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supervisor

an employee with RESPONSIBILITY for monitoring the work of others to ensure that they fulfil work targets generally established by middle managers. As such supervisors usually have little AUTHORITY in their own right, they often experience role uncertainty as they are neither ‘proper’ managers nor fully part of the group they supervise, and can thus be described as ‘men (sic) in the middle’. With the recent trend towards devolving managerial authority many organizations have attempted to enlarge the decision-making powers of supervisors. See MANAGEMENT.

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When this isn't feasible, the supervisor should at least report to Employee Health Services while the employee is there.

Grass roots cost-cutting

some companies whose employees rank supervisors as their most desired source of information: AT&T, BHP, Cadbury, Schweppes, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Forte, GE, GM, General Tire, Hewlett Packard, Telecom Australia.

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After the initial draft was accomplished, meetings with supervisors and nurses were held to utilize their input and expertise relative to the specific items, word usage and importance.

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If the analyst feels that alternative methods need to be used, or that a different layout would assure better material flow, the suggestions should be discussed with the supervisor and any changes made prior to commencing the study.

Setting performance standards: the supervisor's role

By the time the employment consultants were contacted, Harold's current supervisor was simply looking for justification to fire Harold for not performing his job.

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Under the proposal, all department heads would report directly to Janssen, who could recommend that the supervisors fire one or more of them.

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As stated by the Supreme Court:</p> <pre> [A] tangible employment action taken by the supervisor becomes for Title VII purposes the act of the employer.

Sexual harassment by supervisors: how well do you know who you are promoting?

In 1966, at a national conference for state supervisors of guidance, Hoyt (1967) gave a presentation titled "The Influence of the State Supervisor on the Future of Vocational Guidance.

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But a physician-employee who writes an order in a patient's chart to start an IV running normal saline at 60 cc per hour would without a doubt be a supervisor.

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If any person who may use independent judgment to assign tasks to others or direct their work is a supervisor, then few professionals employed by organizations subject to the Act will receive its protections.

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The orientation of new employees also provides the supervisor with an opportunity to prepare employees for ethical dilemmas which they may encounter.

Ethics and rehabilitation supervision

Board Chairman Zev Yaroslavsky said the supervisors have invested more than $250 million in the $2.

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