First Contact with the Candidate: Tips for Success
Getting that perfect candidate in for an interview can seem harder than it looks. Make the wrong move during the interview process, and your perfect candidate might get cold feet.
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7 Best Practices in Employee Performance Reviews
As the year comes to a close, many employers are finalizing employee performance reviews for the year. Let’s take a look at 7 best practices for employee performance reviews:
How Employers Can Assist Employees with Relocation
Does your organization offer relocation assistance for employees? Many employers have opted to do so, especially in a tight labor market where some positions are difficult to fill in a specific geographic location.
Ask the Expert: Can Our Employee Work as a ‘Contractor’ on Weekends?
Question: We are seeking clarification on hours worked for overtime pay. We have an employee who works as a “contractor” outside regular working hours, such as weekends. We are looking for guidance on when we will have to pay overtime; if allowing the employee to work as a “contractor” on the weekends will still count […]
Acceptable Affirmative Phrases for Discussing Disabilities
Sometimes it’s hard to know how to communicate with or assist co-workers with disabilities. Over-eager assistants do more harm than good, while others, concerned that they will say the wrong thing, say nothing—further isolating people with disabilities. Using affirmative language is the first step in communicating well with people with disabilities, says DOL’s Office of […]
Training for Basic Communication Skills
When considering the skills that are most important in the modern workplace, it might be tempting to think of complex, specific abilities like spreadsheet building, accounting, Six Sigma, or project planning. But managers and employers around the country will be quick to point out that there are major issues with some fundamental skills needed for […]
Conflict Resolution and Minimization: Tips for Employers
Conflict in the workplace is one of the more dreaded components of a manager’s life. Wouldn’t it be simpler if everyone could just get along?
Onboarding 101: How to Set Your Employees Up for Success
Onboarding is a key element of any employee development strategy. After the interview process and the new hire’s own company research, onboarding is the first real taste the employee gets of where he or she will be working.
Q&A on Job Descriptions, Essential Functions, and Reasonable Accommodation
If an employee with a disability is reassigned to a vacant position that better accommodates the disability, but this position does not pay as well as the one they started in, can the employee’s pay be reduced? Can having a high school diploma or GED be a job requirement? What happens if a disabled employee […]
Ask the Expert: Transitioning Employees to Acquiring Company’s Benefit Plans
Our business is being acquired and our employees will become eligible for the acquiring company’s benefit plans. What are we required to do in order to terminate our benefit plans including our cafeteria plan? Do we need to file anything or provide official communication to employees?