Employee Relations

Dealing with the everything-is-urgent co-worker

11/30/2015

Co-workers who send every message with an “Urgent” tag in the subject line or who litter emails with “ASAP” make life unnecessarily stressful. Follow these tips to deal with an everything-is-urgent co-worker.

Performance reviews lose their luster

11/26/2015

CEO of GE Jeff Immelt is considering axing annual performance reviews. Instead, it’s experimenting with more frequent performance discussions between managers and staff. The industrial giant is also launching an app for supervisors and employees to share feedback with each other.

How to accommodate Muslim employees in the workplace

11/25/2015

Minnesota is home to North America’s largest Somali immigrant community, most of whom are Muslims. For Minnesota employers, this means becoming familiar with Islamic practices and the ways employers often must accommodate them.

‘Tis the season to be jolly … but careful with parties, gifts, bonuses

11/10/2015

It’s that time of year again—time to spread a little holiday cheer … and think about the potential legal consequences of doing so.

Take this job and shove it! Wide agreement on reasons

11/09/2015

Applicants and current employees agree on the three top factors that make them say “No thanks, bye-bye” to a job.

What (or who) keeps telework from working?

10/30/2015

Resistance from senior executives is the primary reason more employers don’t institute a regular telework plan, in which employees work remotely at least once a week.

Skipping disciplinary meeting is insubordination

10/29/2015

An employee who refuses to attend a disciplinary meeting and is terminated as a result probably isn’t eligible for unemployment benefits. It amounts to insubordination and willful misconduct.

‘I got stuck under my bed’ and more priceless absenteeism excuses

10/28/2015

CareerBuilder has learned that some employees take their excuses to the next level, from claims of poisoning at grandma’s hands to the urgent need to dumpster dive. Real-life bosses no doubt cringed when they heard that a subordinate missed work because he or she …

Document carefully when disciplining for injury

10/27/2015

Sometimes, employees who carelessly injure themselves deserve discipline. That’s fine, as long as you carefully document the carelessness.

In praise of praise

10/25/2015

New leaders tend to get tripped up on praise because they worry that it will seem unprofessional or that people will get overconfident and complacent. It isn’t … and they won’t.