Posted in Salary & Benefits
 

Organizations can provide various employee benefits beyond the usual salaries, health insurance, and vacation leaves among others.  If your company attracts young employees and are advancing their knowledge by taking up their masters, perhaps a little financial assistance could help them a lot, as well as boost your image as a good employer.

The employer's tuition assistance program pays for all or part of an employee's cost to attend college or university classes.  Employers can also cover full cost of what the employees need for lab fees, books, and other necessary payments.

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Posted in Team Building
 

Many managers, including you, may have demanded for change and continuous improvement in your workforce.  However, your employees have complained that your actions do not match what you intend to say.  If you want change, of course you have to be part of that change as well.

Behave how you want to see from other

Before even announcing to your employees that they should wear their company ID at all times, wear yours throughout the day.  Seeing how the managers perform the actions and behaviors you are requesting from your employees, they themselves would not hesitate to participate in this change.

Act like...

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Posted in Business Etiquette
 

State and federal laws allow employees to review their files and even make copies. And though state laws vary when it comes to details, it's odds on that there is a court decision allowing access and prohibiting retaliation against your employee.

That said, be careful about what you keep in your personnel files.

According to Entrepreneur.com, a personnel file should include the following: the job application, job description, performance evaluations, attendance records, salary history, record of promotions and transfers, commendations, warnings, disciplinary actions, training history, forms allowing deductions, forms with emergency contacts, noncompete contracts and other similar documents.

So what are the...

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Posted in Policies & Procedures
 

Most companies today prohibit any kind of nepotism. As thus, if two employees marry, one of them will get the boot.

So where does the law stand in this issue? It appears that court decisions differ from state to state.

Some employees alleged that no-spouse rules "violate their constitutional right to marry." But courts pointed out such rules do not keep people from getting hitched. They just keep them from holding a particular job.

Employees had better luck in the other 20 states that prohibit employee discrimination based on marital status. To site an example, when a couple of massage...

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Posted in Training & Development
 
Even the best businessmen would rattle their knees at the thought of speaking in front of an audience, whether it is a roomful of employees or rows upon rows of industry colleagues.  If you have a fear of speaking publicly, there are many ways to overcome your anxieties and position yourself as an expert in your area of business.

Start practicing

Even if you are not yet invited to speak in front of a graduating class, there is no better time to practice your public speaking skills but now.  Find a few friends and family members whom you would practice on. ...

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Posted in Employment Law
 

Companies often ask their employees to enter into broad noncompete agreements or employment contracts with broad noncompete provisions.

The reason may be because they would like to keep exiting employees from working for a competitor firm. It may also be that you simply want to stipulate how soon an employee can start working for a similar company. Whatever reasons you might have for asking your employees to enter in noncompete agreements, the question remains whether nonompete agreements are valid.

Validity of noncompete agreements

Noncompete in general, are not valid. There's a strong public policy in the most US states against such agreements...

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Posted in Training & Development
 
Many professionals dream of studying a post-graduate course, but that would take a lot of their time and energy.  If you are considering whether to go to graduate school, only you can decide on that.  You need to consider your interests, goals, dreams, and abilities.  At the same time, you also have to assess your skills, competencies, and weaknesses.  Here are some questions you need to answer when it comes to making a choice that would take you to school for the next two to seven years.

Why do I want to go to graduate school?

You need to have the...

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Posted in Employment Law
 

Managers, regardless of whether you run small businesses or big corporations, should have basic knowledge of the "legalities of hiring."

These legalities do not apply to managers making a final hiring decision. It applies to all employers interviewing a candidate. You should know the legalities of hiring in the United States in general, and also those specific to your state. You should also try to keep abreast of employment law changes - which happen quite quickly. And, when in doubt, consult your employment lawyer.

US Employment Laws

"In the United States federal law prohibits employers from discriminating against job candidates on the...

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