Labor Day is here, and with it, the unofficial end to summer. In today’s issue, we catch you up on the most popular content on the HR Daily Advisor from the past few months. Get ready for fall with your essential summer reading list:
When Two Employees Hate Each Other
What do you do when you have two employees who hate each other? In today’s Advisor, M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC president Dan Oswald shares his thoughts—and his solution.
3 Worst Mistakes Managers and Supervisors Make
They say the perfect business has no managers, no supervisors, and no employees. Unfortunately, your business isn’t perfect, and you have to deal with managers and supervisors who will make today’s "worst mistakes" if you don’t train them.
The 9 Essential Skills of Human Resources Management – How Many Do You Have?
When interviewing a potential new hire, it’s standard procedure for a Human Resources professional to assess the candidate as compared to a list of key skills and personal characteristics needed for the job. In one of our most popular articles on the HR Daily Advisor, (now with images!), we turn the tables on the profession, and come up with a list of such attributes for Human Resources professionals themselves.
Who’s Offering What for Holidays and PTO? Survey Results Reveal All
Our recent survey on paid time off reveals that more and more organizations are going the PTO route for offering time off. For holidays, over 90% of respondents are offering New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving, and 81% will offer the Monday after Christmas.
WHD: The 6 Most Common Wage/Hour Violations
What are the most common violations found by DOLs Wage and Hour Division (WHD)? Time clocks, rounding, training time, and break time are among the top six.
Catch Me If You Can Compensation? DOL Says ‘I Caught You’
Employers can say "Catch me if you can," but they had better be ready to explain their decisions when the DOL says ‘I caught you," says consultant Jonna Contacos-Saywer.
Discipline: The 5 Last Things You Want to Hear
Discipline. Aside from performance appraisals, it’s probably the most neglected, most-often-put-off job in management. Managers and supervisors hate to deliver discipline, but delay is disaster.
‘Fire the Slugs’—That’s Good Turnover
"Fire the slugs," says management expert Jeff Cortes. That’s good turnover and also it’s good for retention—all of your other employees have been wondering when you would act.
The 6 Scary Phrases to Avoid in Documentation
In a previous Advisor, attorney Allison West offered her do’s and don’ts for bulletproof documentation. Today, her six scary phrases to avoid, plus an introduction to a surprisingly effective 10-minutes-at-a-time training system for your supervisors and managers.
The Daily Danger Zones for Managers and Supervisors
Everyone knows that hiring and firing are big lawsuit danger zones, but often, it’s the every-day, routine situations managers and supervisors mishandle, with expensive and disastrous results.
The 7 Most Common Accountability Excuses and How to Avoid Them
"Not my job," "No one told me," and other accountability excuses cause more damage than you might imagine, says consultant Rick Lepsinger. In today’s Advisor, his tips for avoiding these "tickets to slide."
Your 20-Somethings Have a Lot to Offer—Really
Experienced managers tend to talk trash about their "millennials," their lack of loyalty, their other undesirable traits, but business and leadership blogger Dan Oswald (The Oswald Letter) thinks there’s a lot of potential in these young workers if you’re willing to unleash it.