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11 Common HR Mistakes In Small Businesses

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Despite these numbers, many small businesses continue to ignore or improvise their onboarding and training practices. Schedule structured training tasks and check-ins from day one to day 90, at least (it typically takes eight months for a new hire to reach full productivity). You keep meaning to write an employee handbook, but….

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How to create a progressive discipline policy

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But the alternative option – playing each situation by ear and only coaching employees in response to incidents as they arise – amounts to simply hoping that the employee in question listens to you and improves. Disciplining employees can be one of the hardest aspects of managing people. You could also expose yourself unnecessarily to risk.

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HR Glossary of Terms

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ATS, employee handbook, HRIS, workers’ comp … there are plenty of acronyms and terms in the HR world to know and stay on top of. Sometimes you need a glossary on hand when you’re stuck trying to remember a definition, or you’re wanting to learn some new terminology. Absenteeism. Affirmative Action. Ban the Box.