Many companies are developing more progressive strategies for dealing with absence; these frequently include relatively new disciplines such as health assessments or Employee Assistance Programmes. As an employer you will need to develop a series of cohesive policies that clearly establish the practices that you will follow when running your organisation.Absenteeism policies should contain: Payment for work including payment for days missed before and after a holiday;Types of excused and unexcus…
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Firing a Worker
May 20th, 2010 
admin Firing an employee is never easy. Preparation is a key when firing someone. You need to prepare documentation before the meeting with the employee. Pull together performance appraisals, written warnings, salary information and all correspondence with that employee. Have a witness observe the proceedings. Choose the best time during the week. You will have to choose the place. Your office is private and you are in charge. Prepare your opening. If necessary, write what you will say to start proces…
Managing Employee Relations
May 20th, 2010 admin When we talk about creating a Positive Employee Relations environment, it is because you recognize that the manner in which your employees are treated will ultimately be the key factor that will distinguish your company from other companies and determine your management success. The following outlines the key elements necessary to create and maintain a positive employee relations environment. The responsibility for these elements will vary. However, you are clearly able to control many of the fo…
Employee Conflict Resolution
May 20th, 2010 admin In a company with a mix of personalities, backgrounds, ages, skills, values, expectations and work styles converging at the office there are bound to be some misunderstandings between employees. If employee relations are a part of your job, you may at times find yourself caught in the middle of feuding employees. As manager or supervisor you will have to be mediator and resolve complaints in a timely, professional and concerned manner. First, you have to identify the problem. Bring all involved …
Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
May 20th, 2010 admin Any person in a management position who uses or condones implicit or explicit sexual behavior to control, influence, or affect the career, pay, or job is engaging in sexual harassment. Sexual harassment in the workplace is against the law. An employer has a legal responsibility to provide a workplace free from sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination involving unwelcome sexual advances, request for sexual favors, and other verbal and physical conduct of a sexual natur…
Employee Rights: Disability Discrimination
May 20th, 2010 admin Always remember, you can ask people about their abilities, but you can’t ask about their disabilities. This means that you can ask how an applicant plans to perform each function of the job, but you cannot ask whether the applicant has any disabilities that will prevent him or her from performing each function of the job.One way to ensure that you stay within the rules is to attach a detailed job description to the application or describe the job duties to the applicant during the job interview….
Steps to an Effective Hiring Process
May 20th, 2010 admin These are the steps for the hiring process to be able to select the right person in your company:Determining your need to hire a new employee. Before to start hiring process, you have to clearly define critical skills for the job and organizational attributes required for success. You should validated selection tools such as skill assessments, pre-screen interview, and behavioral-based structured interviews to screen applicants.Conducting job analysis. Job Analysis will describe the job essentia…
How to Recruit Employee
May 20th, 2010 admin The Internet is a great place to find just the right candidate for the company.If you have a company website, review it and change it if necessary to post your job opportunities on your site. In the labor market your web presence must be competitive with other businesses looking to hire similar people. Candidates will get a good first impression of the quality of your business and a good understanding of what you do. Jobs Posting Sources are affordable alternative ways to consider posting your j…
How to Work with Executive Recruiters
May 20th, 2010 admin The executive recruiting field requires an understanding of the importance of the employment opportunities being filled. Indeed, finding the right leadership is essential to the health of a business or corporation and without applying the proper strategy to an executive recruiting campaign-without attracting the right leaders, that is-an organization could face a wide range of management dilemmas in both short term and long term scenarios.One of the major advantages of using a professional recru…
Verbal Job Offer
May 20th, 2010 admin In general, at the time of an offer and acceptance of a new job, most new employees are verbally told the details of their new employment, including the rate at which they’ll be paid. Employers often believe that having a writing contract with an employee automatically eliminates the freedom of at-will status. This is incorrect. But verbal offers are not good for employees for a few reasons:1. If the information is not written down and there is a dispute or misunderstanding as to what was said i…