Employee Relations

Snapshot: Young employees are prepared to bolt

09/18/2019

It’s time to ramp up efforts to retain your younger employees.

Cite poor performance to justify termination

09/13/2019

Smart employers always document poor performance with specific examples. That way, you have a ready defense for just about any surprise discrimination lawsuit.

SHRM advises Congress on how to retain staff members

09/03/2019

The Society for Human Resource Management is doing its part to make Capitol Hill function more effectively, telling Congress how to retain staff members, whose work is characterized by high pressure, low pay and long hours.

Objective measures are most persuasive, so focus on performance criteria

09/02/2019

Remind supervisors to always focus on performance—not intangibles like “attitude”—using as many objective measures as possible. If an employee later alleges some form of discrimination, you’ll be able to demonstrate that you kept things professional by focusing on what really matters: doing the job.

Fantasy football could cost employers $9 billion

08/29/2019

An estimated 12.5 million adults will play fantasy football this year, according to 2018 data from Nielsen Scarborough. With an estimated total of nearly two-thirds of those adults employed, that means over 7.5 million workers will be researching their teams during work hours.

Write memos that people will read

08/28/2019

If a subject is important enough for you to write a memo, take the time to write it in a way that people will read it through. Deliver effective messages with these actions.

Dropping ratings doesn’t mean better feedback

08/22/2019

While the number of companies that don’t use performance ratings and rankings has doubled in the past six years, only 15% of companies globally have eliminated them, says a new Mercer report.

Track every disciplinary action in detail

08/14/2019

Document all the details when you discipline or terminate. That way, you can review past discipline and compare it with currently proposed action. Similar conduct should result in similar punishment.

4 ways managers can cultivate intrinsic motivation

08/14/2019

Intrinsically motivated employees want to succeed because of the internal benefit they experience—like pride or perhaps the internal satisfaction of simply feeling they’ve been productive.

3 cardinal rules of documentation

08/09/2019

Strong documentation systems must be built on three basic principles.