Rewards matter. Sure, salary and benefits are key factors, too. But for any good employee worth having on your payroll, being recognized for their efforts is as important to them as their paycheck – with the added bonus that a well-planned employee recognition program boosts retention. Of course, in most places there’s just not a […]
Posted on April 30th, 2019 by admin
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Attention all EEO-1 reporting employers: Some additional compliance requirements are heading your way. A federal judge recently ruled that in addition to submitting EEO-1 surveys on employee demographic data, employers now must also report employee pay data to the Commission. The deadline for this new requirement is September 30, 2019. To fall under the EEO-1 […]
Posted on April 28th, 2019 by admin
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No one wants to hear “You’re fired.” This was even more evident in February, when a worker who’d just been let go killed five co-workers at a factory in Aurora, IL. Of course, this situation is rare, but the incident has prompted HR pros to re-evaluate their policies as reported in The Wall Street Journal. […]
Posted on April 27th, 2019 by admin
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Every HR pro knows that there really is no “secret to better performance management.” Strategies and techniques for improving individual and team performance evolve and new practices emerge but the overall concepts that make up performance management are well-known and widely implemented. But there are some secrets to improving performance management results. The most important […]
Posted on April 26th, 2019 by admin
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Google is back in the #MeToo spotlight, this time for allegedly retaliating against employees who say the company doesn’t protect workers against sexual harassment. Five months after more than 20,000 of its employees walked off the job to protest what they described as a company culture that has allowed a “history of harassment, discrimination, and […]
Posted on April 24th, 2019 by admin
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The U.S. Department of Labor says 78 million Americans — about 59% of the workforce — punch a time clock every day. And oh, the mess they make! If your company has hourly workers, you know that keeping track of time and attendance is a challenge. An employee might inflate hours or forget to clock […]
Posted on April 16th, 2019 by admin
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Hard and fast rules about hiring could be hurting your ability to attract talent, especially if they seem arbitrary or exclusionary. That issue came to the fore in a Twitter thread in early April. Business Insider Managing Editor Jessica Liebman tweeted out a link to her story on the BI website with the long and attention-grabbing […]
Posted on April 14th, 2019 by admin
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How should you respond if an employee accuses one of your company’s leaders of sexual harassment? Progressive Women’s Leadership shares important insights in its e-guide, “Women Leaders Share What’s Working: New Ways to Prevent Sexual Harassment.” Here’s a sneak peek from Chapter 2: If a company executive (e.g., your boss) is accused of harassment, it […]
Posted on April 13th, 2019 by admin
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Performance-based pay is likely the most common feature of the compensation structures of U.S. companies, experts say. And guess what? It’s also likely to be affecting your workers’ mental health. When employers transitioned to a pay-for-performance compensation plan (based on bonuses, commissions, profit-sharing, etc.), workers showed an increased use of anxiety and depression medications: 5.7% […]
Posted on April 12th, 2019 by admin
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As a one-person HR department you are constantly juggling demands for your time. So how can you stay on top of everything you need to do today, next week, sometime this quarter or before the end of the year? Schedule Everything! This is one of the most critical pieces of the puzzle. To succeed as […]
Posted on April 11th, 2019 by admin
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