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Here are four ways to BOTCH a sexual harassment investigation

The Employer Handbook

That’s because an employer that learns about sexual harassment needs to respond in a way that is reasonably designed to end the complained-of behavior. First, don’t follow the anti-harassment policy. The victim complained to her manager about sexual harassment in September 2019. Unreasonable?

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Estimated Time on HR: Employee Relations & Compliance Tasks

Stratus

Improving employee morale and managing employee disputes are some of the most time-consuming and emotional roles for Human Resource (HR) professionals. How much time do you spend on Employee Relations & Compliance Tasks? ? . Respond to employee dispute or allegations of wrongdoing (follow-up) : 30-60 minutes.

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Sample human resources manager job description and interview questions

Business Management Daily

Your employees are your greatest asset as a business owner, and you need a great Human Resources Manager to support them. Finding and hiring the right HR Manager is extremely important, as this role has a direct impact on the employee experience for everyone in your organization. Support conflict resolution between employees.

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This Employee Relations Department redeemed itself (sort of).

The Employer Handbook

Earlier in the week, I shared four ways to BOTCH a sexual harassment investigation. My “muse” was an Employee Relations Department that caught the attention of the EEOC for its alleged poor handling of an employee’s complaints of sexual harassment.

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Conducting an HR Audit – Review, Identify, Improve

CCI Consulting

Essentially, HR audits are an efficient tool used to improve processes like recruitment, retention, onboarding, training, salary and compensation, payroll, performance management, and many more common practices within an HR department. The word “audit” generally elicits the idea that an aspect of the operation is doing something wrong.

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What you need to include in a small business employee handbook

Business Management Daily

When you’re trying to oversee your business’ sales, marketing, product, and finances it’s easy to put HR tasks like developing an employee handbook on the backburner. However, employee handbooks serve an important role. Why does your small business need an employee handbook ?

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7 ways a PEO can help you manage your employee-related to-dos

Insperity

The more time you spend managing employee issues, the less time you have to run your business. But by ignoring your employer responsibilities to employees, you could cause a rift in your workforce and create potentially costly legal battles. Your simple employee relations issue just escalated. An employee requests leave.