Time To Terminate? Not Just Yet…
Managers always “want to get it over with” once they’ve decided they want to fire someone. That’s no surprise, but HR can’t let it happen. Step back and assess the whole picture before acting.
Category: HR Management & Compliance
There are dozens of details to take care of in the day-to-day operation of your department and your company. We give you case studies, news updates, best practices and training tips that keep your organization fully in compliance with ever-changing employment law, and you fully aware of emerging HR trends.
Equalizing Pay for Long Shifts and Short Shifts
Let’s say you have some employees who work long, 12-hour shifts and others who work traditional eight-hour shifts. The 12-hour employees work four shifts one week (48 hours), then three shifts the second week (36 hours) and another three shifts the third week (36 hours). This 4-3-3 schedule would be repeated every three weeks, resulting […]
Let’s Get Our Story Straight—Then We’ll Fire Him
What’s one of the killer problems with defending wrongful termination lawsuits? When “the story” about why the person was fired is inconsistent. That is, when HR, the manager, and the documentation don’t agree. For example, here’s what happens: The employee’s performance is poor enough that he or she has to be fired. But the supervisor […]
ADAAA Effective Today—Steps Employers Should Take
In yesterday’s Advisor, we presented the first 6 “Rules of Construction” for ADAAA compliance. Today, the rest of the rules, steps to take, and an introduction to BLR’s CD-based collection of job descriptions, SmartJobs. [Go here for Rules of Construction 1 to 6.] Rule 7. An impairment that is episodic or in remission is a […]
All Aboard, HR Professionals
I am thrilled to announce the launch of the SmartHRManager blog, powered by Thompson Publishing Group. Welcome. We hope this blog can do a lot for you. We want to be the place HR and benefits professionals turn to for ideas, analysis and instructions. We have a dynamic publishing company behind us to delve into the questions […]
Hot List: New York Times Bestselling Hardcover Business Books
The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times with data from Nielsen BookScan on May 23. 1. Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul by Howard Schultz with Joanne Gordon. Schultz tells of his second stint as the C.E.O. of Starbucks […]
Don’t Terminate Without the Right Policies
Terminations — where the rubber meets the road in HR. The most angst, the most tears (or screams), and the most lawsuits. Your terminations policy is critical. Today, courtesy of BLR’s SmartPolicies® program, we’ll review the key elements your policy should cover.
ADAAA Effective Tomorrow—Ready for Its 9 Rules of Construction?
The final regulations issued by the EEOC implement the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (the ADAAA) are effective tomorrow, May 24. The new regs feature 9 “Rules of Construction” to help employers determine whether an impairment substantially limits a major life activity. The new rules reflect the ADAAA’s broader definition of “disability.” As a result, […]
Religious Accommodation Requests—Deal Delicately, But Deal
Requests for accommodation on religious grounds are often tricky—What’s a belief? What’s a religion?—but they‘re going to come up and you’ve got to deal with them. Attorney Regina Petty has tips. Petty offers the following suggestions to help employers reduce the risk they will be accused of refusing to accommodate a sincerely held religious belief […]
Pay for Performance—What’s Happening in the Trenches
By Stephen D. Bruce, PHREditor, HR Daily Advisor Just My E-pinion Pay for performance—everyone wants on the bandwagon, but what are companies actually doing? Our survey results tell the tale. Most respondents provide some type of individual performance pay to all employees, according to BLR’s recent survey of Pay for Performance practices. This was true […]