It is fairly common for supervisors to avoid discussions and not documenting unacceptable employee behavior and performance. These same employees may also have very positive performance reviews in their files. Three of the most important words in employment law are “document, document, and document.” If you ever doubt this, talk to someone who has been […]
Are you avoiding or inconsistently dealing with any employee performance, behavior and conduct issues?
January 16, 2012 by Fred Holloway
Filed Under: Documentation, HR Update Tagged With: Employee Relations, Employment, HR Update, human resource, Job performance, Negligence in employment
Educate your employees on sexual and other forms of workplace harassment and discrimination
January 14, 2012 by Fred Holloway
This entry is part 7 of 9 in the series 10.5 COMMON EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MISTAKES - And how to avoid them
Make “zero-tolerance for harassment and discrimination” a business priority. Your written policy should be clear, fair, enforced, and distributed to all employees. Train your employees how to follow it and report incidents, and your supervisors on how to respond to reported incidents and enforce it. Having sound policies and procedures in place for employees to […]
Filed Under: Compliance, Documentation, HR Update Tagged With: Employment, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Harassment, Law, Sexual, Sexual harassment, Violence and Abuse
Are you consistently documenting work practices?
January 13, 2012 by Fred Holloway
This entry is part 6 of 9 in the series 10.5 COMMON EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MISTAKES - And how to avoid them
Federal and State laws are very specific about certain documentation and recordkeeping requirements and the length of time you need to maintain certain records. Beyond the mandated requirements, a good rule of thumb is: if an act or activity impacts the employment relationship (which includes any changes in wages, hours, the job – including performance […]
Filed Under: Documentation, HR Update Tagged With: Document Management, Records management
Be sure you are properly paying overtime to non-exempt employees
January 10, 2012 by Fred Holloway
This entry is part 5 of 9 in the series 10.5 COMMON EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MISTAKES - And how to avoid them
Be careful to properly draw the line between “exempt” employees and “non-exempt” (those entitled to receive overtime pay). Paying employees a salary isn’t enough to avoid overtime. Unless employees are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by definition, you must pay them 1.5 times their regular hourly wage for all […]
Filed Under: Compliance, HR Update Tagged With: Employment, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Independent contractor, Overtime, United States
Are you conducting background checks on your prospective employees?
January 5, 2012 by Fred Holloway
This entry is part 4 of 9 in the series 10.5 COMMON EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MISTAKES - And how to avoid them
A bad hire can be one of the most damaging events that can happen to a company. And a bad hire can happen with the best of intentions. Conducting reference checks, a criminal background check and verifying and validating information provided to you by a prospective employee can potentially save you immensely by avoiding productivity […]
Filed Under: Documentation, HR Update Tagged With: Background check, Business, Drug test, Employment, Negligence in employment
