Finetuning personnel policies on cell phone usage and bereavement leave
Q Our company wants to implement a policy to limit personal cell phone usage only to break times. Can we ask workers to put their phones in their work lockers or on their supervisors’ desks?
A Yes, you may either require or allow employees the choice to leave their phones at home or in their vehicles. Requiring employees who do bring their phones into the workplace to put them in their individual work lockers may be the better option, to minimize lost or stolen phone issues associated with them being left in a supervisor’s care.
Q Should we allow bereavement leave for an employee to attend the funeral of her live-in boyfriend’s mother? Our bereavement policy covers employees’ mothers, fathers, siblings, children, grandparents, and in-laws.