Employee departures can drain time, energy, resources and morale if not done well. These resources will help you make sure that when you need to let employees go, the process is as smooth and effective as possible. Our Termination Quick Guide will help you institute effective practices and systems for your termination process. Learn the five top tips for managing the termination process and download a checklist to help you manage the flow from MyHRSupportCenter. In addition to these helpful tools, the Quick Guide also contains sections with forms, templates and guidelines, relevant articles, and relevant information.
To learn more be sure to login to MyHRSupportCenter, click Quick Guides, then Termination. If you’re not yet signed up or would like a free trial of MyHRSupportCenter, contact Vision Payroll today.
Regularly monitoring, evaluating and communicating employee performance is a crucial step for improving employee productivity. These resources will help you implement effective procedures and systems to manage your employees. Before your next round of performance reviews, our Performance Management Quick Guide will help you institute effective practices and systems for your review process. Learn the five top tips for managing the review process and download a checklist to help you manage the flow from MyHRSupportCenter. In addition to these helpful tools, the Quick Guide also contains sections with forms, templates and guidelines, relevant articles, and relevant information.
To learn more be sure to login to MyHRSupportCenter, click Quick Guides, then Performance Management. If you’re not yet signed up or would like a free trial of MyHRSupportCenter, contact Vision Payroll today.
The US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed updated guidance for employers of all sizes to use as they develop or review and update plans to respond to 2009 H1N1 influenza season. Employers play a key role in protecting employees’ health and safety, as well as in limiting the negative impact of influenza outbreaks on the individual, the community, and the nation’s economy.
The HR Professionals at MyHRSupportCenter have developed a Pandemic Illness Guide that employers may review to help them prepare for the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza season. Topics covered include the following:
- Planning for Fall and Winter Influenza Season
- Appropriate Response Strategies for Employers
- Preparedness and Response Recommendations
- Important Components of an Influenza Pandemic Plan
- Action Guide for Employers
To learn more be sure to login to MyHRSupportCenter, click Essentials, then Guides, and then search for H1N1. If you’re not yet signed up or would like a free trial of MyHRSupportCenter, contact Vision Payroll today.
Advances in online technology have reinforced how the Internet has become an increasingly necessary and unavoidable recruitment tool for small companies to leverage. There are three important areas employers must consider when implementing successful on-line recruiting strategies: on-line recruiting, legal landmines, and employer action items.
You’ll learn much more about these three areas in this month’s HRCast, a recording provided by our team of HR Pros and available exclusively on MyHRSupportCenter.
- Learn the two popular and powerful on-line recruiting strategies.
- Get a list of questions to ask on-line candidates before bringing them in for an interview.
- Discover how to customize those questions to target your needs.
- Find out what you need to include in an on-line advertisement to make it effective.
- Learn to leverage social media networks to target high-quality job candidates.
- Find out points to keep in mind that could help you minimize legal problems during the recruiting process.
- Discover the policies and procedures you need in place to help your employees understand and avoid those legal issues.
Visit MyHRSupportCenter regularly not only for our HRCasts, but also to get late-breaking compliance alerts, best practices to implement, and HR tools to use every day. If you’re not yet signed up or would like a free trial of MyHRSupportCenter, contact Vision Payroll today.
For new employees, a smooth and efficient transition to the company can reap rewards for years to come. When it’s time to hire your next new employee, our Hiring Quick Guide will help you institute effective practices and systems for your hiring process. Learn the five top tips for managing the hiring process and download a checklist to help you manage the flow from MyHRSupportCenter. In addition to these helpful tools, the Quick Guide also contains sections with forms, templates and guidelines, relevant articles, and relevant information.
To learn more be sure to login to MyHRSupportCenter, click Quick Guides, then Hiring. If you’re not yet signed up or would like a free trial of MyHRSupportCenter, contact Vision Payroll today.
According to the 2009 Deloitte LLP Ethics & Workplace Survey, “58 percent of executives agree that reputational risk and social networking should be a boardroom issue.” As employees (and employers too) increase their usage of such sites as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and others, employers need to address social media in the workplace and consider a social media policy.
Some of the issues involved include the following:
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Electronic Assets
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Personal Privacy
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Confidentiality and Proprietary Information
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Harassment, Discrimination, and Threats of Violence
What are the four common approaches towards managing social media? What is the best response to this quickly emerging and constantly changing issue? What are some key elements that should be included in a social media policy?
To learn the answers to these questions and more, be sure to read this month’s featured article by the HR pros at MyHRSupportCenter, Keeping Pace with Social Media in the Workplace. If you’re not yet signed up or would like a free trial of MyHRSupportCenter, contact Vision Payroll today.
If not managed effectively, an employee’s absence from work – regardless of how short and temporary it may be – can strain resources and morale. Whenever an employee plans to or unexpectedly needs to take time off, our Leave of Absence Quick Guide will help guide you through one of the most complex aspects of employee management. Learn the five top tips for managing leaves of absence and download a checklist to help you manage the flow from MyHRSupportCenter. In addition to these helpful tools, the Quick Guide also contains sections with forms, templates and guidelines, relevant articles, and relevant information.
To learn more be sure to login to MyHRSupportCenter, click Quick Guides, then Leave of Absence. If you’re not yet signed up or would like a free trial of MyHRSupportCenter, contact Vision Payroll today.
Employers are increasingly receiving requests for time off for employees to attend to their children’s school activities. It’s important to learn how state laws, company policies, and business needs impact such requests and how the leave is granted. Which employers are impacted? What rules apply to such requests? What limitations should be considered?
Learn the answers to these questions and much more in this month’s HRCast, a recording provided by our team of HR Pros and available exclusively on MyHRSupportCenter.
You’ll learn how laws such as the Small Necessities Leave Act in Massachusetts and the Family School Partnership Act in California impact employers and how multi-state employers should be aware of the different requirements in such diverse states as Louisiana, Minnesota, Nevada, and Vermont, all of which have recently enacted changes in this area.
Visit MyHRSupportCenter regularly not only for our HRCasts, but also to get late-breaking compliance alerts, best practices to implement, and HR tools to use every day. If you’re not yet signed up or would like a free trial of MyHRSupportCenter, contact Vision Payroll today.
How does the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) apply to travel time? How is weekend time handled if it combines business time and personal time? Must employees be paid for commuting if it’s done in company-owned vehicles?
Learn the answers to these questions and much more in this month’s HRCast, a recording provided by our team of HR Pros and available exclusively on MyHRSupportCenter. You’ll learn more about the rules covering these four types of travel:
- Portal-to-portal travel
- Travel between work sites in a single day
- Special one-day assignments
- Overnight travel
Mistakes made in this area can be costly and employers must be familiar with the rules to ensure proper treatment.
Visit MyHRSupportCenter regularly not only for our HRCasts, but also to get late-breaking compliance alerts, best practices to implement, and HR tools to use every day. If you’re not yet signed up or would like a free trial of MyHRSupportCenter, contact Vision Payroll today.
Although there are no federal or state laws that require an employer to pay for vacation or sick time, many employers offer these benefits as an additional enticement for employees. Employers need to consider whether they should maintain a traditional paid vacation/sick program or a paid time-off (PTO) program.
The traditional program maintains separate “banks” for vacation and sick time and generally has different policies for vacation time and for sick time regarding usage, carryover, vesting, etc.
The PTO plan lumps all time together and doesn’t differentiate as to why the employee is taking the time.
There are benefits and drawbacks to both and state laws can impact programs in areas such as vesting. Employers should carefully consider the pros and cons of each and then establish clearly defined policies in their Employer Handbooks.
To learn more be sure to read this month’s featured article by the HR pros at MyHRSupportCenter, Traditional or PTO. If you’re not yet signed up or would like a free trial of MyHRSupportCenter, contact Vision Payroll today.
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