Recent content by goodbirdie

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA I had a fire in my condominium which started in my clothes dryer within my unit. There was nothing blatantly faulty with the dryer, the fire department's report labeled the fire unintentional, and my own condo owner's insurance's fire...

What is the name of your state? CA I received a nice bonus check recently due to the outstandingly good year my company had last year. That's the good news. :D From my normal paychecks, I have a certain percentage deducted every pay period for my 401K account. Unfortunately, that same...

Yes, I'm sure she could try to bring in things from home to use, to help. There is a VERY antagonistic climate between employees and mgmt. A lot of things seem to be done by mgmt just because they can, and because it will hurt/infuriate the employees. Thank you Beth3.

What is the name of your state? --- A pregnant employee is not being permitted by mgmt to lay down during her lunch hour. It is not medically mandated that she do this, but for any who have been pregnant, you'll know that it's a welcome respite for the back and the feet/legs to get the feet up...

Just wondering . . . Did this other person perhaps get hired in at a much lower rate than you? And is now being given "larger raises" than you to bring her pay up to par with others in her classification/title? I worked at a company previously that believed in "equal pay for equal work" and...

The unemployment office may not have "flagged" your reason for tendering resignation, because at this time they are not dealing with your case as a resignation case. They are dealing with it as a termination-for-cause case. My question is, at what point did you start becoming absent without...

If you want another vote, I also would not have a problem foregoing wearing perfume on the day I was planning on visiting this company. I wouldn't consider this an "excessive demand" and in fact I think it might actually make me think more highly about this company . . . a company that would...

I'm not an HR expert (just wanted to make that clear) by any stretch of the imagination, but as a long-time office worker (in both administrative and accounting areas), I'd like to share my thoughts. One thing is that you are calling this gentleman a "supervisor" yet in your copy-and-paste...

Thank you so much, cbg, for your time and thoughtful impressions of what I've written. I'll bet you're right . . . as far as the "going either way" thing . . . because this was a HUGE company, quite savvy about HR things and I know I was internally audited regarding my position title (and I...

Doing a search on the web, here's what I found regarding the "test" of exempt vs nonexempt, specifically for the State of CA. "3. Administrative Exemption "Customarily and regularly exercises discretion and independent judgment in the performance of intellectual work which, in the context of...

Thanks, cbg. I'll take a look at the "FLSA act." I was laid off from that company 3-1/2 years ago, after having worked there for 27 years. I never worked a huge amount of overtime, but a few times we literally burned the midnight oil preparing briefing charts for the engineers who were going...

Sorry, should have added: Hired into this company as a secretary and worked for many years as a secretary - this was considered a "way out of secretarial" and a way to use my head a little more, as reading contracts and making determinations as to what was contractually required were...

What is the name of your state? CA What are the differences between Exempt and Non-Exempt positions? Is this spelled out clearly and in detail anywhere? What about this kind of job: Title was Engineering Support Analyst, no technical degree required. The "analysis" was not of an...

Hi Sinsaint, Oh, I'm doing a little work. How 'bout you?

cbg, Thank you VERY MUCH for your advice and opinion! Have a wonderful day! Regards, "goodbirdie"