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November 23, 2010 by Dianne Shaddock 1 Comment

Guest Post: Is Your Incident Reporting System Putting Your Organization At Risk?

Guest Post:  Is Your Incident Reporting System Putting Your Organization At Risk?

How is your incident reporting system working for you? Or perhaps the question should be – Is your incident reporting system working against you? Lessons learned continue to show that organizations find themselves in ‘reaction mode’ more than they are in ‘prevention mode’.

Filed Under: Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies, Workplace Safety Tagged With: best management practices, Workplace Bullying, workplace violence and safety

November 19, 2010 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

The Pros and Cons of Telecommuting for Employers

The Pros and Cons of Telecommuting for Employers

Whether you’re a manager interested in boosting productivity or a new parent who wants to find a way to work while spending time at home, telecommuting has become very popular in the workplace. But for employees and employers alike, telecommuting can be challenging;…

Filed Under: Employee Retention & Engagement, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures Tagged With: HR Tips, Management Tips, outsourcing, supervisor tips, telecommuting, Telework, work at home, work from home

October 26, 2010 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Ten Steps to Take When Hiring Your First Employee– A Pre Hire Checklist

Ten Steps to Take When Hiring Your First Employee– A Pre Hire Checklist

The good news is that business is booming. The bad news is there’s only one of you. It’s time to take the plunge and hire some help. There are many good sources of information about finding the right people, writing job descriptions, interviewing candidates…

Filed Under: Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: Help with Hiring, New Hire Checklist

October 13, 2010 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Help– How Do I Fire My Employee?

Help– How Do I Fire My Employee?

Sometimes the best way to understand a situation is to learn from similar experiences. The following story is a hypothetical situation of an employer who needs to think about the best way to end a working relationship because of attendance issues.

Filed Under: Dealing with Difficult Employees, Firing/Disciplinary Actions, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: Firing Employees, help with problem employees, HR Tips, Management Best Practices, retention policy

October 6, 2010 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

How to Write a Job Description in 3 Easy Steps

How to Write a Job Description in 3 Easy Steps

Transcript of ESBHR Podcast #5: How to Write a Job Description in 3 Easy Steps. Listen to the audio It is important to have job descriptions despite the size of your business. I can’t tell you how often I’ve worked on issues between managers and employees that centered on a lack of communication about what was […]

Filed Under: Policies and Procedures, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring Tagged With: Help with job descriptions, job descriptions, Management Best Practices, Podcast

September 21, 2010 by Dianne Shaddock 1 Comment

Writing Your Own Social Media Policy: Sample Social Media Policy Guidelines

Writing Your Own Social Media Policy: Sample Social Media Policy Guidelines

There’s a growing interest from employers who are looking for help with developing guidelines around social media usage, including help with developing a social media policy. I scoured the web to find the 411 on the latest information on guidelines around social media and found…

Filed Under: Policies and Procedures Tagged With: Internet Usage Policy, Social Media Policy

September 20, 2010 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Email and Internet Usage at Work- A Right or a Privilege?

Email and Internet Usage at Work- A Right or a Privilege?

Employees spend on average 8 hours or more a day on the job working at least 5 days a week. Is there any harm in allowing staff to use the email or the Internet on occasion? Your employees may not be aware of the fact that the email account that they use on a daily basis is not private…

Filed Under: Dealing with Difficult Employees, Policies and Procedures Tagged With: Email Security, Employee Internet Usage, inappropriate internet use at work, Internet Security, policies and procedures for business, Social Media Policy

September 16, 2010 by Dianne Shaddock 3 Comments

Tips for Preventing Issues with Employees Using Social Media at Work

Tips for Preventing Issues with Employees Using Social Media at Work

Here are 10 helpful tips for preventing employee issues relating to employee use of the internet at work to access social media sites from the website of Fisher & Phillips, LLP, Attorneys at Law. These tips may help you to think about how to begin to craft your own internet usage policy…

Filed Under: Policies and Procedures Tagged With: inappropriate internet use at work, Internet Usage Policy, policies and procedures for business, Social Media Policy

September 10, 2010 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

The Best Interview Questions To Ask Any Candidate

The Best Interview Questions To Ask Any Candidate

Transcript of ESBHR Podcast #7:  The Best Interview Questions To Ask Any Candidate Listen to the audio version here I will be discussing the four best types of questions to ask in an interview, no matter what type of job it is that you are interviewing for and then why you should ask those questions. I […]

Filed Under: Policies and Procedures, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring Tagged With: Behaviorial Interview, Best Interview Questions, Employment Interview, Help with Hiring, Hiring Tips, Interviewing Tips

September 7, 2010 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Guest Post: 10 Reasons for Ongoing Policy and Procedure Management

Guest Post: 10 Reasons for Ongoing Policy and Procedure Management

Based on lessons learned and today’s highly litigious, increasingly-regulated and safety-oriented society, it is critical for organizational policies and procedures to be clearly defined and communicated. Below are 10 reasons your organization may need to improve your policy management…

Filed Under: Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: policies and procedures

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