Sat.Nov 04, 2017

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Ask The Readers: What Is a Fair Vacation Policy for a Part-Time Employee?

Evil HR Lady

At the request of a reader, I’m asking you all to throw your two cents in. Situation: Jane works as a salaried exempt full-time employee (5 days a week, 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week)for a small company for 10 years. On her 10th year anniversary, she is awarded an additional 5 days of vacation, so now has 15 days of vacation. After reaching this milestone, Jane has an adorable baby and wishes to spend more time with her offspring.

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What Being a 6th Grade Babysitting Tycoon Taught me about Employee Engagement

A Slice of HR

When I was in 6th grade, I started my own babysitting club. I built a thriving business based on A healthy stream of leads from my Mom, who happened to be the local preschool teacher, andFlyers designed with “Print Shop” software and passed out to neighbors, door-to-door salesman style. I ended up converting enough customers to need extra help, so I hired 3 of my friends.

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How Can Volunteering Build Employee Engagement?

Porpoise

This post was originally published on Volunteering is CSR. The first time I ever volunteered, I didn’t really “volunteer,” in the strictest sense. It took some nudging. I’d been working as a reporter at a small newspaper, and wrote a nice feature story about a woman and young girl brought together by Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS). After the story had been published, the local program director gave me a call and thanked me for all the kind things the article said about BBBS.