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…
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How to Build Effective Team Work
May 20th, 2010 
admin To create effective teamwork, these powerful actions must occur:Managers communicate the clear expectation that teamwork and collaboration are expected. Supervisors are open and receptive to ideas and input from others. Team members can help keep other employee motivated by encouraging each other to contribute ideas, resolving differences to make the situation a win/win situation, help keep everyone involved by asking members for input and ideas, and using humor as a reminder that we can all get…
How to Provide Constructive Criticism
May 20th, 2010 admin Usually the goal in constructive criticism is to critique an individual so they will benefit or improve. Constructive criticism will provide feedback that enhances job results, reduces employees stress, creates psychological security and helps develop the ideal organizational climate. Now, the question is how do we give constructive criticism? Always give criticism to your employee in private. You have to understand why you are offering criticism and ask if it is appropriate to the situation and…
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 …
Managing Employee Retention
May 20th, 2010 admin To maintain a stable workforce, employers must deliberately engage in retention activities. These efforts range from recruiting good employees, enriching work environment and individualized compensation packages. People need to feel wanted, valued, appreciated. They want to do meaningful work and have some say in how their jobs are designed, managed, and measured. It is important you create an environment of respect, trust and mutual support who encouraging open communication. There is elements …
Encouraging Employee Communication
May 20th, 2010 admin As manager you have the responsibility to establish and administer the disciplinary procedure and to effectively handle grievances and complaints. Your actions are the major factor in determining the human relations climate in your company. Communication provides the key to successfully meeting these responsibilities. Keep your employee informed satisfies an important need. Employees get information from communications network which includes any conversations they have with employees. As employe…
How to Hold an Employee Meeting
May 20th, 2010 admin Meetings are the vehicle to build your group. They help you recruit, train, and sustain a membership base. If you get the meetings right, your group will function well and achieve long term success. Running a good meeting is simple. But most meetings are not well run. Ineffective meetings use critical resources, sap organizational energy and movement, and affect employee morale. Find out how to make your meetings work for you. If you run good meetings, your group will be successful.A key to a go…
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…
Developing an Absence Policy
May 20th, 2010 admin 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…
Taking Disciplinary Action
May 20th, 2010 admin This process satisfies a legal requirement to terminate justifiably. It also provides the employees with fair and equal treatment to understand performance issues and be provided with an opportunity to improve over a reasonable and specified period of time.Documented verbal warning – Where the gap in job performance is clearly explained to the employee as well as the potential outcome should performance not improve.Formal written warning – Outlining specific performance issues that need to be ad…