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Subscribe Today at XXXXXXXprincipalinvestigators.org No. 13, January 25-29, 2010 Managerial: Missing Items?=20 Reader Question:=20 Several of our technicians have complained to me that small personal items= have "begun disappearing" from their lockers and desks since a new aide b= egan working with us. They're obviously suspicious of her. Since I, as PI,= run the lab, they look to me to "solve", or at least investigate, the "pr= oblem".=A0 But I am not trained for this, and furthermore I don't want to = innocently injure the reputation of a new hire. Yet I want to seem sympath= etic and responsive.=A0 What's my best strategy? =20 Expert Comments:=A0 Unfortunately, being a manager is not an easy job. As a PI, you are part o= f management and have an obligation to ensure the safety of the workers in = the lab -- including protecting the workers' personal property as well. Re= view the Faculty Handbook. In many cases, it will set forth a description = of your job duties as a PI probably including your obligation for the safet= y of those in the lab. However, be advised a number of institutional=20 View the remainder of the expert comments at XXXXXXXprincipalinvestigators.= org/news.php Comments by=A0Melissa Fleischer, Esq.,is a management-side = employment law attorney with over twenty years experience and founded HR L= earning Center LLC.=20 She is the speaker of the upcoming audioconference Workpla= ce Violence: Lessons Learned from the Harvard Murder and Yale Lab Poisoning= .=20 Agree? Disagree?=A0Submit your comments at XXXXXXXprincipalinvestigators.or= g/news.php =20 ??Preview of Next Week's Question?? No. 14, February 1-5, 2010 Reader Question:=A0 What is the maximum or ideal teaching load a P.I. can accept and still effe= ctively lead a research effort? 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They're obviously suspicious of her. Since I, as PI, run the= lab, they look to me to "solve", or at least investigate, the "problem".= =A0 But I am not trained for this, and furthermore I don't want to innoce= ntly injure the reputation of a new hire. Yet I want to seem sympathetic a= nd responsive.=A0 What's my best strategy?</font> =20 <font size=3D"3"> <p align=3D"left"><strong>Expert Comments:</strong>=A0Unfor= tunately, being a manager is not an easy job. As a PI, you are part of man= agement and have an obligation to ensure the safety of the workers in the l= ab -- including protecting the workers' personal property as well. Review = the Faculty Handbook. In many cases, it will set forth a description of yo= ur job duties as a PI probably including your obligation for the safety of = those in the lab. However, be advised a number of institutional </p> <p align=3D"right"><a href=3D"XXXXXXXwww.mmsend7.com/ls.cfm?r=3D= XXXXXXXXX&sid=3D8466986&m=3D914507&u=3DPRININVEST&s=3DXXXXXXXwww.on2url.com/= app/adtrack.asp?MerchantID=3D163022&AdID=3D476831">View the remainder of th= e expert comments</a><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"XXXXXXXwww.mmsend7.com/ls= .cfm?r=3DXXXXXXXXX&sid=3D8466987&m=3D914507&u=3DPRININVEST&s=3Dht= tp://www.on2url.com/app/adtrack.asp?MerchantID=3D163022&AdID=3D473845"></a>= </p> <p><em>Comments by=A0<strong>Melissa Fleischer, Esq.</stron= g> She is a management-side employment law attorney with over twenty years = experience, and founded HR Learning Center LLC. </em></p> <p><em> She is the speaker of the upcoming audioconference<= /em><a href=3D"XXXXXXXwww.mmsend7.com/ls.cfm?r=3DXXXXXXXXX&sid=3D= 8466988&m=3D914507&u=3DPRININVEST&s=3DXXXXXXXwww.on2url.com/app/adtrack.asp= ?MerchantID=3D163022&AdID=3D476861"> Workplace Violence: Lessons Learned fr= om the Harvard Murder and Yale Lab Poisoning</a>.</p> <p align=3D"center">Agree? 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The grant= is awarded. To what extent is the PI obligated to hire that individual? = Could another consultant be retained without repercussion? Does the propos= al constitute a contract between the institution and the consultant?</em></= font></p>=20 <p align=3D"right"><a href=3D"XXXXXXXwww.mmsend7.com/ls.cfm?r=3D= XXXXXXXXX&sid=3D8466997&m=3D914507&u=3DPRININVEST&s=3DXXXXXXXwww.on2url.com/= app/adtrack.asp?MerchantID=3D163022&AdID=3D476860">View the expert comments= </a><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"XXXXXXXwww.mmsend7.com/ls.cfm?r=3D= XXXXXXXXX&sid=3D8466998&m=3D914507&u=3DPRININVEST&s=3DXXXXXXXwww.on2url.c= om/app/adtrack.asp?MerchantID=3D163022&AdID=3D473849"></a></p><br /> <font size=3D"3"><em>Comments by=A0<strong>Charles F. 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