Sick Leave Creates a DilemmaSick Leave Creates a DilemmaThat type of situation is what FMLA was created for. The business can have legal issues if they are creating a new policy that applies for "popular" people and then a different policy for "unpopular" people.RE: Sick Leave Creates a DilemmaNow the...
Germs, and Germaphobes, in the OfficeIrrational?O agree that a corner of the office is the better solution. However, her fear of getting a cold shouldn't be labeled irrational. The fact is, you get a cold by being exposed to the cold virus. So if employees come to work with colds,...
A popular program for cutting air pollution from vehicles doesn't work To its residents who still have a sense of smell, Mexico City is redolent with the perfumes of exhaust and ozone. The metropolis's air pollution levels routinely rocket past the World Health Organization's maximum limits, leaving...
WHAT would you do if you had the chance to undo the biggest regret of your life? That's the question facing Noel Smyth, 66, from Limerick. Forty years ago Noel was in a smash hit band on the verge of making it big. ...
FORMER boyband star Andy Scott Lee last night blamed Strictly Come Dancing's Matt Di Angelo for wrecking his marriage. Devastated Andy, 28, told how he dumped Liberty X singer Michelle Heaton after finding she had spent two nights in a hotel with the hunk. ...
FORMER boyband star Andy Scott Lee last night blamed Strictly Come Dancing's Matt Di Angelo for wrecking his marriage. Devastated Andy, 28, told how he dumped Liberty X singer Michelle Heaton after finding she had spent two nights in a hotel with the hunk. ...
When 28 Topeka firefighters used sick leave on June 20, it caused a splash that continued to ripple a week later during the media roundtable discussion Friday on "Jim Cates @ CJOnline." Jim Cates: The gist of this story with firefighters calling in sick is how...
Recent developments in the rift between Topeka firefighters and Fire Chief Howard Giles prompted a particularly passionate, thoughtful and considerate debate on CJOnline. Following are comments by online readers to a Daily Dose story Thursday itemizing overtime pay the city of Topeka provided to firefighters who filled...
Recent developments in the rift between Topeka firefighters and Fire Chief Howard Giles prompted a particularly passionate, thoughtful and considerate debate on CJOnline. Following are comments by online readers to a Daily Dose story Thursday itemizing overtime pay the city of Topeka provided to firefighters who filled...
When 28 Topeka firefighters used sick leave on June 20, it caused a splash that continued to ripple a week later during the media roundtable discussion Friday on "Jim Cates @ CJOnline." Jim Cates: The gist of this story with firefighters calling in sick is how...
Sick firefighters This is for all the whining and crying firefighters in Topeka. If you like your job, do it. If not, there are openings in Iraq and few other places that would love to have you. I would bet that the same people...
OTHER FACTS n The department on Friday saw 10 firefighters take vacation, personal leave or "Kelly days," which they receive off to ensure they don't work overtime hours in excess of thresholds established by the Fair Labor Standards Act. Twenty-eight firefighters took sick leave, with that figure...
By Tim Hrenchir THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL If there is a common reason 28 Topeka firefighters called in sick Friday, neither the firefighters' union nor fire department management is revealing it. Kent Dederick, president of Topeka Local No. 83 of the International Association...
By Tim Hrenchir THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL If there is a common reason 28 Topeka firefighters called in sick Friday, neither the firefighters' union nor fire department management is revealing it. Kent Dederick, president of Topeka Local No. 83 of the International Association...
A PRIMARY school boy has knocked out his headteacher with a metal basket-ball hoop. The child hurled it in fury, striking head Ann Tremelling in the face. PT A chairman Donna Bowers said: "It hit her on the forehead and knocked her...
A senior judge made a passionate plea for the Government to clamp down on disturbing internet images as he jailed four teenagers for a "sickening" attack which they filmed. The youths leered and smiled into a mobile phone before they savagely beat a homeless man, leaving him...
State officials are working to clarify the Flexible Leave Act for businesses before it takes effect this fall, but many remain concerned about uncertainty in the law signed last month by Gov. Martin O'Malley. The law requires employers with more than 15 workers to make any accrued...
By Dr. Marty Becker and Gina Spadafori Universal Press Syndicate Poop happens. So do urine and vomit. While most pet messes come from young pets or old ones, even pets in the prime of their lives can get sick sometimes, leaving you...
The issue of employee leave has challenged businesses in all sectors for years. Whether it is interpreting the parameters of the Family Medical Leave Act or determining an appropriate policy for short-term employee illnesses, finding a fair and responsible absence policy that won't be abused is a tightrope that management...
The Capital-Journal Topeka Fire Chief Howard Giles on Thursday evening e-mailed members of his department expressing concern a story in Sunday's The Capital-Journal could do further damage to his already-contentious relationship with rank-and-file firefighters. The news organization reported online and in its Sunday print...
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