I’m never sure what I can and can’t do regarding my employees. I feel like they have more options than I do as a business owner. [click to read more …]
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It can be difficult to find and hire the ideal person. Many candidates have spent more effort in improving their interview skills than their job skills. Once you’ve discovered the employee has fewer skills or knowledge than you thought, you have decisions to make. [click to read more …] 
I have an employee who has used all their paid sick time for the year, plus all their vacation time. She now takes unpaid time off but provides doctor’s notes and has good excuses, such as a relative who died, continued health issues, etc. However, I really need her at work. What are my options? [click to read more …] 
I’m so confused about COVID precautions as my employees are returning to the office. What’s the latest? [click to read more …] 
I can’t decide what I want to do with my employees now that they can work in the office again. Any ideas? [click to read more …] 
We have found the phrase “hostile work environment” to be very overused and misunderstood. Regardless of what you might think actually happened, you must take the complaint seriously and learn more. [click to read more …] 
When you have problems with employees, you need to do something to correct their behavior or actions. A conversation is the first step and, if you’re lucky, it’s the only step needed. Problem fixed! However, that’s not always the case. [click to read more …] 
CalSavers is the retirement plan California has created that allows employers to offer a way for employees to save toward retirement. Actually, the state is trying to force people to save but this is one of those occasions where their plan is a good idea overall. [click to read more …] There are several items of interest right now. We decided to provide a short paragraph about each so you have some awareness of the latest things to think about! Remote Workers — We are hearing about a couple of things that are newer requests. One is a request for companies to pay a portion of the employee’s rent since you’re now requiring them to work from home. The other is overtime pay for calls after hours… when the after-hours timing is due to time zone differences because employees aren’t necessarily local anymore. Deciding to change part or all of your office to fully remote means you need to consider the fact that you’ve shifted costs from your company to the employee. Since it’s not supposed to cost the employee anything to work for you, plan to reimburse employees for actual added costs in addition to reimbursements for the inconveniences an employee experiences by having part of their home become their office. COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave — California’s Governor Newson has signed SB 95, which requires up to 80 hours of paid sick leave for employees off work due to COVID reasons. This only applies to companies of 25+ [click to read more …] “I’ve managed to keep most of my employees working over this past year and they’ve seemed fairly happy here. However, lately, I’ve seen signs that make me think they aren’t as happy as I thought and are looking for a new job.” Your HR Survival Tip Congratulations on retaining your employees when so many companies have had layoffs because of the pandemic. Employees have felt lucky to keep their jobs over the past year and haven’t wanted to do anything that might put their name on the layoff list. However, that doesn’t mean they feel their current position is the best job ever or even the best they can do. The clock is ticking. Companies had to dramatically downsize and even close in the past year… but that’s ending and companies are looking to kickstart their businesses again. As more and more employees are vaccinated and feeling safer, they will be assessing their job and the job market. In fact, there is a study that shows nearly 50% of employees will be looking at their options. One of the reasons we’re expecting this is because employees are becoming less fearful of taking a chance on a new company and [click to read more …] |
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