Productivity / Performance

Self-Audit: Gaining Compliance From Stubborn Employees

11/20/2007

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Self-Audit: Are You a Micromanager?

11/20/2007

Checklist: 15 Questions to Ask Employees in Their First 60 Days

11/07/2007

Say what!? Gen Y employees bring great expectations to work

11/06/2007

Perez Hilton, who? d-listed, what? And what in the world does “OMG” mean? If you’re feeling out of touch with workers from younger generations at the office, you’re not alone. Generation Y is reshaping the workplace.

Is office gambling a legal bet?

11/01/2007

Q. A senior vice president in our company wants to run a Super Bowl pool. A few of us are nervous about conducting office pools involving money. We don’t expect the company will profit from such a pool, although the individual vice president could win the pool. Are office pools like these legal in New York? …

More than low rating required to win discrimination suit

11/01/2007

Believe it or not, federal courts don’t want to micromanage every aspect of your HR function. When faced with serious claims such as discrimination, courts ask employees to prove they suffered an “adverse employment action”—major damage such as a demotion, a cut in pay or discharge. They don’t tend to sweat the small stuff, such as lousy performance appraisals …

Reporting suspected harassment doesn’t always equal ‘Protected activity’

11/01/2007

Sometimes employees who are in trouble for poor performance try to protect themselves by reporting incidents that don’t come close to being sexual harassment. They figure that their employer won’t fire or otherwise punish them for fear of a retaliation lawsuit. But you can take heart: It’s not protected activity just because someone reports an incident. If—when viewed objectively—the conduct being reported seems far from harassment, reporting it isn’t protected, and the employee can’t charge retaliation …

Family-Responsibility discrimination: A growing trend

11/01/2007

The EEOC has issued new enforcement guidance concerning disparate treatment of workers with caregiving responsibilities—or “family-responsibility discrimination.” The guidelines are designed to help determine whether a particular employment decision is discriminatory. Family-responsibility discrimination is not a new type of discrimination, but rather an application of the existing discrimination laws to a situation that is drawing increasing attention …

How should we go about developing written job descriptions?

11/01/2007

Q. My family has operated a small medical supply business for many years. Lately, our business has really taken off, and we now have more than 20 employees in different job categories. We are wondering whether we should develop written job descriptions for the different positions. If so, where should we begin? …

Performance appraisals help in court as well as on the job

11/01/2007

Performance appraisals are valuable tools to help put struggling employees back on track. But a low rating also can spur poor performers to consider legal action: Many discrimination suits have been launched on the wings of a poor performance appraisal. Fortunately, employers with solid appraisal systems usually have built-in defenses against such charges …

Productivity / Performance

Self-Audit: Gaining Compliance From Stubborn Employees

Self-Audit: Are You a Micromanager?

Checklist: 15 Questions to Ask Employees in Their First 60 Days

Say what!? Gen Y employees bring great expectations to work

Is office gambling a legal bet?

More than low rating required to win discrimination suit

Reporting suspected harassment doesn’t always equal ‘Protected activity’

Family-Responsibility discrimination: A growing trend

How should we go about developing written job descriptions?

Performance appraisals help in court as well as on the job

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