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Handling Sexual Harassment Allegations with Remote Teams

Zenefits

Keeping the company culture and professional code of conduct continues to be necessary even from home. They only acclimated themselves to the online environment. Harassment training and policy updates. A virtual environment should not be an excuse to prevent an employee’s mandated reporting and ethical conduct.

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Strategies to Create a Positive Working Environment

HR Digest

Prioritize Employee Onboarding and Training A strong onboarding process sets the stage for a positive work environment from the moment employees join the organization. Providing comprehensive training and support during the onboarding period ensures that new hires feel welcomed, valued, and equipped to contribute effectively.

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Why it’s important for employees to feel like they belong—and how to make it happen

Bob

In a webinar presented at the HR of Tomorrow Conference Europe , Natasha Shifrin, HiBob’s global director of outbound sales, explains that incorporating DE&I into your organization goes beyond simply adding a culture page on the company website or a list of values in a job description. Training is so important, but it’s not enough.

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GDPR employee data retention: what HR needs to know

cipHR

For HR departments, the GDPR has ushered in a new era of responsibility and accountability when it comes to employee data. From establishing legal bases for data processing to implementing stringent data retention policies, HR professionals navigate a complex landscape to safeguard employee information.

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Out of office: 8 pros and cons of being a fully remote company

Insperity

While you may find it slightly harder to conduct interviews with job candidates via video conferencing, you’ll also enjoy some new hiring advantages. Policies and procedures describing your code of conduct, business etiquette, data protection practices and productivity and time management expectations will likely shift the most.

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John Sumser: Throw away your easy button—it’s the 21st century

HRExecutive

Attention-grabbing is at the heart of online content. The term invariably brings to mind harshly communicated rules governing conduct. Ethics guides (or codes of conduct) usually contain sections about rule enforcement and disciplinary action. We just need to call the learning process something other than ethics.

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Everything You Need to Build Your Employee Handbook

Zenefits

The employee handbook is the holy grail of workplaces, and every employer should have one, regardless of size. However, many small businesses — especially those with fewer than 10 employees — do not have an employee handbook. And many of those that do have a handbook fail to update it. Why your small business needs an employee handbook.