A strengthened performance management program, especially in a time when companies are doing more with less, is more important than ever.
Employers who routinely review employee performance and who conduct regular employee evaluations reap tremendous benefits.
You carefully draft the job description, even making sure it’s legally compliant. During the interview, you’re careful not to ask any inappropriate questions. So why, a year or more later, would you undo all of your prior efforts through the use of a questionable employee performance appraisal process?
Today, more than ever before, business leaders are waking up to increasing demands for strengthening workplace ethics.
What should you include in documentation to make it meaningful, helpful or useful? At a minimum, documentation should include:
Each year thousands of employers are sued by employees for wrongful discharge.
What does an employer do if it wants to implement a performance appraisal system or audit an existing system? The following outlines fourteen sequential steps f
Should your organization provide leadership training? One of the best ways to determine if there should be leadership training is to conduct a needs assessment.
Once upon a time, there was a company with an ineffective senority- based performance system. Employees simply just showed up for work, and productivity issues were creating serious problems.
For managers to develop positive employee relations with their staff, it’s necessary to show your employees that you understand the importance of feedback.
Mangers often do things, unintentionally, to mess up performance management and performance appraisals.
Employment records routinely maintained by employers, but not specifically listed in the federal requirements, include:
This tends to be an underrated aspect of the appraisal process. The following general guidelines indicate what matters should receive attention.
Once an employer determines a reduction in force is a viable business solution to specific problems or challenges, then the issue of how to select employees or
Companies need to provide both employees and managers with access to information contained in personnel files, while at the same time insuring that the informat
Employers should consider the following actions to ensure that employees' privacy rights are protected.