As a hiring manager, you cringe when you see gaps in employment. Thoughts of laziness, poor work ethic, difficult personality, or even trustworthiness creep into your assumptions. To avoid wasting...
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One of most difficult aspects of human resources is employee discipline. Although your company may have an outlined schedule of progressive discipline, different situations may warrant different consequences – and...
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With the CDC relaxing its stance of mask-wearing for COVID-19 vaccinated individuals, you might be wondering if it’s within your employer rights to request vaccine status. While the answer is...
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As a manager, you have a lot of responsibilities that spread your time thin and make ordinary, mundane tasks feel like low priorities. But when it comes to documenting an...
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When we talk about sexual harassment prevention training, we typically envision a room full of less-than-enthusiastic adults being reminded (once again) that locker-room banter isn’t acceptable at work. But what...
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Have you ever used a 360-degree review for a performance evaluation? While they may be valuable for you to obtain more holistic information about an employee, 360-degree reviews can damage...
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A few years ago, my then 16-yr-old niece received a Form 1099 from a dentist office where she had been a nighttime cleaner. Knowing what I do about HR, I...
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Opinions are like smart phones: nearly everyone has one. But when someone’s opinion is thrown at you as “constructive feedback,” what is your automatic, knee-jerk reaction? If you can say,...
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While employers are navigating the legal ramifications of requiring staff members to be vaccinated, one catch might be the “religious accommodation” that employees could claim to opt out of the...
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Do you remember what it was like to be a manager prior to March 2020? There was a big push for direct managers to spend 1-on-1 time with their subordinates...
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