When performance-improvement plans work, everyone wins. But when PIPs are used to justify terminations, they sometimes cause more problems than they solve. Poorly applied, they create legal liability.
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When performance-improvement plans work, everyone wins. But when PIPs are used to justify terminations, they sometimes cause more problems than they solve. Poorly applied, they create legal liability.
Read MoreWhen interviewing more than one candidate to fill a job, the easiest way to prevent failure-to-hire lawsuits is to ask the same questions of every candidate. That’s especially important when there are several rounds of interviews or when a committee conducts the interviews.
Read MoreFraud prevention experts believe in the 10-10-80 rule: 10% of employees never steal, 10% do and the rest will go either way depending on the circumstances. It’s often up to HR to play workplace cop.
Read MoreHow the discipline meeting is conducted can mean the difference between turning around a marginal employee and opening the organization to costly litigation.
Read MoreFollow four steps to implement a litigation hold on e-documents.
Read MoreQ: Can you please clarify the specific points we should get in writing when it comes to documentation and what details must be included?
Read MoreMaintaining complete, clear records is one of HR’s most critical responsibilities.
Read MoreToo many HR files consist of fat folders, organized one per employee, with the most recent documentation at the front and everything dating back to Day One behind it.
Read MoreYour best defense against a lawsuit claiming you wrongly fired a poor worker is solid documentation of deficient performance.
Read MoreHere’s how to fix common I-9 document problems.
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