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In fact, when considering lawsuits about back wages, the federal government has the authority to deem a business owner an “employer” if certain criteria are present under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Supervision and control of work schedules. As a good rule of thumb, you could be deemed an employer if you have: 1.
Common positions classified incorrectly here include secretaries, office managers and even some positions that have dual responsibility, such as a manager of a restaurant who may be working the register (performing non-exempt duties and supervising employees). Professional exemptions. Ask them how often they do something.
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In many cases, they have the ability to set their own agendas without direct day-to-day supervision. They often begin to operate outside of the norms and rules that have governed their actions so far (and which have helped them to achieve their of success).
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I and other colleagues at my workplace (local government) have been meeting informally with members of the public about a project in my community that I am the project manager for. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. Community member cuts me off and asks to hear from male employees instead. These are conversational meetings.
I supervise a small team in a local government setting. We send many internal emails and emails to governmental and community partners, e.g. local nonprofit staff. We do have some occasions to communicate directly with residents in email, but it is not common.
I was required to work with no supervision or coaching while making fast decisions regarding the family organization. I work in government, so it’s taken a while to hire even one person to replace them both, and the person they hired (Pam) doesn’t yet have a start date.
I wanted to thank you for giving me the confidence to pursue a reclassification request with the government agency I work for. You know that government tends to be very bureaucratic and rigid when it comes to promotions, with all of the salary bands, years of service, etc. Good luck to everyone!
I rotated out of the job this summer into a much better-managed section, where I supervise fewer, more professional employees and report to responsive managers. Raise also still pending – that’s the federal government for you – but once it kicks in I’ll drink a toast to you and all the AAM readers.
Reader #2: I am a Black woman working in government. I plan to continue advancing within government. She supervises a team comprised of all people of color. If they say, “Well, I’ll need to find out,” that’s a sign that while they may say it matters, the day-to-day reality in the department might be quite different.
There are no laws requiring that contractors be paid within a certain amount of time; it’s governed only by what’s in your contract. I’m currently in the position of teapot manager, and the position open is a new position that would supervise me and report to my boss.
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Cut to this month: in my last supervision meeting with Ella, she said she thinks I’m ready to start applying for leadership positions, and she’d like to make a plan for anything we feel I could work on before applying for manager jobs. Ella laughed in response and said something like, “Oh no!
But this is still business and so business norms, not social ones, still govern.). (I suspect it feels more like that to you because it’s such a small organization, which means you probably know people personally and talk to them a lot. It’s always worth asking.).
I do have a higher title but I don’t supervise her. I work at a government agency where almost every task is done in teams or via collaboration. When I agreed with what she was saying, she said, “You should say something.” ” I replied that Kate does not report to me and will have an attitude.
While she is technically “above” me, we report to different managers and she doesn’t supervise me. I was working for state government, and driving my personal car during work hours from one state facility to another, on a day that I was a part of a group being given tours of the facilities. years now.
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Recently there were concerns of him possibly bullying a new colleague he was training, and he was skipping supervisions and making rude comments to his supervisor (which we addressed with direct feedback). I am a young woman in my late 20s who works at a large government agency as a scientist. Janitor calls me pet names.
I moved from non-profit to government work (unsurprisingly: comparable pay and benefits). I don’t supervise a team anymore, which I miss, but I do have a lot of autonomy to run a regional branch of a federal program (vague enough?). I still keep casual contact with some of my old team-members.
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Also, the person I will be in charge of supervising has a horrible work ethic and I would not like to be her supervisor. I have been offered a good position (much better than my current position) in a different division in the government agency that I work for. Negotiating for assistance with my master’s degree.
I work in a government agency as a division deputy director. Further, after training, this new hire will be on many shifts without direct supervision. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I want to stop covering for my boss. My boss, the director, has a terrible family life. They have two young kids.
I have worked as the full-time admin here and I supervise the current admin’s work, so I have a day-to-day understanding of what the job entails, and I feel very strongly that we need one full-time person in the job. Is there a way to do this? Eh, I don’t think there’s a lot of reason to.
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In our law classes on trusts and estates, we explain how they can be useful for minimizing estate taxes, protecting assets , making charitable contributions, avoiding probate and, in certain circumstances, qualifying for government benefits.
Additionally, since the mother must receive the drug under medical supervision for a period of 60 hours, she cannot function as the primary caregiver for her infant. The drug gained FDA approval despite an unknown mechanism of action, a very high price tag of between $20-50K, and unknown effects on breastfed infants.
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Article 19 is important, because what happens is that instead of maintaining their home, maintaining their independent life in the community, the psychiatric system forcibly removes people from their environment and locks them up.
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My male boss is getting impatient with my morning sickness I have been in good standing in my government analyst position for four years, and all of my performance evals are glowing. This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Morning (all-day!)
For some background, I am a project manager on a contract with a government agency and I have several direct reports. The government employee who supervises our contract has asked me to discipline a contract employee by cutting their telework privileges significantly due to some performance issues.
Because I thought his documentation issues were fixable with good supervision (he could do great notes on time if administration kept on top of him), I agreed to give it to him. He wrote that one of his patients had her dog die five months in a row because of his use of this.). Is my manager hinting that I won’t get hired?
I’m here as an Americorps VISTA, which is a one-year volunteer commitment for which I’m compensated just enough to live by the federal government. She is pulled in a million directions and supervises nine people as well as an entire program at the district.
I supervise a role where critical thinking is really important – people need to be able to problem solve and think on their feet to figure out ways to resolve issues within a general policy and rules framework. In a government job, it’s very unlikely that you’re going to be successful in changing this.
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They are paid the full rate, I supervise and QA their work, and they get some excellent experience. A quick scan of her social media shows nothing but anti-vax propaganda and “activism” work for a notorious local group that harasses businesses for enforcing government-ordered mask policies. Everyone is happy.
I worked in state government for nearly two decades. Fairly draconian ethics laws in our state make it nearly impossible to find work in the industry for at least a year after you leave government employment. In our state, government workers received one or two days’ notice in 2020 that nearly all employees were going to 100% remote.
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