Employment Information, Guidelines, and Laws Directory
Look no further for everything you need in one spot about employment - links to the Department of Labor, laws, OSHA, and informational content. Start here when you develop policies, procedures or your handbook.
Firing and Disciplining Employees
Article discusses the steps in a progressive discipline procedure that is fair to the employee and yet protects the company. It also highlights how to conduct an investigation. Many great resources at this site!
How to Recruit and Hire the Best: A Checklist for Success
Want to recruit and hire a superior workforce? This checklist will help you systematize your hiring process. The checklist helps you keep track of your recruiting efforts. It communicates both the recruiting and the hiring process and progress in recruiting to the hiring manager. Take a look and provide feedback.
How to Reduce the Cost of Advertising: Ad Adventures
It’s expensive to advertise available positions in newspaper classifieds and online. You can significantly reduce the cost of online advertising and classified advertising with a bit of effort and rewriting. The cost savings is definitely worth your time. Want to know more? I'll share a recent experience.
HR Job Descriptions
From the Occupational Outlook Handbook, job descriptions are provided for human resources, training, and labor relations specialists and managers. The nature of the work and working conditions are described.
Human Resources Policy and Procedure Directory
When I think of the most frequent email messages I receive, requests for sample and example policies, procedures, and handbook wording are among the most frequent. In response, I am compiling this resource for your use: sample and example policies and procedures. If you have written for your organization or found an effective policy, procedure, or guideline online, please send email to the Guide.
Performance Management: Performance Development Plan Form
This Performance Development Planning Form (PDP)provides a format to use in your quarterly Performance Development Planning meetings to document goals, measurements and progress on goals. Business, personal and professional goals are documented and tracked.
Personnel File Contents
The Management Advantage, Inc. provides great advice about what to include and what not to include in a personnel file. Do yours make the grade?
Policies Essential in a Religious Setting
"The topic of policies is not always a welcome one in our churches, as many want the flexibility to deal with issues on a case-by-case basis whenever possible-and there’s something to be said for that. However, when it comes to the treatment of employees, if one place needs policies, it’s our Christian churches," says Ken Godevenos, MBA, CCP, CHRP.
Sick Leave Abuse: A Chronic Workplace Ill?
Unscheduled employee absences are increasing. If you apply creative strategies to leave, attendance, and absenteeism management, you can keep people coming to work. You'll increase workplace productivity and add value to your bottom line!
Time Off Discussion
Good discussion at salary.com of attendance policies, average numbers of days off per year per employee longevity, sick leave, bereavement leave, jury duty and more. Well worth a read, especially for U.S. employers.
Why Job Descriptions Are Good Business
The job description is a communication tool significant for your organization's success. A poorly-written job description creates workplace confusion, hurts communication, and makes people feel as if they don't know what is expected from them. Read words of wisdom and warning about job descriptions.
