Employee Relations Articles
Hiding in Plain Sight: When Your Best Employee is Really Your
Worst
The person in your company who arrives early, leaves late,
appears to work the hardest and requires very little direction
may actually be your worst employee. Find out what signs to look
for to determine if your diamond employee is really a cubic
zirconium.
Tweet, Text or Facebook Yourself Into Unemployment
While Facebook, Twitter, and texting make it easy to quickly
communicate to a large group of people, using this technology
can have negative consequences in the workplace. Find out how to
determine when an employer should take action against an
employee's detrimental status update, tweet or text message.
How to Recognize Your Best Employees
Let's face it: Most companies have tried at one time or another
to publicly show appreciation for their good employees. Whether
it is by hanging an Employee of the Month plaque that soon has
more empty name plates than engraved ones or by giving employees
a cash reward that is quickly spent and forgotten, these tried
and tested ways simply aren't as effective as in years past.
Learn how you can positively recognize and reward your top
employees so that they will continue to do their best work and
increase your bottom line.
Twitter, MySpace,
You Tube, Facebook and Blogging Invade the Workplace
Can tweeting make you a twit? Will Facebook have you facing the
unemployment line? If you participate in either while at work or
have employees who do, you may be in for a surprise.
When the Company
Picnic is No Picnic
As summer approaches, businesses begin to plan their annual
company picnic. Employees look forward to the time off, the
food, the fun, the injuries and the humiliation. Injuries and
humiliation? Find out what your business should avoid when
having its annual picnic and how this day of “fun” could harm
your business down the road.
Tattoos and
Piercings in the Workplace
You are waiting on your next interview when a candidate with
more body piercings than the bad guy from the movie “Hellraiser”
walks through the door. What do you do?
Don’t Let a Drunk
Employee Drive You to Drink
What started as one drink on Saturday can turn into a lost
weekend of alcohol and/or drug use by your employee before he
returns to work on Monday. Think you can easily fire an employee
who appears to have a drinking problem? Not so fast.
Hold Your Fire!
Have the Proper Documentation
A frequent question in the mind of managers is “How much
documentation is enough to fire someone?” Before you do your
best Donald Trump imitation, find out what steps to take so that
your decision does not come back to haunt you.
TMI: Speak No Evil
About the Fired
A former employee sues his previous company and manager for
comments that were made about him after he was fired. After an
employee is no longer with your business, know what information
to share and when to keep your mouth shut.
“Dress For
Success” Isn’t What You Might Expect
While the dress-shirt-and-tie generation has evolved into a
polo-shirt-and-slacks crowd, a new generation of workers have
taken business casual to yet another level: T-shirts and flip
flops. Find out when you should have a strict dress code and
when allowing your employees to dress casually could be a perk
for your business.
Bah Humbug! Should
Christmas Be Celebrated in the Workplace?
During the holiday season, businesses should be mindful that
many Americans and likely some of their own employees do not
celebrate or acknowledge Christmas. The article addresses having
holiday parties at work, whether it is OK for Santa to make an
appearance and how to deal with individual celebrations or
religious observances.