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March 27, 2013 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Is Your Organization Ready to Take Advantage of Social Media for Team Building?
Free Management Ebook

Is Your Organization Ready to Take Advantage of Social Media for Team Building? <small><div class="subtitle_header">Free Management Ebook</div></small>

Organizations can create an effective and scalable social media strategy. Social media can and should be used for more than just networking. It’s a great tool that can be used to meet a wide range of business goals including employee engagement and team building.

Filed Under: Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: Employee Engagement, Free management ebooks, social media business strategies

March 19, 2013 by Dianne Shaddock

6 Recent Employment Law Trends and Court Decisions That Employers Need To Know

6 Recent Employment Law Trends and Court Decisions That Employers Need To Know

Here’s a short list of the latest news on court decisions and trends in employment from around the web:

Filed Under: Employment Law, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: employment law, employment law court decisions

March 16, 2013 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Want to Save Money and Increase Productivity?
– Offer Your Employees a Wellness Program

Want to Save Money and Increase Productivity? <small><div class="subtitle_header">– Offer Your Employees a Wellness Program</div></small>

More and more these days, leading companies offer wellness programs for their staff. Why? Because they know that employees living a healthy, balanced lives are more productive in the long run. According to recent research, there is a direct relationship between modifiable lifestyle risks and lower worker productivity…

Filed Under: Employee Benefits, Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: best management practices, employee management, employee management tips, employee wellness program, HR Tips, Management Tips

March 8, 2013 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

ESBHR Podcast #32: Should Employers Access Candidate Facebook Pages

ESBHR Podcast #32: Should Employers Access Candidate Facebook Pages

More employers are considering using social media platforms such as Facebook to check references and to gain a better sense of their potential employees.

But there’s been an interesting trend to checking the Facebook pages of potential candidates that some employers are exploring based on media reports. Companies are asking job applicants to actually provide their Facebook password.

Filed Under: Managing Employees, Podcast, Policies and Procedures, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: can I ask for facebook passwords, employers and facebook passwords

February 6, 2013 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

For Employees: Five Traits That Managers Want Before Investing In Career Advancement of Employees

For Employees: Five Traits That Managers Want Before Investing In Career Advancement of Employees

Many employees think that doing a good job at a particular task or series of tasks is all that it should take to prove to their manager that they are ready for and deserving of career advancement opportunities.

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: career advancement, career advancement tips, tips for employees

January 31, 2013 by Dianne Shaddock 1 Comment

Making Better Hiring Decisions Using the Behavioral Interviewing Method

Making Better Hiring Decisions Using the Behavioral Interviewing Method

Here’s an article from the archives that employers in the process of interviewing and hiring will find helpful. Behavioral interviewing if you’re not familiar with it is one of the best ways to ensure that you really understand whether the person that you’re interviewing has the experience that you need for your opening.

Filed Under: Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: Behaviorial Interview, Best Interview Questions, Employment Interview, Finding the best candidates, Help with Hiring, Hiring Tips, HR 101, Interviewing Tips, Management Best Practices, Worst Interview Questions

January 22, 2013 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Top Tips on How Employers Can Attract and Retain Staff

Top Tips on How Employers Can Attract and Retain Staff

The main goals for corporate management must include increasing employee engagement and creating total rewards packages that employees value. By connecting with employees as valued human beings, company profitability increases.

Filed Under: Managing Employees, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: attract employees, best management practices, Employee Retention, retain sttaff

January 11, 2013 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Does Your Employee Have A Beef With You? 7 Telltale Signs

Does Your Employee Have A Beef With You? 7 Telltale Signs

Managers make decisions everyday that affect their staff in ways that may lead to anger and resentment from employees. The simple managerial act of addressing a missed deadline or refusing a time off request can put you in the cross hairs of an employee who feels that they just can’t catch a break from you.

Filed Under: Dealing with Difficult Employees, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: handling difficult employees

January 3, 2013 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Payroll Tax Holiday Winds to an End

Payroll Tax Holiday Winds to an End

Almost a year ago, an extension was filed on the yearlong provision set forth in the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011. Around 160 million people were affected by this 2% reduction in the tax on their payroll, says corporate payroll services departments. The reduction brought the percentage from 6.2% down to 4.2%.

Filed Under: Managing Employees, Pay and Salary, Policies and Procedures, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: payroll tax holiday

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

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