Topic: It’s every managers’ nightmare: One of your best employees turns in their resignation out of the blue. You now have a […]
In an age of instant access to emails, texts, the Internet, and social networks, controlling the use of social media in the workplace is more than a matter of common sense. Control requires a delicate balance on the part of the employer. Employers need to balance how employees use social media in the workplace for their personal, non-company use and how they use social media for attaining business objectives.
An effective Onboarding program can mean the difference between retaining new hires or watching them walk out the door. Join Diane Dee on October 10, 2019 for her 90-minute webinar where participants will discover ways to develop an onboarding program that will assist their organization in reducing new hire turnover and increasing new hire effectiveness.
Flexible work programs are work arrangements wherein employees are given greater scheduling freedom in how they fulfill the obligations of their positions. The most commonplace of these programs is flextime, which gives workers far greater leeway in terms of the time when they begin and end work, provided they put in the total number of hours required by the employer. Other common flexible working arrangements involve telecommuting, job-sharing, and compressed work weeks.
If an employer has exhausted all the necessary steps to help the employee improve his or her work performance – and those steps are not working – it may be time to terminate the employee.Terminating an employee is not only stressful for the employee losing a job, but also for the employer. There are legal, ethical steps to take when you terminate an employee. The company must ensure its actions are above reproach. How the company terminates an employee sends a powerful message not only to the terminated employee, but also to remaining staff, either positive or negative.
Employee lifecycle management is considered a crucial function of an organization because it deals with the most valuable asset of an organization: Its employees. Establishing a lifecycle program provides employees with a consistent path as they navigate their careers in an organization. Each stage of the cycle has its challenges, so it’s important for an organization to continuously improve their processes for each stage to better ensure the success of their employees.
Tackling unconscious bias in the workplace can be difficult because it can be neither visible nor deliberate. Managers and employees might not realize they are making unfair assumptions or developing stereotypes based on the personal biases they bring to the workplace. Unconscious bias happens outside of our control. It occurs automatically and is triggered by our brain making quick judgments.
Overview: The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), commonly referred to as the Wage and Hour Act, was passed in 1938 and since […]
Overview: Paid sick days legislation is emerging across the country. More than 33 million private sector workers are currently legally protected by […]
