Productivity / Performance

Monitoring remote workers can backfire

07/07/2022

Managers trying to electronically monitor their remote employees might want to rethink their snooping strategy. Even as online searches for “how to monitor employees working from home” have increased dramatically since the pandemic began, being Big Brother can backfire.

How to legally navigate employees’ requests to work remotely

06/16/2022

After roughly two years of isolation, employers are summoning employees back to the office. Not all employees are thrilled, which means many employers are facing resistance from employees who have grown accustomed to remote work.

Dodge performance review FLSA traps

06/16/2022

Most employers wisely tell hourly employees not to work unscheduled overtime. But employers often send mixed messages, too, telling employees they’re expected to work hard and achieve productivity goals their supervisors set. Then, at review time, workers may be penalized for not meeting those goals.

Snapshot: Reducing turnover with performance management

06/14/2022

Employers worried about retention are recalibrating their development and performance management processes.

4 questions guide back-to-the-office debate

06/09/2022

Is it time to revisit where your employees do their work? Ask these four questions to determine which model makes the most sense for your organization.

Poor employee engagement is lowering productivity

04/26/2022

Over three-quarters of employers report they are struggling to engage their employees, and 34% are seeing an actual cost to business in the form of low productivity, according to a survey conducted in March by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

Focus on well-being to improve engagement

04/26/2022

Well-being is the watchword these days for employers committed to increasing employee engagement. The drive to support employees’ physical, mental and emotional health in a holistic way—both at work and in the rest of their lives—has been fueled by our collective coronavirus experience.

Employees are burning out. Are alternative work arrangements the answer?

04/12/2022

Alternative work arrangements may ease employees’ return to the physical workplace. Consider your options carefully.

Half would quit if forced to return to work full time

03/29/2022

There’s a disconnect between managers’ expectations about on-site work and employees’ willingness to come back, and it foreshadows a worsening retention problem for employers.

Jury finds discrimination, but awards no damages

03/17/2022

It always pays to document poor performance in detail and contemporaneously. If you ultimately need to terminate the employee, you will have the backup you need to justify your decision, even if the employee claims that you somehow discriminated against him.