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Office Closures and Telecommuting
"We occasionally have to close our offices because of heavy snow.
Most of our employees have PCs and can keep working from home,
but a few don't. I don't feel it's fair to dock the pay of the
people who can't telecommute, but it also doesn't seem right to
pay them for not working when everyone else is being productive.
Advice?"
—Matthew from Milwaukee
Matthew—
What’s wrong with purchasing some low cost laptops that can be
sent home with those who don’t have PC access? You should have an
indication of snow days at least 24 hours in advance. It’s easier
to track, let’s the people without PC’s know that they are important
to the company and during non-winter months can be used for extra at
home work.
—Jesse Green
Pinger
"We had a similar problem (unreliable public transportation that
affected bus riders but not people who drove cars). We gave the
employees who couldn't make it to work a choice—either take
a paid personal day or arrange a makeup today. Since most employees
wanted to save their personal days for other purposes, most asked
for the makeup choice. We mostly scheduled them on weekends and
holidays, when it was sometimes hard to find volunteers to man the
phones. No complaints about fairness, at least so far."
—Anon.
"Just wait a few years and global warming will solve your problem."
—Al Gore
[Any other advice on this question? Please send an email to
membership director Jane Farber at jfarber@asponline.com, and
we'll post your feedback.]
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