Posts Tagged ‘Employees’
What to Do if Your Employee is Convicted of a Crime
Having an employee who is convicted of a crime affects your business adversely, regardless of the circumstances. If the employee has committed a crime on the job, the effects can be long-reaching and expensive. You need the advice of an attorney to explain your rights and the consequences that the employee is facing. It could…
Read MoreTop 5 Employment Laws Every Small Business Owner Should Know
For any business, especially a small one, hiring is not an easy task and there are a lot of areas that need attention to detail. Even with one simple mistake, any business can get into legal disputes with employees, which can incur huge costs. To avoid such situations, it is important to know the basics…
Read More5 Suggestions for Managing Conflict in the Workplace
The hardest thing about management is always managing people, because every one of your employees has his or her own personality, preferences, needs and desires, and those can sometimes be at odds with each other. It is part of the job description for management and HR professionals to be able to manage conflict, but it…
Read More9 Steps for Starting an Employee Engagement Program
We have all heard the importance of developing engaged employees at our workplace, but too often the articles are full of theoretical discussion instead of practical steps to making it happen. Without any claim that this is the definitive list, here are some simple steps to consider when starting your own program: Build a Business…
Read MoreDon’t Forget These 5 Essential Steps When Screening New Hires
In years past, pre-employment background screenings required significant manpower and time. As a result, larger companies with big budgets constituted the primary users. Though as more cost-effective and user-friendly solutions have begun to permeate the industry, small businesses also are taking advantage of background screenings to reduce hiring risks and to bring in valuable, long-term…
Read More50 Ideas on How to Motivate Your Employees
A 2015 Gallup poll shows that in the United States over 50% of employees are not engaged, and 17.2% are actively disengaged. So how do you motivate people when over half of them are not engaged in the work place? Dan Pink in his book Drive, makes a case that employees are not driven by…
Read MoreHow to Headhunt Great Hires—and Avoid Getting Yours Poached
Having a tough time hiring now? I’ll bet that almost anyone who does hiring as part of their job answers “yes” to that. Right now we’ve got the lowest unemployment rate in 10 years, combined with the longest time to hire (around 29 days) and the most jobs ever going unfilled. Basically, all the great…
Read More3 Biggest Benefits to Co-Working with Strangers
Co-working is a bit of a new idea, and is far different than having co-workers, which most people who have never heard of co-working before will think of. Co-working is when freelancers, independent professionals, or entrepreneurs share one common office or workspace, and the benefits to this new trend are enough to make anyone within…
Read MoreLower Your Healthcare Costs with Employee Wellness Plans
The year 2017 has already started out rocky in the United States. With the new Presidential administration, the Affordable Care Act is on the chopping block, and many Human Resource professionals are wringing their hands waiting to see what happens. If the ACA is gutted, insurance companies could change their contracts drastically. But this could…
Read More5 Ways Managers Should Support Their Employees
It’s essential that staff receive support or they can’t do their job properly. Support isn’t limited to merely work-related aspects of the job but to other things such as morale and recognition as well. There are plenty of different ways employers can support their staff. Here are a few thoughts to keep in mind in your…
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