Ask any employment law attorney what the key document is that can either get an employer in trouble or keep them out of it and they would answer with - an employee handbook with policies and procedures.
No matter what you call them, performance reviews cause stress to everyone! Supervisors, employees, and human resources tend to dread that time of year when these appraisals are conducted.
Document, document, document they say! But that creates paperwork, right?
Great leadership skills don't just show up with a job title.
Management and leadership are often confused as one and the same when in fact there is a tremendous difference between a manager and a leader.
There are situations in everyone's career and personal life in which speaking in public is required. It may be to a large crowd or to a small group of two or three.
The purposes and the scope of employee handbook policies and the practices are changing and expanding. From a siloed HR activity that creates insular documents concerned primarily with communicating the organizational work rules and benefits, employee handbook policies and practices have evolved into a critical component of organization-wide management processes that maximize organizations’ achievement of business objectives, enhance the value of their human capital, and minimize legal risks.
While the financial liabilities of sexual harassment can be substantial, they represent only a part of the total cost. To the extent sexual harassment defines how your organization values its employees, your organization increasingly becomes a place to avoid. To the extent your organization accepts of sexual harassment as an incidental working condition, you tell employees, applicants, and third parties: "we don't value you." And to the extent your organization fails to take immediate action to correct problems, you demonstrate that workers should look for employment elsewhere.
Unlike other human resource management issues, unemployment insurance (UI) management issues have a direct impact on an organization's tax liability, and since taxes reduce profitability, on its bottom line. Unlike other payroll taxes, however, UI taxes are experience-rated and represent a controllable expense. Thus, an organization's UI experience, influenced by its success in managing turnover, separations, and chargeable UI claims, provides an objective measure of human resource management effectiveness.
Effective HR metrics are not developed in a vacuum. The "right or best" metrics require a detailed understanding of your organization: how it generates revenue, its business strategies and objectives, its business imperatives, the risks it faces, the opportunities to be seized, and what it already measures.
The purposes and the scope of employee handbook policies and the practices are changing and expanding.
HR audits are designed to help your organization focus its attention on its human resource management practices, policies, procedures, processes, and outcomes by providing you with a structured and systematic series of questions about key compliance, risk management, internal auditing, and human resource management issues.
In spite of good hiring and inspired leadership, all supervisors ultimately must deal with someone with Toxic Attitude Syndrome.
Today's leaders recognize the need to maximize productivity in their team and that can only happen when employees are committed and engaged.
This webinar is designed to give managers insight and tools for effectively dealing with performance issues.
HR's role in mission and strategy Key anti-discrimination laws & protected classes Meaning of disparate treatment and adverse impact Rights employers DO have Recruiting and behavioral-based interviewing Importance of goodness of fit in employee selection Onboarding basics and the 4 C's of onboarding Key considerations in managing employees.
Regardless of skill, hiring a person who is a bad fit is wrong decision. In fact, traditional interviewing predicts future success by only 10%.
In today’s fast-paced, tech-driven workplace, administrative professionals are expected to manage more than ever before. The good news is that AI tools, including ChatGPT, can help lighten the load. With the right approach, these tools can streamline communication, automate repetitive tasks, and enhance productivity without sacrificing quality.
Congratulations! Your company is expanding and capitalizing on new opportunities, which is a huge win.
Executive presence is not just about how you dress or speak. It is about how you show up, lead with confidence, and influence others at every level of the organization. Whether you are presenting to senior leadership, leading a team, or representing your company in high-stakes moments, your presence can either elevate your impact or hold you back.
