HR Compliance
How to Handle Tricky Employee Absenteeism Problems?
When employees don’t play fair with your organization’s absentee policy and take an unplanned or excessive time off, it causes problems and you need solutions! This webinar will teach you how to create or update your attendance policy which complies with legal standards and which can be flexible enough to meet the demands of different departments or positions. The program will also address federal and state..
The Manager as Coach
Managing and motivating an increasingly diverse workforce, along with a blend of virtual, hybrid and distributed teams, poses unique challenges. To meet these challenges and positively influence employee performance, today’s managers must shift from traditional management approaches to more of a coaching role. When managers provide guidance and support through coaching, teams are more high-performing, colla..
The Dos and Dont's of Documenting Employee Performance: What Employers Need to Know
You’ve heard the statement, “If it’s not written down, it didn’t happen”. The human resources mantra to managers and supervisors is to "document, document, document", because disciplinary actions can often give rise to claims of discrimination, leading to high costs of litigation. But do your managers and supervisor know how, when, and what to document? Badly worded documentation and suspiciously timed admi..
The Key To Effective PIP's
An Employee Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is a formal document that outlines specific concerns or gaps in an employee’s performance. It serves as a strategy to help the employee improve on the specific areas of their job where they are not meeting the requirements of the position they were hired for. There are certain items that must be included when presenting an employee with a Performance Improvemen..
Complying with Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Many would think that the answers to how to accommodate the pregnant worker in the workplace would be a no brainer. Of course, it is not that easy – mostly because of a hodgepodge of cases over the years. Cases were so inconsistent that the Supreme Court became involved resulting in its decision of Young v. UPS. Maybe you thought that the Supreme Court would have the final say? No, Congress respon..
The DOL Predicts That The Overtime Rule Would Be Launched in April 2024!
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions is a semiannual compilation of information about regulations under development by federal agencies, published in the spring and fall.The government’s fall regulatory agenda just dropped. Highlights include overtime regulations slated for April 2024.The DOL plans to finalize updates to the executive, administrative and professional exemption for o..
Human Resource Audits: How to Conduct a Practical Audit Without Overwhelm?
Any HR professional knows that a major part of their responsibility is keeping the company’s employment files organized for many legal reasons but also because it helps to keep your operations going smoothly. An externally-driven audit by a government agency could result in dire consequences including fines, citations, and shutdowns. Without a system or organizing files followed up by regular internal audit..
Performance Reviews: A Step-By-Step Process For Conducting Them Meaningfully and Effectively
One of the most critical areas of employee relationships and one of the biggest challenges management faces today is conducting effective performance appraisals and determining appropriate merit increases. Learn to give performance appraisals that help motivate employees to achieve goals and increase their value to the organization. Since both managers and employees often view performance appraisals with an..
Trauma Awareness In The Workplace
This is essential information to understand to work well within a team environment. The opportunity for an organization to prove a workplace experience where everyone can show up as their best self and leave in a healthy happy not stressed state is key to having a supportive environment. In an effort to do this, we have to understand how to inspire those to work well together by understanding and respecting..
2024 New E-Verify Program! How Will NextGen Impact Completing the I-9Form?
The proposed features for the upcoming revamped version of E-Verify would fundamentally change the way employment eligibility verification is conducted, according to a proposal from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).E-Verify NextGen scheduled for release in 2024 integrates the Form I-9 process with E-Verify, the federal government’s electronic employment verification system, and shifts much ..
Exempt or Non-Exempt? Proper Worker Classification Under the New FLSA Overtime Rule
The new rule will become effective on July 1, 2024, so employers need to be prepared for these changes. The new rule makes significant changes in which of your employees will now qualify to be “exempt” and therefore not be entitled to overtime. Employees who were previously classified as exempt will now need to be reclassified to non-exempt employees and will then be entitled to overtime. Employers need to ..
Performance Reviews - Essentials of Conversations, Feedback, and Goal Setting for Managers
Performance review conversations require that strategic key points be discussed but in a diplomatic fashion. Managers must remain in a neutral state of mind which is difficult when frustrated with an employee’s performance. Candid conversations are also necessary when giving a performance review to drive productivity through continuous improvement and for risk management to protect the company.Provided in t..
Managing Your Inevitable Workplace Conflicts
This webinar includes:Functional organizational conflict: - Is constructive, healthy and cooperative - Is when the parties are talking and focused on achieving a mutually acceptable outcome - Generates new perspectives and ideas - Allows options to be debated - Enables Individuals and teams to grow - A component of high-performing teams..
Strategic Interviewing and Selection: Getting the Right Talent on Your Team in This Tight Labor Market
The effectiveness of the Recruiting, Interviewing and Selection process can be no greater than the quality of the interviews themselves. Interviewers need to know how to follow a proven methodology for obtaining relevant information from applicants and properly assessing it. Interviewers need to know what to look for and how to gain that information. The objective of an interview is to identify candidates w..
10 Essential Team Needs As We Move Past Crisis and Business Disruption
Many of our teams were having difficulty coping with stress and were facing burnout and mental health challenges long before COVID-19 came along. Through COVID-19 we are seeing that their stress is heightened even further, and our teams and colleagues will continue to be at risk. Research shows that failing to meet the essential needs of your team will result in burnout, mental health challenges, increased ..