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5 simple steps to start creating your administrative procedures manual
October 16, 2016
If you had to miss work for a week … two weeks … or even a month, could your co-workers or manager step in and fulfill your responsibilities, WITHOUT a major interruption to your office or business? Are the processes and procedures that you do each day documented for easy reference? When you're out of the office, it's nice to be missed. But it's nicer when things can run smoothly so you don't return to a pile of problems or unhandled business. Creating an administrative procedures manual with good step-by-step documentation takes some thought and effort, but the end result is a resource that can be used over and over again by you or anyone who needs it. Learn how to create an effective procedures manual for your position … Read More
How managers sometimes contribute to performance problems
October 17, 2016
Every job is actually performed by two people — the employee who is paid to accomplish results and the manager who is paid to ensure that this happens. So when staff members become unproductive, unmotivated or disruptive, a manager's first thought should be, "How do I get things back on track?" Read More
Are you sure that your I-9 and E-Verify practices can pass muster?
October 18, 2016
Whether you're an HR professional … a business owner or hiring manager … an IT specialist … or an attorney, there are 4 key questions you MUST ask yourself: I-9 audits are skyrocketing … how can my organization survive one? E-Verify rules are in constant flux … are we in compliance? The new "smart" I-9 form is here … what changes should we make? Do our I-9 and E Verify efforts work together … or set us up for a lawsuit? In light of increasing I-9 and E-Verify enforcement, make sure your hiring policies and practices conform to the latest federal and state rules and avoid anti-discrimination claims. Read More
Sometimes, you gotta bend the rules
October 19, 2016
Rules is rules. That's what we're told. In fact, your organization probably has a book full of them telling employees what they can't wear (T-shirts, especially camouflage ones), what they must do if they aren't coming in (call — not email! — someone intimidatingly high on the org chart), and to get way off the property (the next county preferably) to puff on a cigarette. Your book of regulations is likely not all-encompassing, vague in spots and open to interpretation in others. Which brings us to the fine art of fudging, bending or otherwise looking the other way in some circumstances. Done deftly, rule-bending can build a more engaged workforce. The trick is to know when and why. All rule-bending carries with it some risk of escalating into outright anarchy, so just be careful. Here are some guidelines to help a manager decide when it's time to let it slide … Read More
Emergency injunctions sought to stop new OT rules
October 20, 2016
Plaintiffs in two lawsuits challenging the Department of Labor's new overtime rules have asked a federal judge in East Texas to issue expedited injunctions preventing the rules from taking effect Dec. 1. The attorneys general of 21 states on Oct. 12 petitioned Judge Amos L. Mazzant to issue an emergency injunction to block the rules until their case can be heard in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Two days later, a coalition of more than 50 business groups that filed a similar lawsuit made the same motion. Read More
4 vital skills you need to lead
October 21, 2016
Are you dreaming about moving up the ranks in your organization and taking on a leadership role? Hone these four skills to land the job and succeed at it … Read More
If this SIRF is up, you don't want to hang 10
October 22, 2016
This is the scariest thing we've read in a long time — the Department of Justice just reported that an Alabama man has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for stolen identity refund fraud, or SIRF. The guy, who worked at a company's warehouse, sold employees' Social Security numbers that he found while rummaging through boxes containing old W-4 forms. Kinda makes you wonder about the security of the files at that place you worked when you first got out of school, doesn't it? Read More
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