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April 7, 2015 by Dianne Shaddock 1 Comment

“Leasing” HR and Payroll Professionals- An Alternative Hiring Strategy

“Leasing” HR and Payroll Professionals- An Alternative Hiring Strategy

As your company grows so does the need for expertise in the area of employee management and payroll.  It is during the growth stage that you may be giving more thought to hiring a human resource professional and payroll expert to help manage important details such as pay, benefits, policy and procedures, employee relations and […]

Filed Under: Policies and Procedures, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: hiring employees, Hiring Tips, HR Outsourcing, outsourcing employees, professional employee organization, What is employee leasing?

March 31, 2015 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Must Read EEOC Trends

Must Read EEOC Trends

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and its Strategic Enforcement Plan did not fare well in the last couple of years. However, reasonable cause determinations were up in 2014. Furthermore, the EEOC lost a couple of major cases in court. The agency lost EEOC v. Kaplan Higher Education Corporation and EEOC v. Freeman. The first case […]

Filed Under: Employee Retention & Engagement, Employment Law, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: eeoc trends, employment law, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, labor cases

March 16, 2015 by Howard Leave a Comment

How to Give Your Employees More Control Over Feedback

How to Give Your Employees More Control Over Feedback

If you’ve been carrying out the same old employee evaluations year after year and haven’t achieved the desired results, it is time to change things up. Evaluating employees is not an enviable task. Feelings can get hurt. Critical evaluations can cause employees who feel unappreciated to search for new positions. Numerous studies have shown that […]

Filed Under: Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: employee control, Employee Feedback, employee management, employee performance review, Management Tips, supervisor tips

March 4, 2015 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

FAQ: What are the Rules for Issuing an Employee’s Last Paycheck?

FAQ: What are the Rules for Issuing an Employee’s Last Paycheck?

After an employee has left your company, he or she is entitled to receive their last paycheck with wages earned during their final pay period regardless of whether the employee decided to leave for other opportunities, or the employee was fired. Whether your employee is required by law to receive their final paycheck on their […]

Filed Under: Pay and Salary, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: department of labor pay, DOL, paying an employee who was fired, when should an employee recieve their last paycheck

March 2, 2015 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

How HR Managers are Managing Change with Workplace Training

How HR Managers are Managing Change with Workplace Training

This article is a guest contribution, courtesy of SkyPrep, a LMS software and elearning software that currently has over 150,000 registered users. HR managers play a large role in how a company functions. They are also responsible for creating changes within the company that are designed to increase productivity, boost sales and improve safety awareness. […]

Filed Under: Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: Management Tips, managing employees, office training, training employees, workforce training, workplace training

February 23, 2015 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

How to Coach Employees to Ensure Productivity in the Workplace

How to Coach Employees to Ensure Productivity in the Workplace

This guest post is courtesy of Grapevine Evaluations, a web-based software solution for performing employee evaluations of any size, at any level.  It is essential for any business to maintain high levels of productivity in the workplace, and it is up to the employer to train and motivate his/her staff sufficiently so that this productivity is […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Employee Retention & Engagement, Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: employee coaching, Employee Engagement, employee productivity, productive employees, small business productivity, workplace productivity

February 20, 2015 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Blurring the Line Between Employees and Micro Business Owners – Avoid These Small Business Missteps

Blurring the Line Between Employees and Micro Business Owners – Avoid These Small Business Missteps

Small micro-businesses, (those with less than 5 employees) have a culture or vibe that is decidedly different than larger organizations. Small and “cozy” and often distinctly “non-corporate”, smaller businesses often feel much more familial than larger organizations. Employees in smaller businesses may wear a number of different hats, and although the culture is one where […]

Filed Under: Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: employer mistakes, management mistakes, Management Tips, microbusinesses

February 17, 2015 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Do Employers Have the Right to Monitor Employees Through GPS Tracking? Is It an Invasion of Workplace Privacy?

Do Employers Have the Right to Monitor Employees Through GPS Tracking? Is It an Invasion of Workplace Privacy?

One the most highly visible and hotly contested form of employee monitoring involves using GPS tracking devices on company and employee owned vehicles in situations where the employee’s job requires that the employee drive to and from various locations. According to Michael Abcarian, a lawyer with the law firm Fisher and Phillips, LLP, employers should […]

Filed Under: Employee Performance, Employee Theft, Employment Law, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: can I monitor my employees using GPS tracking?, workplace privacy

February 13, 2015 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Moving Your Initiatives Forward When You Don’t Have Support From the Top

Moving Your Initiatives Forward When You Don’t Have Support From the Top

It is tough being a manager with creative ideas that you know will push the company forward just to have your ideas fall on deaf ears. Senior leaders say that they want managers who think out of the box and do not settle for the status quo but when the rubber meets the road, it […]

Filed Under: Managing Employees, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: leadership strategies, Managing Up

February 6, 2015 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

The Fine Line Between Being a Diverse and Inclusive Company and Illegal Hiring Practices

The Fine Line Between Being a Diverse and Inclusive Company and Illegal Hiring Practices

There is a very thin line between having a workforce that is all-inclusive by taking steps to ensure a diverse workforce versus potentially overstepping the boundary between creating a more diverse workforce and illegal discrimination of applicants and employees who do not fit the diversity descriptors most closely associated with diversity in the workplace:  Underrepresented […]

Filed Under: Diversity, Employee Retention & Engagement, Employee Turnover, Managing Employees, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: Employee Engagement, Employee Retention, hiring and recruitment, managing diversity

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