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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://community.blr.com/hr/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>HR Administration</title><link>http://community.blr.com/hr/forums/12/ShowForum.aspx</link><description>Topics include Audits, E-Mail/Internet, Employee Handbooks, Metrics, Privacy, Records, more ...</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>Re: United Way Meetings</title><link>http://community.blr.com/hr/forums/thread/6624.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:13:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a9b4b550-741b-4222-ae48-f5befe32f12c:6624</guid><dc:creator>TXHRGuy</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.blr.com/hr/forums/thread/6624.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.blr.com/hr/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=12&amp;PostID=6624</wfw:commentRss><description>If (s)he can't come up with a religious or medical reason for not being able to attend, I think it's going to be difficult to avoid. &lt;img src="http://community.blr.com/hr/emoticons/emotion-9.gif" alt="Crying" /&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: United Way Meetings</title><link>http://community.blr.com/hr/forums/thread/6619.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:41:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a9b4b550-741b-4222-ae48-f5befe32f12c:6619</guid><dc:creator>6353755</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.blr.com/hr/forums/thread/6619.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.blr.com/hr/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=12&amp;PostID=6619</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;Thank you.&amp;nbsp; That's what we relayed, while on working time we require &lt;a class="BLRAutoLink" target="_blank" href="http://hr.blr.com/topics.aspx?topic=16"&gt;attendance&lt;/a&gt; at the meeting.&amp;nbsp; Our employee argued this was illegal, but we explained&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;that it was information purposes only.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: United Way Meetings</title><link>http://community.blr.com/hr/forums/thread/6618.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:06:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a9b4b550-741b-4222-ae48-f5befe32f12c:6618</guid><dc:creator>cmanders</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.blr.com/hr/forums/thread/6618.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.blr.com/hr/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=12&amp;PostID=6618</wfw:commentRss><description>As long as it is during work hours and you are paying them for their time, I would think you could require &lt;a class="BLRAutoLink" target="_blank" href="http://hr.blr.com/topics.aspx?topic=16"&gt;attendance&lt;/a&gt;. I am in NC but I required &lt;a class="BLRAutoLink" target="_blank" href="http://hr.blr.com/topics.aspx?topic=16"&gt;attendance&lt;/a&gt; for the kick off meeting.</description></item><item><title>United Way Meetings</title><link>http://community.blr.com/hr/forums/thread/6616.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:55:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">a9b4b550-741b-4222-ae48-f5befe32f12c:6616</guid><dc:creator>6353755</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://community.blr.com/hr/forums/thread/6616.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://community.blr.com/hr/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=12&amp;PostID=6616</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;I know that you cannot legally require an employee to contribute to United Way, but can you legally require they&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;attend the kick-off meeting?&amp;nbsp; Our company is based in Missouri.&lt;/P&gt;
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