The Workplace

Do's and don'ts in the workplace (Part I)

The following is an excerpt from my new book, "Morphing In the real world – how to enter the labor market, which is a survival guide for young people in their transition to adulthood. The book offers advice on significantly to manage our personal and professional life. As part of this, it seems necessary to discuss the consequences of legal employment.

Do's and not do in the pace of work (Part I)

Life is full of rules and regulations. The only reason to write the rules is to protect against to break them. In previous tests, I spoke several unwritten rules to acclimatise in the corporate culture. Now we will focus on formal written rules that would address in his professional life as well as comments on how to deal with them.

RULE # 1 – Get everything in writing. We like it or not, we live in a society litigation, where proceedings are issued at the drop of a hat. The first time you join a new company is likely to be flooded with documents that require your signature. Sure to review the terms and conditions carefully before signing anything and make sure you keep a copy of all documents for your records at home. If you have questions, ask clarification. Some of them are not applicable to their employment, others may follow for all a little later (sometimes forever). Some of these documents refer government regulation, as to taxes on income and social security, some of them on benefits programs such as health care providers care, and some related to your employer. Most use standard legal language. Anyway, read everything carefully and if in doubt, seek advice adequate legal.

Employment

As a new employee, be aware of their employment status is defined for the government for notification. There are two types of work situations:

Exempt – On behalf of professional workers who are paid a salary rather than an hourly wage (Usually paid monthly). The term "excluded" the worker is exempt from certain wage and hours. For example, exempt employees may work many hours and are not paid overtime.

Not exempt – The opposite of the exemption. This is normally used or administrative workers are paid a hourly wage and subject to the wage and hour laws determined. For example, are limited in terms of number of hours they can work (as 40), they pay a special rate for overtime (overtime), and may be eligible for special breaks during the workday.

Punctuality

Whatever your work situation, fix the hour, you have to observe. The only difference is that non-exempt workers must control the number of hours they work more closely nonexempt employees, which is inconsequential. Non-exempt employees can be docked pay if they arrive late or leave work early.

The Most employees follow a fixed schedule of work hours such as 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm. However, some companies use "Flex Time" for exempt employees. This is a time management program that allows employees to maintain a more flexible schedule, with a fixed schedule. They may arrive early in the day (and since before), and the end of the other (and of course). This allows employees to make personal appointments either early morning or at dusk. In any case, remain required to work a certain number of hours during the day and week.

The amount of time allowed for lunch varies from company to company, no longer allow 30-45 minutes for lunch.

This emphasis on the start / stop time, both at work and at school, has created a generation of observers watch "people more interested in counting the number of hours they work rather than the work they must perform. There is not long ago I visited a client in Ohio, where a young programmer boasted to me, who had worked 14 hours that day. I asked what had happened during this period. After much hemming and hawing admitted he had not really produced much. I said that would be more concerned about the amount of work he produced, as opposed to the amount of time that has passed its production, especially since I was an exempt employee.

In current practice you will see people start slowly during the day and ramp to the end. Being a baseball fan, I often use the analogy that the working day was like a professional baseball game, especially for workers exempt. First, the players do not show the hour, usually in the early stages of warm and take batting practice. And secondly, they give everything for the whole game until the last out is made. In other words, if you're a slow start to the day, try to work a little earlier if they are awakened by the beginning of the day business, and, give everything until the end of the day. After all, is not that what you paid for this?

Personal time, sick leave, vacation and holidays

During the working day is entitled to take breaks to cool off. These incentives are invaluable to clear your head and focus in their work. Of course, there will be some waste of time "that the abuse of this privilege and take more breaks than normal. Such a person is spending their interests personal rather than those of other customers. In other words, there is a team player. Be Leary of people, such as management, inevitably, will be deleted.

You should have no trouble taking a break if you have developed a reputation as a supplier of tasks and have developed a trust with your boss.

As soon as the days of illness, you are entitled to a number, but understand this: they are due to illness, vacation or no hangover. Nothing more than a suspicion that the use excessive sick days. Some companies even mandate that if you are sick, give you any evidence to that effect, for example, a doctor's note.

Also entitled to a number of vacation days during the year. Consult the regulations of the company if it be taken as days contiguous or random a week from time to time. Perhaps the most difficult in terms of taking a vacation is programming. It is not uncommon to have to take their vacation month in advance. Due to the need to keep your department An operations manager does not deprive the officials to a point where it can not properly serve its customers. Consequently, the Holiday Programming must be scheduled in advance. In addition, vacation schedules may be based on seniority. This means that you as a Newbie who are often the last to Annex A Holiday.

As for the holidays, you will be eligible for standard days, for example, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas. However, your company can see the other day, as Armed Forces Day, Veterans Day Martin Luther King Jr., Presidents' Day, Hanukkah, queries, etc to all offers of employment that you are entitled.

Next week in Part Two, I will describe things as moonlight, discuss wages, securities, and employment contracts.

If you wish to discuss with me, please feel free to send a e-mail .

About the Author

Tim Bryce is the Managing Director of M. Bryce & Associates (MBA) of Palm Harbor, Florida, a management consulting firm specializing in Information Resource Management (IRM). Mr. Bryce has over 30 years of experience in the field. He is available for lecturing, training and consulting on an international basis. His corporate web page is at:
http://www.phmainstreet.com/mba/

He can be contacted at: timb001@phmainstreet.com

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