Out of Office, Out of Control
An employee calls in sick almost every Friday and Monday. While not official, we sometimes refer to this as:
What is the Friday Monday Leave Act - "FMLA"
Asking "Do you have any medical conditions?" violates this law.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
This is the first thing HR does when a complaint comes in.
What is document it?
This policy explains the consequences for showing up late repeatedly.
What is the attendance policy?
This happens when an employee quits dramatically mid-shift.
What is job abandonment?
When out of the office for an extended period, you should use this feature in Outlook.
What is auto-reply?
"Do you go to church" could be considered discrimination based on this.
What is religion?
This must remain as private as possible during investigations.
What is confidentiality?
This is when an employee forgets to clock in or out.
What is a missed punch?
This term describes unwanted, sometimes illegal, workplace behavior.
What is harassment?
If an employee is absent and experiencing a life threatening or catastrophic condition causing them to run out of accrued paid time off, they can apply for this type of leave.
What is Care Leave.
"You seem young, how old are you?" violates this protected category.
What is age?
This large document employees sign but rarely read.
What is the employee handbook?
This is what poor documentation turns into.
What is your word against theirs?
This is firing someone for an illegal reason (big mistake)
What is wrongful termination?
This type of leave resets every November 1st.
What is Floating Holidays.
This federal agency enforces workplace discrimination laws.
What is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)?
This is what many employees assume HR does all day.
What is eat bon bons or, nothing?
"I didn't document it, but it's been happening for months" leads to this.
What is a problem?
This happens when an employee is punished for reporting misconduct.
What is retaliation?
How many weeks can an employee take off in a 12-month period when using Paid Parental Leave?
What is 6 weeks?
Asking about someone's accent could relate to this protected class.
What is national origin?
This is what HR truly does all day.
What is prevent lawsuits or, resist pulling our hair out?
This policy tells you what happens if you ignore the other policies.
What is the disciplinary policy?
If it's not written down, HR assumes this.
What is it didn't happen?