The other day, a business owner from Florida contacted me to discuss a problem employee. The employee in question is a well-paid Account Manager who oversees multiple landscape maintenance and […]
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Top 10 Most Important Human Resources Documents It is common knowledge that human resources is becoming increasingly bureaucratic, well beyond its original overwhelming level of paperwork, regulations, and guidelines. While […]
Improve the Legal Defensibility of your Time Sheet A business owner in California contacted me recently because one of his non-exempt employees complained that he had not received his legally-mandated […]
Performance Management Documentation A business owner from California contacted me the other day to discuss a disciplinary matter regarding one of his non-exempt field employees who refused to complete a […]
ABCD Coaching Model A business owner from Massachusetts called me the other day, and requested guidance about how to handle a problem employee. The owner told me that one of […]
Employee Handbooks: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Part 3 – The Ugly Some employee handbooks represent more risk than reward to a company. Extreme carelessness, lack of legal […]
Employee Handbooks: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Part 2 – The Bad Most companies have an employee handbook. Unfortunately, many of those employee handbooks lack professional quality, legal […]
Employee Handbooks: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Part 1 – The Good An employee handbook is the administrative cornerstone of an organization’s communication strategy with its employees, the […]
Investigate Before You Terminate A business owner from Maryland called me the other day for approval to terminate an employee who allegedly used drugs on company time. The owner was […]
Tracking Workers’ Compensation Claims A business owner from Colorado called me the other day and asked me to help his Office Manager get her arms around the workers’ compensation claims […]
A business owner from Illinois called me the other day and told me that she just received a No Match Letter from the Social Security Administration (SSA). Given the potential […]
A business owner from Massachusetts called me the other day, and told me that one of his key employees has made various comments about suicide as an end to his […]
A business owner from Georgia called me the other day, and requested guidance about how to prepare for an audit by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Among other issues, I […]
SURVIVE? OR THRIVE! Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A reflective business owner from Virginia called me the other day to talk about several lofty organizational topics including sustainable growth, planning for expansion, […]
I-9 FORM REFRESHER Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Tennessee called me the other day to talk about the most popular human resources topic nowadays: immigration. The much-anticipated ICE […]