Tag: Policies

Your Human Resources Policies and Procedures Manual: The Office Dust Collector?

Open your Human Resources Policies and Procedures Manual for a fresh look and you may find you’ve opened up your whole organization. If you’re like most companies, chances are good your company has a human resources policies and procedures manual. Unfortunately, they’re equally good that that once-vital human resources policies and procedures manual hasn’t been […]

Acting in Good Faith: How to Deal with Religion in the Workplace

The Constitution protects the freedom to practice religion. Employers must honor this right while balancing the needs of the business. Here are some guidelines for doing both. In virtually every religion, there are significant days on the calendar that dictate religious observance. For example, next Monday, October 2, is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, […]

Author Offers 99 Ways to Keep Employees Happy … and Productive

Read on for how to download his advice at no charge. A recent Daily Advisor article talked about the importance of fighting negativity in the workplace. One way to do it, the article advised, was to “practice positive management.” One HR manager who seemingly knows how to do it to a fare-thee-well is Peter R.Garber […]

Keep Your Human Resources Policies from becoming HR contracts

If your Human Resources policies manual doesn’t carry the proper disclaimer, you may find yourself unable to change key HR policies unless your employees agree. Business is built on contracts. Between companies and customers. Between manufacturers and suppliers. They’re a great way of to ensure, that even if conditions change, price, delivery or whatever else […]