Compensation & Benefits

North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act

01/01/2007

North Carolina’s workers’ compensation system protects employees who are injured on the job by replacing lost wages while they recover. The state Industrial Commission (www.comp.state.nc.us/) administers the law …

Accept FMLA proof from foreign doctors

01/01/2007

Q. Many of my employees request FMLA leave to return to their native countries to care for sick relatives, or they request personal medical leave due to a “sudden illness” that occurs while visiting those countries. In some cases, these countries don’t have regulated physicians. Documents can be easily obtained from any street vendor. Are U.S. employers required to accept these documents? —L.W.

8-Week sabbaticals help workers return fresh, stick around longer

01/01/2007

SC Johnson paid one of its employees 25 percent of her salary to spend eight weeks in Mexico learning the culture and language. She’s among about 70 employees who have participated in the company’s five-year-old sabbatical program, which allows anyone who has worked at the company for at least five years to take off eight weeks …

Scheduling workplace holidays for 2007

01/01/2007

The 2006 holiday season has just ended, but you need to start planning for next year’s holiday work schedule if you haven’t already …

Do holidays count toward FMLA leave?

01/01/2007

Q. Are holidays that fall within the scheduled FMLA leave counted as leave? —L.F., Washington

Sample Policy: Meal Breaks

01/01/2007

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Sample Policy: Absenteeism/tardiness

01/01/2007

Sample Policy: Holidays

01/01/2007

Sample Policy: Vacations

01/01/2007

The following sample policies were excerpted from The Book of Company Policies, published by HR Specialist, © 2007. Edit for your organization’s purposes. _____________________ Sample Policy 1: This first policy stresses the importance of taking vacation time by forbidding carryovers except when special workloads make it impossible for employees to take the vacation due them: […]

Sample Policy: Bad-Weather Time Off

01/01/2007

Compensation & Benefits

North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act

Accept FMLA proof from foreign doctors

8-Week sabbaticals help workers return fresh, stick around longer

Scheduling workplace holidays for 2007

Do holidays count toward FMLA leave?

Sample Policy: Meal Breaks

Sample Policy: Absenteeism/tardiness

Sample Policy: Holidays

Sample Policy: Vacations

Sample Policy: Bad-Weather Time Off

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