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In yesterday’s Advisor, we featured the first six sins of supervisors. Today, sins 7 through 10, plus an introduction to the all-things-HR-in-one website, HR.BLR.com®. [Go here for sins 1 through 6.] Sin #7. Not Knowing and Not Enforcing Policies We’re busy now. Talk to me about that harassment business next week. If you think […]
Human Resources managers have a tough task on their hands whenever there is a need to hire a new employee. The process of hiring new staff can be very frustrating and time-consuming for HR department personnel. But if you are trying to spot talent, it takes more time, resources, and scrutiny.
Usually after a termination, the first thing an angry former employee does is call an employment lawyer. Over the past few decades however, a growing number of disgruntled employees instead return and inflict bodily injury—or worse—on their former bosses or those the employee feels is responsible for his or her termination.
Workplace ageism is a pervasive problem, but there are steps employees and forward-thinking companies can take to combat it.
A subordinate delivers a work product that’s closer to a rough draft rather than a final product and leaves insufficient time to revise it before the external deadline. When a crucial deliverable is missing, people from multiple teams point fingers, and a new employee is surprised to see negative comments on her performance review, as […]
We want to draft a policy that allows us to install a monitoring app on employee’s personal phones that can contain private HIPAA data and gives us the option to remotely wipe the phone if stolen. The hurdle is that we do not provide any reimbursement for personal phones. Are we allowed to do this […]
In a previous post, we discussed the challenge often faced by managers and business owners in teaching customer service skills to entry-level employees.
Amid the stress and logistical challenges of remote work that have emerged in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of “hybrid” work has exploded in popularity. While some commentators embrace fully remote work and others lament the loss of in-office collaboration, hybrid work, which includes some time spent in the office and some […]
One of the most notable impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for millions of Americans has been the widespread shift to remote work. The virtually overnight shift has been a tremendous logistical challenge for employees and employers alike.