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Question: I just received a claim from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission indicating a charge for constructive discharge. What does this mean? The employee resigned, I’m not sure what I’m being charged with. Answer: According to the EEOC, Constructive Discharge is when an employee feels forced to resign because the employer (or those in the […]
Question: As an Ohio company, I am confused about what changes, if any, I need to make as a result of the implementation of House Bill 523, the new law that legalizes medical marijuana on September 6, 2016. Does this mean my drug free workplace policies are no longer valid? Answer: No, this does not […]
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a broad term for self-regulating oneself in terms of ethical responsibility and compliance. The term can refer to both internal and external activities that an organization can take part in to improve itself as well as the communities and environments in which it lives and works. Strategic human resources leaders […]
HR Business Advisor
By Robin Throckmorton, MA, SPHR “If the rate of change outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near” by Jack Welch In the workplace today, there is so much change taking place, we can’t escape it. But, we have to decide how we are going to handle or cope with […]
Senior Recruiting Coordinator / Talent Acquisition Consultant
HR Question: Do I really need job descriptions for my employees? Are they legally required? We have a small staff and everyone has to be willing to do everything. What is the value of having job descriptions? HR Answer: No, job descriptions are not legally required documents, however, they can help your employees (and their […]
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Senior HR Business Strategist
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Manager of HR Business Advisors
Question: I’ve always heard that Total Rewards Statements were a great tool to provide to employees the ones I have seen seem very difficult to understand. How can I provide a Total Reward Statement that is valuable, easy to understand, and will help my employees truly understand what their total compensation is? Answer: While knocking […]
Senior HR Communications Advisor
by Terry Spriestersbach, Project Leader/Search Consultant with Amotec, Inc. As the economy attempts to recover from its doldrums, companies are starting to address many of the initiatives they had in process before things went flat. Projects that were set aside both out of necessity as a cost saving measure and because of declining business orders […]
Question: My CEO would like HR to publish an employee newsletter. What should I include in the newsletter? Answer: The first question I would ask is ‘what is the purpose of the newsletter?’ Why does your CEO think a newsletter is needed and what is the goal? You will select topics and include articles that […]
Throckmorton Named Finalist for 2008 Enterprising Women of the Year Award Cincinnati, OH – March 10, 2008 – Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women Magazine has announced that Robin Throckmorton of Strategic HR is a 2008 Enterprising Women of the Year Award Finalist. Robin Throckmorton, MA, SPHR, is the founder and senior consultant […]
Looking for a job in Cincinnati? Look no further, we’ve created one convenient place to help you locate online tools for finding a job in the Greater Cincinnati area. Below is our list of local resources and job boards that are available to employers trying to fill open positions and for job seekers looking for […]
Question: What is an Employee Engagement Survey and why would I need one? Answer: An employee engagement survey measures things like how passionate employees are about their work, how proud they are to tell people where they work, if they believe in the mission of the organization, and if they feel their work is valued […]
Director, Human Resources & Development
Question: What do I need to think about when creating a competency based performance management system? Answer: As with any type of new program being introduced to your employees a lot of planning needs to go into creating a performance management system. Start with a clear idea of the business challenge or problem you need […]
Director, HR Solutions
Question: Our company is going through a lot of changes lately… any ideas for how to best deal with these changes? Answer: There is so much change taking place in the workforce today, we can’t escape it. But it can’t just be ignored, we have to decide how we are going to handle or cope […]
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Strategic HR named as one of best “10 under 10” by Cincinnati Chamber CINCINNATI, OH – Strategic HR, was honored by the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber with a Small Business Excellence Award in the category of 10 Under 10 (companies with fewer than 10 employees) on Tuesday, May 20, 2008. This was the first Small Business […]
Question: I need help with human resources – what are my options? Answer: The role of human resources covers a variety of areas such as: Recruitment Training and Development Benefits and Compensation Communications Employee Relations Recordkeeping Health Safety and Security HR Compliance The type of human resources help you may need depends greatly on which […]
HR Question: We recently had a situation where a longtime employee, with no prior incidences, took an expired prescription drug that was inhibiting her performance. After her drug test, she tested positive with it in her system and the script was older than one year. What should I do? HR Answer: This is certainly a […]
Question: Should I really be worried about employee retention during economic downturns when unemployment numbers are so high? Answer: YES!!! It is still a shock to the system when we give presentations to HR professionals and small business owners and ask “what are you doing about retention?” and we get these looks like “retention” why […]
By Clay Scroggins with CompareHRIS.com If you have read any articles on selecting an HRIS, HRMS or HR software programs, they all say you first have to determine your needs. The phrase is used so often it’s almost a cliche. I am not saying that people who say this are wrong; far from it. I […]
Updated February 2021 Creating a strategic plan for your business or new division is like creating a map for an exciting, but unfamiliar, journey. This map will help to keep you on course if you start going in the wrong direction, but it isn’t so stringent that you can’t check out different roads along the […]
by Robin Throckmorton, MA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Each year whether we are in a recession or boom, we continue to hear statistics ranging from 60 – 85% of our workers are actively seeking employment. Employers often find themselves in disbelief that these numbers apply to them, especially if they’ve been lulled into low turnover rates – […]
by Robin Throckmorton, MA, SPHR Do you remember how much time and energy you put into setting goals for yourself and/or your business earlier this year? Do you even remember what those goals were? What actions have you taken toward accomplishing them? Each year, January 1 is a milestone that forces me to establish both […]
by Linda Gravett, PhD, SPHR and Robin Throckmorton, MA, SPHR “Where can I find information about…???” This is probably the most frequent question both of us receive from HR practitioners. Therefore, this article is dedicated to sharing with you as many resources as we can think of that you may find helpful now or in the future. […]
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, […]
By Patti Dunham, MA, MBA, SPHR and Debbie Hatke, MA, SPHR Employee engagement; we’ve heard the term before and as HR professionals we know and we preach that “happy” employees are “productive” employees. But do we really understand engagement? Have we really tried to truly get employees engaged? Do we recognize, and act on the knowledge, […]
I have an employee with excessive absenteeism and tardiness due to her pregnancy. She has been with the company less than eight months. Per her physician’s request she has been asked to stop working and has asked us for a leave of absence for six to eight months. The company can not afford to hold this position for such a long time. What are our legal obligations?
Question: It seems like employees don’t listen to us when we communicate. What can we do to improve our communications to employees? Answer: Back in the late 70’s, my first boss at an ad agency used to refer to the “95% Factor,” meaning that 95% of the time when you are communicating with people, they […]
Question: My CEO wants HR to start producing an employee newsletter. How do I start? Answer: This is a huge undertaking – but one that is surmountable with the proper planning. To get started you need to outline your plan by determining the following: Objective: Why are you doing this? What is the newsletter’s objective – […]
I have “virtual” employees who don’t spend all their work time in the office. How do I know if an employee’s injury is work related if they work out of their home?
Why should I conduct harassment training? It just puts ideas into the heads of my employees.
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