How to Calculate Severance Pay
There is no legal requirement to offer severance. Companies often provide it after an employee is terminated. In general, the amount is based on length of employment. You may decide to offer a week’s pay … Read More
The End of the 40-Hour Workweek?
How do you approach your day to be more productive? Do you catch yourself looking at the clock rather than focusing on what you’re getting done? When you put in less than eight or 10 … Read More
The Key Steps Toward a Great Company Culture
What is company culture, and does your company have one? Company culture is defined by a number of aspects, including leadership and employee behaviors. Other aspects, according to William Craig (a contributing writer to Forbes), … Read More
Should You Let Employees Work from Home?
Whether working from home is good or bad for your employees or your business is a very individual decision. But one thing is for certain: It’s becoming an increasingly popular option. Some employees excel when … Read More
How to Create a Salary Budget
How do you approach allocating compensation dollars into a salary budget? Managers throughout your company must work together to budget dollars for salary and help control health care and other miscellaneous benefit costs. Research Carefully … Read More
Should You Offer Employees Unlimited Vacation Time?
Unlimited vacation time is like an all-you-can-eat buffet: Although you love the idea of downing pounds of shrimp, in reality there’s only so many fantails you can eat, and it’s never as much as you … Read More
Alternatives to Layoffs
Most people know what the word “downsizing” means … loss of jobs. Layoffs. Unemployment. So if downsizing means releasing employees, what does “right-sizing” mean?Some companies politely refer to downsizing as right-sizing, because it helps them … Read More
HR Confidentiality – How and Why
HR has a responsibility – both to the employer and employees. That’s why concerns about potential discrimination or harassment issues need to be balanced with limiting employer liability and guarding against lawsuits. Employees need to … Read More
Why Training Your Employees Is Good for Retention
There’s an old joke about an executive who worries that training their employees will be a bad investment because they might leave, to which the sage CEO says, “What if we don’t train them and … Read More
HR Tip: Office Inclement Weather Policy – How and Why.
If your business operates in a location that is at least occasionally subject to severe weather conditions, it’s a good idea to have a clear and detailed policy on the subject. The major topics you’ll … Read More
Why You Should Consider Progressive Discipline Before Termination
Terminating employment always comes with risk, even when it’s done for good cause. You can reduce this risk by using progressive discipline. As its name suggests, progressive discipline involves a progression of disciplinary actions with … Read More
Working with Summer Scheduling Changes
Work-life balance has frequently been outpolling money as the most important factor for employees! So what can employers do in the summer months when employees have more scheduling conflicts than usual? Depending on the nature … Read More