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This federal law allows an employee to have protected time off when dealing with their own serious illness or a family members?
What is FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act)
This is where specific rules are laid out for staff and management to follow.
What are Personnel Policies
An employee is struggling with their work and coaching doesn't seem to help but you know they are having personal issues. Refer them to this.
What is the EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
When determining who is qualified for an interview, use this to rank your applicants.
What is the 100-point scoring chart. This will include the veteran's preference rating system.
An employee has been absent from work for 3 days, this is grounds for what?
What is termination
This state law allows an employee to designate protected time off for child, self and family care.
What is ESST (Earned Sick and Safe Time)
This is where additional guidelines, specific to HHS, can be found.
What is the HHS AFSCME Union Contract
You suspect that an employee is under the influence. Where do you look for next steps?
What is Reasonable Suspicion policy or Drug and Alcohol policy.
When interviewing candidates, you are not allowed to ask personal information such as their retirement plan, family planning or religion because this is what?
What is discrimination
An employee is having a hard time grasping their responsibilities, this document can help you track their progress.
What is a PIP (Performance Improvement Plan)
This is the state governing program that ensures that we keep our employees safe.
What is MNOSHA (Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration). Minnesota's own state plan program approved by Federal OSHA.
This individual has the final say if an employee can have unpaid time off.
Who is the County Administrator.
An employee slips and injures themselves. You have them report the incident to this.
What is MCIT's Workplace Injury Hotline
When negotiating wage with a potential new hire you can offer up to this level without Board approval.
What is the mid-range or step 6
Your new staff person is not working out and can be terminated without cause during this time frame.
What is the probationary period
This is who determines work comp benefits and who manages our risk and insurance.
Who is MCIT (Minnesota Counties Insurance Trust)
An Employee has been out on FMLA and is ready to return to work, they need to have this document submitted first.
What is a workability report
An employee gets into a fender bender while driving a county vehicle, contact this person for insurance purposes.
Who is the CFO/Risk Manager.
When you ask an individual to provide private or confidential data about themselves, you must give that individual this notice.
What is a Tennessen Warning
You overhear an employee stereotyping clients, what type of training do you offer?
What is diversity, equality, and inclusion
This is where severance accruals (if over 40 hours) are deposited for terminated staff to use for eligible medical expenses.
What is an HCSP (Health Care Savings Plan)
This is when an employee leaves work early, fails to show up for work or refuses to complete a task.
What is insubordination
An employee has multiple disciplines and shows no sign of improvement, you feel termination is your only option. Who has the final say?
Who is the County Administrator
An employee files a grievance with the union and are unfamiliar with the process, where do you go to learn more.
What are the Personnel Policies, Union Contract, or Department Head
This is the number of breaks a nursing mother can take under the pregnancy and parental rights.
What is unlimited