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December 31, 2012 by Dianne Shaddock 1 Comment

Can You Require Your Employees to Work Mandatory or Forced Overtime?

Can You Require Your Employees to Work Mandatory or Forced Overtime?

Most U.S. employers understand that if an employee is asked to work more than 40-hours in a week that they must pay that employee time and one half for every hour worked over 40 as outlined in the Fair Labor Standards Act or FLSA. But are you aware that time worked over 40 can be viewed as mandatory or “forced” overtime?

Filed Under: Dealing with Difficult Employees, Employee Performance, Employee Turnover, Employment Law, Fair Labor Standards/FLSA, Managing Employees, Pay and Salary, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: Mandatory overtime

October 3, 2012 by Dianne Shaddock 1 Comment

How to Set a Social Media Policy for Your Staff

How to Set a Social Media Policy for Your Staff

Social media has become deeply ingrained in the lives of many individuals since Facebook’s rise to popularity, serving as a primary point of contact for friends and family in many instances. This leaves many companies in a precarious situation.

Filed Under: Dealing with Difficult Employees, Employee Performance, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: employee management, hr policy, Management Best Practices, social media, Social Media Policy, workplace policy

September 6, 2012 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

How Employee Health and Wellbeing Can Impact the Work Environment

How Employee Health and Wellbeing Can Impact the Work Environment

Employees are feeling the pinch of the double-dip recession, putting in longer hours and skipping lunches. However all of these extra hours are not making employees more productive; instead they are worn out and disillusioned by the mounting work.

Filed Under: Employee Benefits, Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies, Workplace Safety Tagged With: Employee Benefits, employee health, employee well being

August 23, 2012 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Via: C&S

Filed Under: Dealing with Difficult Employees, Employee Performance, Employee Turnover, Employment Law, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Sexual Harrassment statistics

July 24, 2012 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

The Disconnect Between What You Think and What Your Staff Really Thinks

The Disconnect Between What You Think and What Your Staff Really Thinks

Here’s an interesting observation that I’ve encountered regularly from my years in the trenches as a Human Resources professional:

There is a disconnect between what the supervisor is thinking abut a particular workplace situation, and how their employees perceive the very same situation.

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: employee management, Employee Management Strategies, Management Best Practices

July 10, 2012 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Employee Benefits – The Not So Secret Sauce For Attracting, Retaining, & Motivating Employees

Employee Benefits – The Not So Secret Sauce For Attracting, Retaining, & Motivating Employees

Are you sending your best employees to your competitors? In the average small business, six out of every ten employees are ready to take a job somewhere else.

Filed Under: Employee Benefits, Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover Tagged With: employee beneftis, Employee loyalty

May 28, 2012 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Using Performance Appraisals as a Tool For Employee Career Development

Using Performance Appraisals as a Tool For Employee Career Development

Do your employees look forward to their performance appraisals, or do they cringe and procrastinate around review time? With a few tweaks, your appraisals can move from punitive documents to positive tools for employee career success.

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: employee performance reviews, performance appraisal, Performance Review

April 24, 2012 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

7 Quick Tips For Dealing with Workplace Violence

7 Quick Tips For Dealing with Workplace Violence

In the post “Workplace Violence: Forget the Myths and Get the Facts” I highlighted that every employer, no matter the size of the company, needs to prepare and think proactively as it relates to violence in the workplace.

Filed Under: Dealing with Difficult Employees, Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies, Workplace Safety Tagged With: violence in the workplace, workplace violence

April 23, 2012 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Workplace Violence: Forget the Myths and Get the Facts

Workplace Violence:  Forget the Myths and Get the Facts

Over two million Americans are harmed each year through workplace violence. Nearly 500 of these cases end in at least one death. As a business owner or manager, you have the legal and moral obligation to protect your staff.

Filed Under: Dealing with Difficult Employees, Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies, Workplace Safety Tagged With: workplace violence

April 20, 2012 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

The Dreaded Termination Letter- Write it “Right” The First Time

The Dreaded Termination Letter- Write it “Right” The First Time

Firing an employee is never easy, but it is especially difficult when you rarely need to perform the task. Working in a small business, you cannot afford the same legal slip-ups as large corporations.

Filed Under: Dealing with Difficult Employees, Employee Turnover, Fair Labor Standards/FLSA, Firing/Disciplinary Actions, Managing Employees, Pay and Salary, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: Termination letter

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