office one day and gives them some bad news–a janitor
I was recently laid off with 60% of my department. I got 3 months of severance pay by signing a General Release that basically said I won’t sue the company for any reason, and I can’t work there for 6 months. I’ve tried to find out why this
I have a question I am hoping you can answer as I have been searching the Internet for about three hours now and have found nothing. I did what was probably a really stupid thing to do. I was very ill and so not using my best judgment
Is it possible (i.e. legal) for an employer to define some exempt employees as 40-hour per week exempt employees, some as 35-hour per week employees, some as 32-hour employees, etc. when all were originally hired for 40-hour per week exempt positions? This particular employer routinely reduces a 40-hour
