This Week's HR Poll

	HR Poll Archive • Has your organization had a difficult time retaining high-performing employees this recession? • Should the gov't offer the same benefits to same-sex partners of employees as it does to spouses? • How much paid maternity leave does your organization offer? • Does your organization use E-Verify to verify employment eligibility of newly-hired employees? • How many jobs at your organization would you describe as difficult to fill? • Will a federal paid-sick-leave requirement become law this year? • How much pay would you give up in order to telecommute? • Does your organization have policies for compensation and absences in the event of a pandemic? • Has your organization reduced or suspended its 401(k) match in response to the recession? • What percentage of your employees is paid by direct deposit? • Do you negotiate severance packages with each employee? • What is the HR-to-staff ratio at your organization? • Have the number of employees who smoke at your organization decreased in the past 5 years? • Have the new FMLA regs made it easier to handle leave of absence requests/issues? • Do you support a 90% tax on bonuses to highly paid employees at bailout recipients? • Which federal employment-related law gives you the biggest headache? • How have most employees at your organization reacted to drops in their 401(k) balances? • How would you rate your ability to negotiate salary with job candidates? • Do you anticipate that your organization will need to conduct layoffs this year? • Will more laid-off workers elect COBRA coverage because of the new COBRA subsidy? • What do you think of Obama’s limits on executive pay for firms receiving bailout money? • Does your organization see a spike in absences the day after the Super Bowl? • Did you allow employees to watch the Presidential Inauguration? • Have you communicated the recent changes to FMLA to your employees? • Will Obama’s economic stimulus proposals be successful in creating new jobs? • Will your organization be ready on January 16 to comply with the new FMLA regulations? • What 2008 event or news will have the greatest impact on HR in 2009? • How much are your organization's health plan costs set to increase in 2009? • What impact has the economy had on your holiday party plans? • Will the new FMLA regulations make it easier for your organization to handle FMLA leave? • Have economic conditions changed your plans for end-of-the-year bonuses? • How often do you provide supervisors with training on the topic of harassment? • Does your organization allow employees paid time off to vote? • Which presidential candidate's policies would have a bigger positive effect on your organization? • Which presidential candidate has a better healthcare plan? • Are employees expressing their political views more during this election than in 2004? • What will be the impact of the changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act on employers? • Do you offer financial planning education to your employees? • Who currently has the upper hand when it comes to salary negotiations? • Should the federal government require employers to offer paid sick leave? • How often does your organization update employees on financial results? • What/who gives you the most headaches in your HR job? • How do you feel about your pay? • What, if anything, are you doing to help employees deal with high gas prices? • What’s the best part about your job? • Do you use automatic enrollment for your 401(k) plan? • How effective is your organization’s wellness program? • Do you anticipate that your organization will need to conduct layoffs this year? • How much vacation time will you be using this summer? • What's the most frequent summer fashion faux pas at your workplace? • Will your organization have to pay higher wages as a result of the new federal minimum wage? • How would you rate your organization’s summer picnic? • Does your company use Facebook and/or MySpace for recruiting purposes? • Who is responsible for your disaster recovery plan? • Has an employee left your company because of rising gas prices in the past 12 months? • Does your company measure the effectiveness of flexible work arrangements? • Does your company use the government's E-Verify employment authorization program? • How much of your time do 'problem employees' take up? • Will the economic downturn impact your hiring of college graduates this year? • Do you require employees to get approval prior to working overtime? • Do you believe HR professionals are in high demand? • Have you ever relocated to another state in hopes of landing a good-paying job? • What is the "hot topic" in your workplace? • If elected president, which candidate do you think would be the most employer-friendly? • Do you think the proposed FMLA changes are significant? • How does your voluntary turnover rate compare to your industry average? • What’s the most confusing aspect of dealing with FMLA? • Are you a member of a professional association, and if so, has it helped your career? • At your company, are the highest-paid employees also the happiest? • Does your company plan to grow in size in 2008? • If FMLA provided leave for employees with a relative on active duty, how would it impact you? • Is Monday, December 24 a paid holiday at your company? • Does your company have a written severance pay policy? • Will your average 2008 raise exceed the projected 2.3% cost of living increase? • What percentage of employees participates in your retirement savings plan? • How will the revised Form I-9 impact your job? • Have rising travel costs curtailed your business travel? • Are top executives at your company overpaid? •  Do you educate your employees on basic healthcare terms (co-pay, deductible, etc.)? • Do you provide 401(k) investment advice to your employees? • Was your first job after graduation a great place to launch a career? • Would putting a stop to tracking vacation used by employees be a good idea at your company? •  On a scale of 1 to 5, how big a challenge is retention at your company? • Will the average income grow faster than inflation in the next 5 years? • Will you receive a raise higher than 4 percent in 2008? • Does your company include sick time in its paid time off program? • Which of FLSA's overtime exemptions is the most confusing? • Are you surprised that HR manager is the 36th highest paying occupation? • What do you think of Senator Dodd's paid FMLA proposal? • Will the federal government publish new FMLA regulations within the next 2 years? • If you had the choice, would you take compensatory time off or overtime pay? • When is absenteeism highest at your company? • What percentage of your workforce will see more pay as a result of the new minimum wage? • Will you resurvey your workforce before submitting your company’s 2007 EEO-1 Report? • What's your favorite part about going to conferences for work? • Do you think your pay is fair when compared with the CEO's? • Have you ever suspected that an employer paid you less because of your gender? • What would be the most effective way to improve retention at your company? • Is your CEO's compensation in line with company performance? • Would a paid sick leave requirement have a significant financial impact on your company? • How stressful is your job as an HR professional? • Have you ever participated in a betting pool in the workplace? • If the Employee Free Choice Act were to become law, would it have a big effect on your company? • What type of paid leave tracking system is better for employers? • What is your top concern about Senator Dodd’s proposal to grant workers 6 weeks of paid FMLA leave? • Dating among co-workers at our company... • Do you conduct employee satisfaction surveys? • Do you think that the use of genetic information in employment decisions should be prohibited? • Did your company observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a paid holiday? • How supportive are you of employees’ pregnancies or caregiving responsibilities? • Have you implemented a wellness program at your company? If so, when? • What was the most significant issue or news story for HR/employers in 2006? • Do smokers at your company take excessive smoking breaks? • In 2007, the amount of business travel for our company will likely... • How would you rate your company's holiday party? • Do you periodically review the duties of exempt employees to ensure they are properly classified? • Will you be hiring seasonal workers for the holidays? • What does a Democrat-controlled Congress mean for employers? • What steps has your company taken to prevent workplace violence? • Providing reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities… • Have your supervisors been trained to recognize the symptoms of substance abuse? • How many co-workers do you usually give gifts to during the holidays? • In your interviewing experience, how much do job candidates usually know about your company? • Will you be helping employees get flu shots this fall? • Have you ever hired someone with a criminal record? • Since I became an HR professional, my job… • How would you describe the level of electronic surveillance at your company? • The Pension Protection Act, recently signed by President Bush, is... • How often do you hire interns into full time positions? • What percentage of your workforce has been on active military duty in the past 12 months? • We provide employees who need to express milk and/or breastfeed with… • Do you provide employee training material in a language other than English? • How frequently do co-workers hug at your office? • Do you believe women are generally better at HR than men? • Do you offer domestic partner benefits? • Smoking at my workplace... • Do you believe minimum wage hikes jeopardize jobs? • Gossip at my workplace... • How much “Leadership Development” training is your company planning in the next 12 months? • Do you use all of your vacation days? • Do you conduct ethics training? • Do you offer flexible work arrangements? • Have you taken steps to provide healthier food options for employees? • How was your company affected by the May 1 immigration rallies? • Do you have an employee referral program? • What steps have you taken regarding a possible outbreak of Avian flu? • How are high gas prices impacting your company’s business travel? • Would you recommend the HR profession to a friend? • How do you keep your desk clean from germs? • If you found a typo on a résumé, what would you do? • Profanity in my workplace... • What’s your experience been with consumer-driven healthcare plans? • Does your company have a policy on employee blogs? • Does your company have a business conduct/ethics code? • Does your company’s productivity drop during the NCAA basketball tournament (March Madness)? • Should smokers be required to pay higher insurance premiums in order to keep employer costs down? • Use of iPods in my workplace is… • Workplace dating at my company… • Is there a Super Bowl pool at your office? • HR reviews the hiring decisions at my company... • Have you ever confronted an employee you suspected was drinking on the job? • Have you attended a conference or seminar for HR professionals within the past year? • How prepared are you for the new USERRA regs that become effective January 18? • In 2005, overall employee job satisfaction at our company… • Are your employees shopping online during work hours? • What's your favorite workplace movie? • Our company conducts sexual harassment training for supervisors… • When applicants decline job offers from you company, what is the most-common reason? • What percentage of applicants ultimately decline job offers at your company? • How would you rate your company's holiday party? • Telecommuting at our company... • Would it be wrong for an employer to require that all jobs include physical activity? • How would a rise in the federal minimum wage affect your company? • Forced to hire someone who otherwise wouldn't have gotten the job? What was the reason? • Has top management ever forced you to hire someone who otherwise wouldn't have gotten the job? • Would you give preference to a job applicant who was a hurricane evacuee? (All other factors equal) • With all other factors being equal, would you give preference to a job applicant who was a hurricane • Is your company cutting back on employee travel? • Our 2006 benefits package will... • What, if anything, are you doing to help employees deal with high gas prices? • Has interest in the news surrounding Hurricane Katrina affected productivity at your company? • Does Katrina have you rethinking your company's emergency policies? • What do you think of "no fraternization" rules? • Do you engage in some form of video or audio monitoring of employees? • Do your employees get discounts on company products or services? • Does it matter if applicants don't respond to the "desired salary" question? • Based on the young applicants we've seen in recent years, the quality of high school education has: • What's the level of concern about union organizing at your company? • Our office coffee is... • What's keeping your company from buying a defibrillator? • What, if anything, are you doing to help employees deal with high gas prices? • Do you have a good understanding of your company's customers? • How much do you know about recruiting and supervising interns? • Are you more likely to hire someone who has sent you a post-interview thank-you note? • Do news stories of identity theft alarm you as an HR professional? • Do employees ever complain to you about a co-worker's perfume or cologne? • Should the CEO of United Airlines lead by example and give up his extra pension? • Have you ever been influenced by an applicant's weight in deciding whether to hire him or her? • Has someone's weight ever influenced your decision on whether to hire him or her? • Is the average workload at your company bigger than it was a year ago? • What bothers you most about the Family and Medical Leave Act? • Do you worry about employees posting unflattering things about your company on the Internet? • Do you have a policy on moonlighting? • Have you complied with the new USERRA notice requirement yet? • What percent of your employees are paid by direct deposit? • Have you ever had to confront an employee about body odor? • Is your business hampered by employees’ poor command of English? • How much time do employees at your company spend on personal e-mail and instant messaging? • Does Wal-Mart deserve the bad publicity it gets as an employer? • Do you allow employees to listen to their own music or the radio while on the job? • What would private Social Security accounts mean for HR? • Who's more likely to be punished for a workplace romance, a man or a woman? • Is it a good idea for employers to force employees to quit smoking? • How often do you conduct emergency evacuation drills? • Which of these HR initiatives is hardest to sell to management? • Employees will react to our planned raises for 2005 with... • What, if anything, is your company doing for relief of the tsunami victims? • What's your prediction for the top HR news story of 2005? • How glad are you when co-workers bring holiday goodies into the office? • In 2004, our employee morale has... • Have any employees confided to you that they suffer from ADHD? • Do you believe your company tries its best to accommodate employees with military obligations? • Should so-called alternative therapies be part of the typical employee healthcare plan? • Will your company be closed on the Friday after Thanksgiving this year? • Will your company be closed on the Friday after Thanksgiving this year? • Has debate over the presidential race crept into your workplace? • Will your company allow or even encourage employees to wear costumes to work for Halloween? • What do you think of the projection that healthcare costs will rise 11.3 percent in 2005? • Will you be providing flu shots to your employees this year? • What percentage of your employees have difficult commutes? • What is the HR-to-staff ratio in your company? • Does your attendance policy address inclement weather? • What percentage of those in your workplace are happy with their jobs? • Does fear of harassment limit your company's use of interns? • Are you being deluged with employee questions and concerns about the new overtime-exemption rules? • Are employees barred from taking certain medications in your workplace? • Is your company hosting an outing for employees this summer? • How easy is it to obtain information on workplace law from your state government? • How often do you handle complaints about the employee restrooms? • What's your next career goal? • Is the workplace any safer from harassment than it was 10 years ago? • Will your company be in compliance when the new FLSA regs take effect, on Aug. 23? • Do you plan to attend the 2005 SHRM confernce in San Diego? • Do you use an intranet for employee communications? • Would HR be a better-paying field if it was dominated by men? • What does your company do to encourage volunteerism? • Will your company close on Friday, Monday, or not at all during the July 4 weekend? • What's the biggest improvement you'd like to see in your performance evaluation forms? • Are you happy with your performance evaluation forms? • Do you worry about losing good employees if and when hiring improves? • What effect are allergies and other springtime respiratory ailments having on your workforce? • Are the Democrats or the Republicans right about the new OT-exemption rules in the FLSA? • What’s your first impression of the new overtime rules? • Is there pressure at your company to alter employee time cards? • Our retirement benefit is: • What percentage of your employees will look for new jobs as soon as the economy improves? • Does your company outsource? • Have you ever had to address issues specific to transgendered employees? • If you had to list your tasks in order of difficulty, where would writing job descriptions land? • How much job advertising will you do this spring and summer? • I have the most difficulty training our supervisors on... • As a matter of benefits, how closely are you monitoring the gay marriage controversy? • How damaging is a bad credit report for applicants at your company? • Should HR.BLR.com continue calling paid customers Xpert Members? • In our workplace, Super Bowl betting... • At my company, performance appraisals are... • What kind of year will 2004 be in HR? • How much is the flu affecting your workplace? • What do you think of the new health savings accounts? • At this time of year, how do you treat last-minute requests for time off? • Should the U.S. follow Europe's lead and require all employers to provide paid vacation? • How much will your company spend on its holiday party this year? • Does your company use 360 degree performance reviews for supervisors? • Will the mutual fund scandal make it even harder to encourage 401(k) investment? • Our pay confidentiality policy: • How do you rate your company's productivity? (Refresh screen if options don't appear.) • How many of your employees do you envision having a 'comfortable' retirement? • Have you ever found pornography on an employee’s computer? • Do enough of your employees know First Aid and CPR? • Should employers be required by law to offer health insurance? • Is your company targeting spouses and other dependants to control health insurance costs? • When do you expect hiring at your company to pick up? • Do you fear any of the following? • How much unused vacation time do you expect your company's employees to have at the end of 2003? • Does your company have a good plan for dealing with events like last week's blackouts? • Are employees at your company reluctant to take vacation? • Does your company reimburse for physical-fitness expenses like gym memberships? • My involvement with executive compensation at our company... • Repeated telephone calls from applicants who can't take "no" for answer: • Do you test current or prospective employees for illegal drug use? • My familiarity with the proposed changes in the overtime rules is... • How did you get into HR? • Our company's use of interns is... • How many people work in your HR department? • Does your company employ enough people to function well? • How important is the cover letter in an application? • The chance that we'll see a new law allowing comp time instead of paid OT is: • The most likely form of job reduction at our company is: • The food in our vending machines: • The time we spend in meetings at our company is... • At my company, performance appraisals are: • Fear of SARS in our workplace is: • Is offensive "spam" workplace harassment? • Our company’s 401(k) match… • The new job classications in the proposed overtime rules will make my life: • In my workplace, disagreement over the war is: • At our workplace, NCAA basketball tournament pools are: • With war looming, are you limiting employee travel? • Will HRAs be the answer spiraling health care costs? • Due to the slow economy, our relocation benefits have: • What impact have health-insurance costs had on your hiring? • What impact have health-insurance costs had on your hiring? • Eliminating taxes on stock dividends would: • I prefer to receive the HRnext newsletter... • Having holidays on 2 straight Wednesdays… • This holiday week, I expect ee's to be... • The time our employees spend on e-mail... • I predict our hiring in 2003 will ... • I predict our hiring in 2003 will ... • My biggest worry for our holiday party is: • Best part of the Thanksgiving weekend: • Pressuring employees into workplace giving... • Compared to 2001, our 2002 holiday party: • Our biggest compliance hassles come from: • When it comes to HIPAA’s privacy rules: • When it comes to office dating: • Same-sex harassment in the workplace: • World and national current events have: • World and national current events have: • Our HR dept.'s involvement with lawyers: • Our HR dept.'s involvement with lawyers: • HR information on our company's intranet is: • HR information on our company's intranet is: • HR information on our company's intranet is: • We block/monitor employees’ Web use: • We block/monitor employees’ Web use: • I predict a comfortable retirement for... • I predict a comfortable retirement for... • At our company, ID badges... • At our company, ID badges: • At my company, bilingual applicants... • Complying with the HIPAA privacy rules wil be: • What's the better retirement plan for ee's? • How will your company observe 9/11's anniversary? • At our company, confidence in upper management... • Tuition reimbursement at our company... • The Senate's corporate reforms would... • Do you have a nursing station for new mothers? • I see unethical behavior at my company... • Lunches disappear from the company 'fridge ... • Predictions of a 20% hike in health premiums... • With July 4 falling on Thursday this year, we're.. • The best way to find quality applicants is with... • Is domestic violence a workplace issue? • At our company, electronic resumes... • The best day for giving an ee bad news is... • Child-care benefits at our company: • If health-care costs keep climbing, we'll likely: • Our hiring of new college grads this year: • Giving a layoff notice by voice mail is... • Asking job applicants to list their weaknesses: • Where I work, management thinks HR is... • Women earn less than men because of: • Is the recession over? • I take work home... • Do you fear violence from employees? • Have you ever feared violence from an employee? • Sexual harassment in the workplace... • Our company's workforce seems to be getting ... • Have you ever had an office romance? • Would you hold Noelle Bush's job open for her? • The worst interview sin is: • Most employees who work while sick: • Last week's Supreme Court ruling on ADA ... • The 2nd-biggest story in HR in 2001 was... • Working the week between holidays is ... • What size raises can your company expect in 2002? • Employer stock in 401(k)s is ... • A one-month payroll tax holiday is ... • Where I work, holiday shopping on the Internet ... • What's your favorite part of Thanksgiving? • The biggest misconception about HR: • Has your company stepped up background checks? • End-of-year/holiday bonuses at our company... • What will your holiday party be like this year? • How have Anthrax scares affected your mailroom? • What size raises can your company expect in 2002? • What is the HR to staff ratio in your company? • What will your company's military leave policy be? • After last week, we realize our company... • In light of Tuesday's terrorist attacks... • How secure is your job? • Does your company allow betting pools? • Labor unions' influence on the American workplace • In 2002, our benefits package is likely to ... • Should Americans get more vacation time? • How up-to-date are your job descriptions? • Working via cellphone while driving... • Forced vacations/closings to reduce expenses... • How is your company's 401k performing? • In my experience, exit interviews are ... • I think the Patient's Bill of Rights will... • Does your company give pay advances? • Insurance and prescription contraceptives... • High gas prices are... • We catch people lying on their resumes... • Our policy on body piercings: • John Ashcroft's morning prayer meetings are... • Which regulations give you the biggest headache? • What's your company policy on pets in the office? • What kind of references does your company provide? • Our company deals with breastfeeding by... • How concerned are you about violence at work? • The company's in financial trouble. What's better? • Working parents vs. working non-parents: • Forced ranking appraisal systems are... • Repealing OSHA's new ergonomics regulations was... • Formal employee appraisals should be... • Describe the dress code at your company... • What's the situation at your company? • Radios and music in the office • Should Supreme Court Let Golfer Casey Martin Ride • Should Linda Chavez have resigned? • Linda Chavez as Labor Secretary: • What Type of Bonus Works Best? • Holiday Parties and Alcohol Policy • OSHA's new ergonomics regulation: • Your employees' role in performance appraisal: • Which candidate will make HR's job easier? • If you had to review your boss would you: • Employees attitudes towards cubicles: • Worst job in HR: • What is your most effective applicant test? • How much do you pay for employee referrals? • What is the lowest pay rate in your organization: • Number of Emails you get everyday: • Car Phone Usage Policy: • Pay Confidentiality Policy: • Has the ADA Changed Behaviors at Your Company? • Monitoring Employee's Personal Internet Use • What's your best recruiting method? • What Should be Done with OSHA's Ergonomics Reg? • DOL allowing Unemployment for Family Leave: • Should Companies Offer Benefits to Gay Partners? • Employee Telecommuting... • Firing an Employee... • Future of ERP Software (SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft).. • Online employee training... • What impact has the economy had on your holiday party plans? • Our office coffee is... • Do you have a good understanding of your company's customers? • This year, spending on our holiday office party will be: • Does your company use 360 degree performance reviews for supervisors? • Will the mutual fund scandal make it still harder to encourage 401(k) investment? • Our pay confidentiality policy: • How do you rate your company's productivity? • How many of your employees do you envision having a "comfortable" retirement? • Have you ever found pornography on an employee’s computer? • Do enough of your employees know First Aid and CPR? • Should employers be required by law to offer health insurance? • Is your company targeting spouses and other dependants to control health insurance costs? • When do you expect hiring at your company to pick up? • Do you fear any of the following? • How much unused vacation time do you expect your company's employees to have at the end of 2003? • Does your company have a good plan for dealing with events like last week's blackouts? • Are employees at your company reluctant to take vacation? • Does your company reimburse for physical-fitness expenses like gym memberships? • Does your company's HR department administer executive compensation? • Repeated telephone calls from applicants who can't take "no" for answer: • Do you test current or prospective employees for illegal drug use? • My familiarity with the proposed changes in the overtime rules is... • How did you get into HR? • Our company's use of interns is: • How many people work in your HR department? • Does your company employ enough people to function well? • How important is the cover letter in an application? • The chance that we'll see a new law allowing comp time instead of paid OT • The most likely form of job reduction at our company is: • The food in our vending machines: • The time we spend in meetings at our company is... • At my company, performance appraisals are: • Fear of SARS in our workplace is: • Is offensive "spam" workplace harassment? • Our company’s 401(k) match… • The new exemption definitions in the proposed overtime rules will make my life: • In my workplace, disagreement over the war is: • At our workplace, NCAA Basketball Tournament pools are… • With war looming, are you limiting employee travel? • Will HRAs be the answer to spiraling health care costs? • Due to the slow economy, our relocation benefits have: • What impact have health-insurance costs had on your hiring? • Employees giving Valentines to each other: • The FLSA rules for determining OT exemptions… • Bush’s approach to race-based preferences will result in… • Ending the taxation of dividends will… • I prefer to receive the BLR’s HR e-Lert newsletter... • Having holidays on 2 straight Wednesdays… • The time our employees spend on e-mail... • I predict our hiring in 2003 will ... • My biggest worry for our holiday party is: • Pressuring co-workers to make charitable donations: • Compared to last year, our 2002 holiday party: • Our biggest compliance hassles come from: • When it comes to HIPAA’s privacy rules: • When it comes to office dating: • Same-sex harassment in the workplace: • World and national current events have: • Our HR department's involvement with lawyers: • HR information on our company's intranet is: • We block/monitor employees’ WEB use: • I predict a comfortable retirement for... • At our company, ID badges: • At my company, bilingual applicants... • Complying with the HIPAA privacy rules wil be: • What's the better retirement plan for employees? • How is your company planning to observe the anniversary of 9/11? • At our company, confidence in upper management... • If enacted, corporate reforms pending in Congress... • Tuition reimbursement at our company... • Do you have a nursing station for new mothers? • I see unethical behavior at my company... • Lunches disappear from the company 'fridge ... • Polls predicting a 20% hike in health-insurance in 2003... • With July 4 falling on Thursday this year, we're... • The best way to find quality applicants is through... • Is domestic violence a workplace issue? • At our company, electronic resumes... • What is the best day of the week to give employees bad news? • Child-care benefits at our company: • If health-care costs keep climbing, we'll likely: • Our hiring of new college grads this year: • Giving a layoff notice by voice mail is ... • Asking job applicants to list their weaknesses: • Where I work, management thinks HR is ... • Women earn less than men because of: • Is the economic recession over? • I take work home... • Do you fear violence from employees? • Sexual harassment in the workplace ... • Our company's workforce seems to be getting ... • Have you ever had an office romance? • Would you hold Noelle Bush's job open for her? • The worst interview sin is: • The worst interview sin is: • Most employees who work while sick: • Last week's Supreme Court ruling on ADA ... • Aside from 9-11, what was the biggest issue affecting HR in 2001? • Working the week between holidays is ... • What size raises can your company expect in 2002? • Employer stock in 401(k)s ... • A 1-month payroll tax holiday is: • Where I work, holiday shopping via the Internet ... • What's your favorite part of Thanksgiving? • The biggest misconception about HR is: • Has your company stepped up background checks since 9/11? • What will your holiday party be like this year? • How are the Anthrax scares affecting your mailroom? • What’s your company’s air travel policy during the war on terrorism? • What size raises can employees at your company expect in 2002? • How is the HR to staff ratio in your company? • What will your company's military leave policy be? • In the wake of terrorist attacks Sept. 11, we realize our company… • How secure is your job? • Does your company allow sports betting pools? • Labor unions' influence on the American workplace is ... • Are complex multi-tiered drug plans worth implementing? • Should Americans get more vacation time? • How up to date are your job descriptions? • Working via cellphone while driving... • Forced vacations/closings to reduce expenses... • Since the stock market began falling, our employees’ 401(k) accounts have been: • I think that Congress will pass a Patient's Bill of Rights that will... • Does your company give pay advances? • Insurance and precription contraceptives …. • We catch people lying on their resumes... • Our policy on visible body piercings: • Does your 401(k) plan provide for automatic enrollment? • Does your company have an employee assistance program (EAP)? • What’s your company policy on pets in the office? • Do you inform rejected job applicants of your decision? • Has your company begun updating benefit plan SPDs to meet new content requirements? • Do you give employees time off to run errands that can only be performed during business hours? • Does your company have a termination policy for disabled employees? • Does your company assist employees in any way with elder care? • How much does your company pay employees who refer new hires? • After Congress has repealed the OSHA Ergonomics standard, what do you think will happen next? • Does your company have a progressive discipline program to warn employees before termination? • How many hours must an employee at your organization work to be eligible for full benefits? • How has the economic slow down affected your company’s hiring program? • What is the greatest drawback to telecommuting? • Have you ever received a request for prayer time? • The Internet has made my HR job: • Do you offer domestic partner benefits? • Do you have a witness present when you terminate someone? 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