People Management
With some employees, it isn’t a matter of ability, it’s a matter of attitude. And while you can’t control someone’s horrible personality, you can decide how you’re going to respond. Use these scripts and strategies to confront problem employees and effectively manage employee discipline so you can bring motivating back to the forefront of your workday.
The first rule of people management is not to let one bad apple spoil your whole bunch. Difficult people can put a strain on the productive members of your team.
Make the most of your human capital. Browse our articles on the good, the bad and the ugly of People Management…
Issue: A solid return-on-investment (ROI) analysis helps your organization buy more for its training dollar. Benefit: ROI can help you prove, or disprove, that training is improving the bottom line. ...
You know that you can't retaliate against employees who request accommodation under the Americans with Disabil-ities Act (ADA). But in addition to this anti-retaliation rule, the law includes a little-known "interference" ...
Issue: If managers "go public" about employee discipline, it could spark an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit.
Risk: Jury awards and damaged employee morale, leading to turnover ...
Issue: Community colleges provide high-quality employee training at a reasonable cost.
Benefit: Employees learn new skills and feel more loyal to your organization ...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is starting a new voluntary mediation pilot program in which private-sector discrimination charges filed ...
If Disgruntled Don in accounting sues your company, his lawyer can talk with other employees and, under most state laws, there's not much ...
If your company uses American Arbitra-tion Association (AAA) rules to resolve employment disputes, you'll need to comply with a handful of updated rules that provide new safeguards to employees during arbitration. ...
Maria Gaines, a corrections officer at a New Jersey county jail, claimed that one evening her supervisor grabbed her and kissed her. Then he allegedly joked about it with other high-ranking ...
For 12 years, a senior insurance executive used two company- provided computers, one at the office and one at his home. He had signed his company's computer policy, agreeing to use ...
by The HR Specialist: Employment Law on January 1, 2002 12:00am
in Discrimination and Harassment,Employment Law,Firing,Hiring,HR Management,Human Resources,Leaders & Managers,Management Training,People Management,Small Business Tax,Small Business Tax Deduction Strategies
Even if you draft airtight employment policies and provide expert training, your company could still end up among the increasing number of businesses facing ...
