Human Resources

Employee Turnover – Why You Should Calculate Employee Turnover Rates?

One of the many measures of organizational success is employee turnover.  Successful organizations understand the importance of developing and fostering an engaged work force which contributes to increased performance and overall employee satisfaction. There is a lot of research that suggests that employees don’t leave organizations, they leave supervisors.    People who manage people need to [...]

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Health Care Costs – What Can We All Do To Control Health Care Costs

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The United States spent over 2.3 trillion dollars on health care related costs in 2008, which translates to about $7,681 per resident!  Those numbers are staggering and rising rapidly.  An estimated 8 out of 10 dollars spent on health care is on diseases that are preventable. There is much heated debate on this issue in [...]

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Employee Poor Time Management Skills – 6 Tips to Improve Time Management Skills

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Employee poor time management skills is something we all struggle with.  It is very easy to get distracted and pulled into things that don’t necessarily contribute to meeting corporate objectives.  Employee time management skills are developed with training and practice.  But even the best time managers struggle with time thieves.  Managers should pay attention to employee [...]

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Compensation Strategy – 7 Things to Consider When Developing a Compensation Strategy

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A compensation strategy defines how an organization views and manages employee pay and benefits.  The strategy serves as a guide and should be defined in a written document that clearly articulates the organization’s approach to compensation management.   An effective compensation strategy serves to motivate current employees and attract new ones. Some people think of compensation [...]

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Progressive Discipline – 4 Steps to Successful Employee Progressive Discipline

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All managers desire employees to follow policy, accomplish goals and get along with co-workers but unfortunately there are times when that does not happen.  This is when managers are forced to correct and discipline employees.  This is not a favorite manager responsibility but it is required as part of a structured performance management process. Before [...]

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Fair Pay Act – 5 Ways to Ensure Fair Pay for Women

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The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law January 2009 by President Obama.  The Act amends the 1964 Civil Rights Act that had a statute of limitations for filing equal pay lawsuits involving pay discrimination. According to the DOL Secretary Hilda Solis, women fill almost half of all jobs in the United States [...]

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I-9 Audits – How to Prepare Your Organization for an I-9 Audit

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A recent article in SHRM magazine about I-9 Compliance discusses the Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 which is used by employers to verify an employee’s identity and eligibility to work in the United States.  Completing I-9 forms are part of the employment process and keeping accurate and up-to-date records of these forms is an important [...]

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Conflict Resolution in the Workplace – Why Conflict Resolution is Important

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Conflict in the workplace is an inevitable reality.  This is why it is so important to understand what causes conflict in business and have a conflict resolution plan in place to address it when it happens. Conflict is defined as, “to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance or in opposition; clash to [...]

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Employee Turnover – Retaining Employees After the Recession

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There are many signs that the recession is subsiding and the economy is slowly coming back.  Employees have gone several years with little if any raises. They’ve watched coworkers and friends be let go. Benefits have been cut back. Employees are doing more work with fewer resources and they are getting tired. As the economy [...]

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Performance Appraisal Process: Can it be Fair?

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I got this question from a TTSB reader so I thought it might be a good opportunity to explain performance management and fairness in performance appraisals. The question was: “Interested to know whether you think that appraisals can ever be ‘fair’. And if they can be, how can we measure them to ensure that they [...]

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Why is Emotional Intelligence Important in the Business Workplace?

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Successful leaders with a strong emotional intelligence competency have an advantage in the business workplace. According to Wikipedia is, “The first use of the term emotional intelligence is usually attributed to Wayne Payne’s doctoral thesis A Study of Emotion: Developing Emotional Intelligence from 1985.  However, prior to this, the term emotional intelligence had appeared in Leuner (1966).  Greenspan (1989) also put forward [...]

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2011 Average Salary Pay Increase Projections: It looks like raises are back!

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The last couple of years have been difficult for employers and employees.  Salary freezes or low pay increases have been challenging for both employers as well as employees.  Employers understand the importance of providing a healthy employee benefit package and employees have felt the pinch of getting little if any raises.  The good news is the economy is [...]

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