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Tag: Employee Relations

  • Communicating layoffs

    Communicating layoffs has to be hard work. I’ve never done it, but even having conversations that affect the livelihood of employees one-on-one is tough enough. Recently I ran across this great article titled “The Speech I Wish CEOs Would Give [for Layoffs]” by Dale Dauten. Link to the original post is at the bottom, but…

  • Leave for exempt employees during severe weather

    What leave options (if any) did you offer for your exempt employees to help them with the severe weather and subsequent power outages? There’s a LinkedIn poll going right now, so go share your practice (anonymously) and see the results to see how other companies in the area handled the issue.

  • Wasting time at work (but not how you think!)

    Wasting time at work is an act as old as work itself. Today I’m going to talk about something different from the common procrastination behaviors we immediately think about (the Water Cooler Chatter, the Champion Web Surfer, etc.). Today we’ll talk about washing the car. One of the fun things about where I work is…

  • The Need for Workplace Conflict Resolution

    Today we have a guest post from Claudia Vandermilt on conflict resolution in the workplace. By the way, if you’re local to the Huntsville area, make sure you check out our April lunch meeting on the very same topic. You can find more information on the NASHRM homepage. In a perfect workplace, everyone would work together…

  • Questions to Ask During an Investigation

    Recently I attended a NASHRM workshop session on questions to ask during an investigation. One of the points the speaker hammered home was the importance of asking open-ended questions to get the most information out of the people you have to interview. She referenced this Saturday Night Live skit as a good reminder how not…

  • Lunch policy-can I work through lunch?

    I enjoy talking about policies and whether or not policies are necessary. Recently someone asked me what I thought about a policy on working through lunch. The phrasing led me to believe that their employees were working from their desks while eating (and by working I mean surfing the web). So, with that in mind, did I recommend a…

  • 7 thoughts on handling employee LinkedIn recommendation requests

    How should employers and HR pros handle employee LinkedIn recommendation requests? I received this great question the other day, and I wanted to answer publicly because she’s definitely not the only one curious about the topic. Here we go: What is the recommended position for HR employees to take when other employees ask them to…