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July 2, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Helping Employees Re-enter the Workforce After Treatment for Psychological Issues

Helping Employees Re-enter the Workforce After Treatment for Psychological Issues

Psychological disorders are a very real health dilemma in the workplace; and issues like depression are much more prevalent than you may think. It can be easier for an employee to share that they have a serious physical illness with their employer than it is to disclose that they may have a mental health issue. […]

Filed Under: Employee Benefits, Employee Retention & Engagement, Family Medical Leave/FMLA, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: back to work employee, employee on counseling, returning employee, stressed employee, welcome back employee, welcoming back an employee

June 30, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Jeopardy Daily Double For $500: A Process For Strategically Grooming and Developing Your Employees

Jeopardy Daily Double For $500: A Process For Strategically Grooming and Developing Your Employees

Answer:  What is succession planning? Succession planning, the process of strategically grooming your current employees to back fill positions within your company when staff members are promoted into new roles, leave the company or retire is a critical but often overlooked professional development tool for staff that has innumerable benefits for employees and businesses alike. For […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: Employee Development, Employee Retention, growing your employees, succession planing

June 28, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Signs Of Workplace Fraud – Staying One Step Ahead

Signs Of Workplace Fraud – Staying One Step Ahead

Smaller businesses are often more vulnerable to fraud issues than larger companies based on a lack of overall resources or ineffective or non-existent anti-fraud measures. You can change the dynamics by gaining a better understanding of what constitutes workplace fraud and by putting systems in place to combat fraud. Fraud in the context of a […]

Filed Under: Background Checks, Dealing with Difficult Employees, Employee Theft, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: employee fraud, signs of employee fraud, Stealing in the Workplace

June 26, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Leading Employees Through Change As Your Small Business Grows

Leading Employees Through Change As Your Small Business Grows

Your business is growing which means change is in the air. New employees need to be hired. Your approach towards interacting and meeting your customers’ needs may shift.  Your staff may need to adjust their hours and work more strategically to meet both the business and customer needs and to ensure profits. The organizational culture […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: employee management tips, leading employees through organizational changes, managing employees, small business growth strategies

June 24, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

5 New School Employee Retention Strategies

5 New School Employee Retention Strategies

Employees can make or break your business.  It only takes one outstanding employee to engage clients and customers in a way that brings them back to your business time and time again and one mediocre employee to drive those very same customers away from your products and services and straight into the waiting arms of […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees Tagged With: Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, Employee Turnover, increase employee motivation, keeping the best employees

June 19, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Fifth Circuit Court Ruled Restricting Employees from Discussing Wage Information as Unlawful

Fifth Circuit Court Ruled Restricting Employees from Discussing Wage Information as Unlawful

Small business owners in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas: Restricting your employees from discussing their wage information has been ruled as unlawful by the Fifth Circuit. In the case of Flex Frac Logistics, L.L.C. v. National Labor Relations Board, (NLRB), it was found that Flex Frac Logistics’ confidentiality policy can be interpreted in a way that […]

Filed Under: Employment Law, Pay and Salary Tagged With: employment law, Wage and Salary

June 16, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Are Your Employees Feeling Unmotivated?

Are Your Employees Feeling Unmotivated?

Employers understand that motivated employees are happy employees. But if you have an employee that hates coming to work, it’s not likely that your employee will tell you. The sentiment often reveals itself through a lack of engagement under the guise of missed deadlines, an increase in sick days or time off requests, and decreased […]

Filed Under: Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: Management Tips, stressed employee, unhappy employee

June 13, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Quick Tips on Hiring and Training the Right People The First Time

Quick Tips on Hiring and Training the Right People The First Time

As a hiring manager, you already know that finding and hiring the right person for your job opening is critical to your success and the prosperity of your business.  You also know that the role of supervisor is by no means easy and that the road can be a bumpy one once you have your […]

Filed Under: Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: hiring the best employee, Hiring Tips, training the best employee

June 11, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

No Updates on the Fair Pay Overtime Initiative and White Collar Exemptions Overtime Mandate

No Updates on the Fair Pay Overtime Initiative and White Collar Exemptions Overtime Mandate

Last March, President Obama mandated that the Department of Labor (DOL) update the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) “white collar” exemptions which will eventually result in overtime eligibility for some salaried employees formerly considered exempt from overtime eligibility.  The changes in the FLSA “white collar” exemption rules will significantly affect employers as millions of employees […]

Filed Under: Employment Law, Fair Labor Standards/FLSA, Pay and Salary, Policies and Procedures Tagged With: expand overtime pay, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Overtime Pay, President Obama Orders DOL to Expand Overtime Pay

June 9, 2014 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

A Short List of Pending Pay Changes To Keep On Your Radar

A Short List of Pending Pay Changes To Keep On Your Radar

The Department of Labor will be leading the charge in support of several presidential mandates on behalf of workers that every employer should be aware of. Dedria Harper Kolb, Associate at Nexsen Pruet highlights the changes in the article, Employers Beware: Pay Changes Underway: Increase in the minimum wage payable by federal contractors and subcontractors […]

Filed Under: Employment Law, Fair Labor Standards/FLSA, Pay and Salary Tagged With: salary increase, wage increase

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