Employee Relations

Invest in a timely, thorough investigation, or prepare to pay big damage award

06/12/2017

When employees complain about potential workplace discrimination and harassment, smart employers take it seriously. Nothing short of a thorough investigation will do. If you drop the ball and don’t take quick action, it could wind up costing your organization dearly.

Refereeing a gripe? Try this

06/12/2017

Part of a boss’s job is to listen to complaints about employees from their co-workers. For example, Jane tells you she often has to scramble near deadline because her co-worker Joe seems to drag his feet with the data she needs to complete her task. What should you do?

6 tips to address slipping performance

06/11/2017

When an employee’s job performance suddenly declines, too often managers wait and hope it gets better. It probably won’t.

Employee recognition: 5 rules to get it right

06/08/2017

If you want to keep your employees plugged into their jobs and coming into work with better ’tudes, you’re going to have to reinforce them somehow. But the question is, how? And when? And how much?

As job hunting peaks, employers fail to react

06/06/2017

With unemployment falling to a 16-year low of 4.3% and wages on the rise, there is a widening disconnect between how employees and employers think about work.

SHRM award winners show off best practices

06/06/2017

The winners of the Society for Human Resource Management’s “2017 When Work Works Award” provide insight into the practices of effective workplaces.

36% of employers lack structured onboarding

05/30/2017

Seeing less than desirable performance levels from your new employees? Your onboarding process—or the lack of one—may be to blame.

5 questions to test your culture

05/21/2017

Trying to motivate employees with games, incentives and pizza parties might work to some extent. But lasting results only come from fully engaged staffers who believe in the organizational culture.

Political talk plagues work months after U.S. election

05/19/2017

American workers are even more likely to say they are feeling stressed and cynical because of political discussions at work now than they were before the 2016 presidential election, according to a survey by the American Psychological Association.

Past discipline record beats retaliation claim

05/17/2017

Here’s another good reason to consistently document all disciplinary actions: If an employee with a history of problems such as rules violations later engages in protected activity, it will be hard for him to show that the discipline was retaliation for engaging in that protected activity.