Employee Relations

The 3 things NOT to say in your sexual-harassment policy

04/01/2005

Issue: The words you leave out of your sexual-harassment policy are as important as those you put in.
Risk: Imprecise, or too precise, wording can paint you into a corner …

How your management style can stop workplace violence

04/01/2005

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More reason to crack down on disability-related jokes and teasing

03/01/2005

When training supervisors, stress that they must work harder to prevent workplace intolerance toward employees with physical or mental impairments.
Reason: More courts are allowing employees to use
the …

Measuring excellent performance

03/01/2005

The very fact that great admins keep the wheels of business well-greased can make it difficult to identify all the specifics in job descriptions, much less to develop concrete goals, objectives and recognition for excellent performance.

Improve job reviews: Avoid these 4 deadly sins

03/01/2005

Managers may dread performance re-views, but employees are more receptive to them than you think. In fact, 77 percent of employees polled by staffing firm OfficeTeam said they consider performance reviews …

Alert managers: No ‘magic words’ needed to request FMLA

03/01/2005

Issue: Some supervisors think about FMLA only if an employee explicitly says “I need FMLA leave.”
Risk: In reality, employees don’t need to use the term “FMLA.” Failing to recognize …

Get the answers you need from ‘buck-passers’

03/01/2005

Issue: You often need people to act or decide quickly, even if they don’t report to you.
Risk: When people avoid making decisions, it can slow you down and reflect …

5 warning signs of performance-review problems

03/01/2005

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Don’t add fuel when you fire: 4 tips for terminations

03/01/2005

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Employee can’t ‘play nice’ with others? He may be ‘disabled’

03/01/2005

Issue: Which mental impairments are considered “disabilities” covered by the ADA?
Risk: An employee’s troubles interacting with co-workers may, by itself, allow the employee to claim disability status.
Action: …