When Should Sick Employees Stay Home?

When Should Sick Employees Stay Home?

When an employee calls in sick we would all like to be able to say, “Yes, of course, please stay home, rest up and get-well-soon. We’ve got your job duties covered, yes—you’ll get paid, and see you back at work in a day or two.” But if it was always that easy, it wouldn’t make for much of an article now would it?

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The Performance Management Problem: What Is It and How Do We Fix It?

Performance Management Problem

Performance management is a necessary and valuable practice for both administrative and developmental purposes in organizations. However, many employees involved in traditional performance management, whether as raters or ratees, have negative reactions to it.

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3 HR Processes You Need to Revamp in 2018

3 HR Processes You Need to Revamp in 2018

Often HR processes become stagnant and untouched due to the “if it’s not broken, don’t fix it” mindset. Sometimes that works out perfectly fine, and well, sometimes it doesn’t. Dust off the old untouched processes and implement something new and refreshing. Your new hires and current employees will appreciate it.

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Winter Is Here, Is Your Inclement Weather Policy Ready?

Winter Is Here, Is Your Inclement Weather Policy Ready?

It seems appropriate that this article about inclement weather policies is being published on the first official day of winter. Of course, this being Northeast Ohio and all, we’ve already been hit with a pretty decent icy blast that looked and felt suspiciously like “winter”.

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Social Media Strategies to Attract and Retain Top Talent

Social Media Strategies to Attract and Retain Top Talent

Utilizing social media to recruit candidates is at an all-time high. LinkedIn and Facebook have forged a new bridge linking job applicants directly to recruiters and the companies they are looking to join. It is crucial for HR departments to look at what they are doing to adapt to the transforming job seeker market.

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6 Performance Management Tools for the Modern HR Department

6 Performance Management Tools for the Modern HR Department

Performance management has grown significantly from the traditional annual performance review model that many organizations adopted at one point in time. Performance management is no longer a one-track mindset. In order to practice performance management well, you need to have a strategy in place and a method behind the madness.

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