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<h2 class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Can
You Control Off-Duty Behavior?</font></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Earlier
this year, a Michigan company, Weyco Inc, ordered all their employees to stop
smoking or using tobacco products of any kind <i>on or off the job! </i>They
refused to hire anyone who smoked. They conducted random testing to detect
tobacco in employee�s bodies. Those employees who smoked were ordered
to stop. 12 employees did quit smoking. 3 didn�t and were forced
to resign. Some think their next move is to target overweight workers.
</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Is
this legal? Can Howard Weyers, the President of Weyco Inc fire employees
for what they do off the job in their private lives? </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">In
Michigan he can. .</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">There
are 22 states including Michigan that allow companies to refuse to employ smokers.
Howard Meyers justified his policy as an employer�s right to protect itself
from the �enormous financial harm� and health hazard caused by smokers.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Most
companies are �Employment At Will� employers (See Personnel Notebook �Employment
At Will, Does It Still Work� on the association�s website.) and may cease employment
at any time and for any reason that is not identified as an illegal reason.
Illegal reasons include such things as race, color, sex, or national origin.
The question then is, �Is smoking identified as an illegal reason for termination?�</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">There
is no federal law protecting the rights of smokers but 28 states and the District
of Columbia do have laws that prohibit discrimination against individuals for
engaging in lawful activities on their own time.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">As
a general rule, an employee�s private life and his life style off the job cannot
be controlled by the employer. But there are circumstances when an employee�s
off-duty behavior does open the door for company intervention.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">There
are 2 basic areas of concern when it comes to off-duty activities, it�s affect
on the employees job performance and its affect on the company�s image.</font></p>
<h4><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Job Performance</u></font></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">An
employee may drink himself into a stupor every night of the week. But
unless you can identify the specific effect on his job performance, safety or
the necessary judgment needed to perform the job, there should be no call for
intervention. If you do see those problems then you should definitely
step in as such action may endanger other employees and the public.</font></p>
<h4><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Company Image</u></font></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">If
the employee�s off-duty activities are adversely reflecting on the company�s
reputation or image, you may have to consider stepping in. If for example,
the employee is engaged in a bar room fight or is driving drunk and is wearing
a company logo on his shirt or hat, or he announces that he is employed by your
company, then action may be called for. But if he is capable of keeping
his personal and professional lives separate then you should probably ignore
it.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">However,
if the employee�s position in your company is one of prominence, such a Salesperson
or a Public Relations Director, then their private life is likely to be a direct
reflection of your company. Your VP of Finance who files bankruptcy might
also be a good example. In such cases company intervention may be called
for. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">So,
focus on job performance, actual impact on the company�s image and check the
laws in your state for private activities protected by law.</font></p>
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<h2 style="margin-left:.75in" align="center">
<font face="Verdana" color="#008000">Have an employment question?</font></h2>
<h3 style="margin-left:.75in" align="center"><font face="Verdana">Send it to
<a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=From HR On The Job">
[email protected]</a></font></h3>
<p style="margin-left:.75in" align="center"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">
Please include Company Name and Association in your e-mail. Company
identification will be kept confidential.</font></b></p>
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<h2 align="left"><b><u><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hitchhiking on the Information
Highway</font></u></b></h2>
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font
size="4" color="#FF0000">Dateline: August 2005</font></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Note. Although we attempt to provide the HRU update on the first
of each month, we are normally delayed awaiting the release of several
monthly government statistical reports. We will hereafter update the information
as each report becomes available without waiting for all of them to be
released.</font></i></p>
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<h3 class="MsoTitle" align="center"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">11
Rules Of Life</font></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The
following list has been attributed to everyone from Bill Gates to Thomas
Sowell. Who gets the credit for it matters less than the value
of the experience it displays.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The
speech was supposedly given to a high school class about the 11 things
you will not learn in school. It begins with the message that
the feel-good, politically correct teachings in schools today has created
a generation that has great difficulty understanding how the world really
works.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.5in; margin-left: .75in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>Life is not fair. Get used to it.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.5in; margin-left: .75in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>The world will not care about your self esteem. The world
will expect you to accomplish something before your self esteem is earned.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.5in; margin-left: .75in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>You will not make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
Don�t expect it. You won�t become a Vice President until and if
you earn it.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.5in; margin-left: .75in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>If you think your teachers are tough, wait until you get a boss
who expects results.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.5in; margin-left: .75in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>Flipping burgers or shoveling dirt is not beneath your dignity.
Your Grandparents had a word for that. They called it opportunity.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.5in; margin-left: .75in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>If you mess up, it�s not your parent�s fault. Don�t whine
about your mistakes, learn from them and move on.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.5in; margin-left: .75in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>Before you were born, your parents weren�t as boring as you think
they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning
your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you want to be.
So before you save the rain forests from the parasites of your parent�s
generation, try delousing the closet in your room.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.5in; margin-left: .75in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life
has not. In some schools there may be no such thing as a failing
grade, and they may give you as many tries as you want to get the right
answer. This bears no resemblance to anything in real life.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.5in; margin-left: .75in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">9.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>Life is not divided into semesters. You don�t get summers
off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.
You do that on your own time.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.5in; margin-left: .75in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">10.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>Television is not real life. In real life people actually
have to leave the coffee shop and go to a job.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.5in; margin-left: .75in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">11.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>Be nice to the nerds you meet. Chances are, you�ll end
up working for one of them.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">�Security
is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature,
nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding
danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.
Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing�</font></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<b>Helen Keller</b></font>
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<h3 class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b> <span style="font-size: 16.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Absentee
Rates</font></span></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">A
current study on Unscheduled Absenteeism by CCH Inc showed that in
large companies the absentee rate has remained the same for almost
10 years. However in medium sized companies a significant decrease
in absenteeism is being analyzed. The mid sized companies cited
three causes for the improvement, - fear of punishment, hiring employees
with a strong work ethic and loyalty to a supervisor. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The
bad news is that in small companies there was a major <u>increase</u>
in unscheduled absenteeism. Those small companies also reported
a significant jump in the cost of absenteeism. The main reasons
for the absenteeism were personal illness and family illness.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left"><b><i>
<font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">�The
art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook�</font></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<b>William James</b></font>
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<h3 align="center" style="text-align:center"> <span style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shrinking
Workforce Gets Uncle Sam�s Attention</font></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The
U.S. Dept Of Labor (DOL) is predicting a 10% shrinkage of the American
workforce over the next 25 years. The concern that this will
adversely affect the U.S. position in the growing global marketplace
has them looking for any and all answers. As one source of new
workers, the DOL is looking at workers with disabilities. A
program called �EARN� to help companies find qualified workers who
have disabilities has been underway for some time now. The DOL
will be conducting conferences in 18 cities to explain how �EARN�
can help companies in the search for needed and qualified workers.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">If
you would like to gain their help or to find out more information,
you can call 1-866 EARN NOW (327-6669), or visit their website at
<u><span style="color:blue"> [email protected]</span></u></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">�A
memorandum is written, not to inform the reader, but to protect
the writer�</font></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<b>Dean Acheson</b></font>
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<h3 class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b> <span style="font-size: 16.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Protecting
The Landscape Worker</font></span></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">A
man who owned a small landscaping firm in Iowa was notified by the
Iowa Wage and Hour Department that he had been reported for not paying
proper wages to his help, and that they were sending an agent out
to investigate.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">�I
need a list of all your employees and how much you pay them,� demanded
the agent.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">�Well,
there are my hired hands. One has been with me for four years;
the other for three. I pay them $600 a week, plus free room
and board. The office clerk has been here for 18 months, and
I pay her $350 a week plus free transportation and 2 meals a day.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Then
there�s that half-wit that works here about 16 hours a day.
He takes home about $50 bucks a week and I buy him a bottle of bourbon
every Friday night,� replied the owner.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">�Aha,
that�s the guy I want to talk to; the half-wit� said the agent.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The
owner said, �That would be me�</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">�A
beautiful landscape washes away from the soul, the dust of everyday
life�</font></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<b>Anon</b></font>
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<p align="left"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Minimum Wage:</b></font></p>
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<h3><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">$5.15/hr.</font></h3>
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<td width="13%" valign="middle" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Average
Income:</b></font></td>
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<td width="50%" align="center"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Hourly</font></b></td>
<td width="50%" align="center"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Weekly</font></b></td>
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<u>
July
2004</u><br>
$15.70</font></td>
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<u>
July
2005<br>
</u>$16.13</font></td>
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<p align="center"> <u><font size="-1">July</font></u><span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u>
2004</u><br>
</font></span> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
$52</font><font size="-1">9.09</font></td>
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<p align="center"><u>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
July 2005</font></u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><br>
</u>$543.48</font></td>
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<h3 align="center"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Federal<br>
Poverty Level:</b></font></span></h3>
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<p align="center"><b><u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">One
(1) Person<br>
</font></u></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$8,980</font>
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<p align="center"><u><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Family
of Four</font></b></u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><br>
$18,400</font>
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<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>IRS Mileage Allowance :</b></font></p>
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<div align="left"><font size="-1"><b>40.5</b> </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">cents per mile<br>
</font></div>
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<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>Postage:</b></font></p>
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<td width="32%" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">1 oz.</font></td>
<td width="68%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.37</font></td>
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<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Each additional ounce</font></td>
<td width="68%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.23</font></td>
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<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><i>Postcards</i></font></td>
<td width="68%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.23</font></td>
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<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b><u>Population:</u></b></font></p>
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<tr>
<td width="34%" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>World</b></font></td>
<td width="82%">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">6.3 Billion</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="34%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>U.S.</b></font></td>
<td width="82%">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">292.3 Million</font>
</td>
</tr>
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</b>
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<table border="1" width="99%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<tr> <b>
<td width="48%" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1">
<p align="left"><b> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">U.S.
Workforce</font></b></p>
</td>
</b>
<center>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u>
<font size="-1">
July 2004</font></u></b></font></td>
<b>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><b>
July
2005 </b></u></font></td>
</b>
</center>
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<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">U.S. Civilian Workforce</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">149,700,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">149,573,000</font></td>
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<tr>
<td width="48%"><font size="-1">Number Employed</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">140,700,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
141,076,000</font></td>
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<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Number Unemployed</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font size="-1">8,518,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
7,486,000</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Unemployment Rate</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<p><font size="-1">5.7</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">5.0%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<td width="25%" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1" height="48">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>Absentee Rates (annualized)</b></font></p>
</td>
<center>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1997</u></b></font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1998</u></b></font></td>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1999</u></b></font></td>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2000</u></b></font></td>
<td width="9%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2001</u></b></font></td>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2002</u></b></font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2003</u></b></font></span></td>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2004</u></b></font></span></td>
<td width="12%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2nd
Quarter 2005</u></b></font></span></td>
</center>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="25%" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1" height="48">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Men equal
approximately 1/3 of all absenteeism<br>
Women approximately 2/3</font></td>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.0%</font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.6%</font></td>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.4%</font></td>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.9%</font></td>
<td width="9%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.1%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<p><font size="-1">3.6</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
3.4%</font></span></td>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
3.2%</font></span></td>
<td width="12%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<p>
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
+2.2%</font></span></p>
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<h4><b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">PRODUCTIVITY
OF THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE</font></b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
(The amount of goods produced, divided by the number of work hours
it took to produce it)</font></h4>
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</table>
<p>
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<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1992</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">3.7%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1993</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.5%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1994</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.3%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1995</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.9%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1996</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.5%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1997</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.0%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1998</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.6%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1999</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.4%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2000</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.9%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2001</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.1%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2002</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">4.7%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2003</b></font></td>
<td width="68%"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">4.5%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%"><font size="-1"><b>2004</b></font></td>
<td width="68%"><font size="-1">4.0%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<span style="text-decoration: none">
<font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>1st
Quarter 2005</b></font></span></td>
<td width="68%">
<span style="text-decoration: none">
<font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">+2.6%</font></span></td>
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<h3 align="center"> </h3>
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<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">� 2005 William J. Cook</font></p>
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