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Can My Employee Take a Vacation While on FMLA Leave?
Last Updatedin Benefits & Compensation, Employee Relations
How Do I Manage a Disrespectful Employee?
Last Updatedin Employee Relations
Unleashing Employee Potential Through Competency-Based Job Descriptions
Last Updatedin Communications
by Linda Gravett, PhD, SPHR How many times have you heard statements like these from your employees? “I have no idea what my official job duties are.” “My job description mainly says ‘other duties as assigned’.” “I’m evaluated on things that aren’t even in my job description.” If you’ve heard these complaints much too often, […]
Why Overcoming Unconscious Bias Is Key to Your Organization’s Success
Last Updatedin HR Strategy
Question: One of the focus areas in my organization is promoting diversity and inclusion, and we would like to expand our current program to include more issues that have a real impact to our team and our community. I have heard about “Unconscious Bias” but don’t know much about it. Should this be a topic […]
How Can We Address Pay Compression?
Last Updatedin Benefits & Compensation
HR Question: To remain competitive in the marketplace, our company’s upper management decided to raise our minimum rate of pay. Unfortunately, HR was not included in this decision that has now led to salary compression and angry seasoned workers. How do you recommend for our human resources team to handle this? HR Answer: This is […]
What Features Should I Consider in a New Applicant Tracking System?
Last Updatedin Recruitment
HR Question: My company is considering purchasing an Applicant Tracking System to help organize and bolster our recruitment process. There are so many options out there in the market! What Applicant Tracking System features should we keep in mind as we go through our search? HR Answer: As we roll into 2021, companies are beginning […]
How Can I Prevent Tension Between My Remote Team and On-Site Team?
Last Updatedin Communications
HR Question: Due to COVID-19, some of my team members are able to work from home. However, I have other team members that I need to be present in the office. This has understandably caused some frustration for those that need to be on-site, as they may feel that the situation is unfair. How can […]