HR is all about policies and procedures. You can't grant an FMLA absence until someone turns in the documentation, even if you've talked to them personally or seen they were in an accident.
Most organizations just send you to HR to walk you through it because if you don't know all the rules and the process, you'll almost certainly make a mistake.
True. Most HR departments tell all managers to basically shut up and don't give any instructions other than tell the employee to go see HR. The last thing HR wants is for a manager to give incomplete/inaccurate information and the company ends up getting sued in the process.
Amazon gives paid leave to Alabama woman who was injured in NOLA on New Years Eve
An Alabama Amazon employee will receive paid time off after initial reporting to the contrary.www.alreporter.com
She requested the wrong type of leave by mistake.
After being run over by a truck and shot in the foot. She didn't know she was shot until she got to the hospital, either, so I suppose requesting the incorrect leave sort of jives.
They probably realized she requested the wrong leave after all of the negative publicity.
Having spent most of my career working in large corporations, I can tell you this is spot on. Even if it was spelled out in the policy manual, I would always send them to HR.
It's okay, we feel the same about McConnell and a few others.
www.nbcnews.com
Any bets on it eventually leaking out?
Judge blocks release of special counsel report on Trump's criminal cases
The injunction lasts until three days after the 11th Circuit rules on a pending request to block the release of the report over a separate matter involving Trump's co-defendants.
Smart because "people are gonna smoke anyway" and Safe because "then a select group of businessmen can get a monopoly on the legal pot market.
Snoop Dog and Martha Stewart gonna get richer.
