HOW WORKPLACE INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION CAN ENRICH BUSINESS GROWTH The term “Intercultural Communication” is often used to refer to the wide range of communication issues that inevitably arise within an organization composed of individuals from a variety of religious, social, ethnic, and technical backgrounds. Each of these individuals brings a unique...
Human Resources
KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYEE STRIKES MANAGEMENT An employee strike is an episode wherein a company’s work force engages in a work stoppage in an effort to elicit changes from its employer in such areas as wages, benefits, job security, and management practices. Strikes are typically engineered by labor unions often...
HOW TO DESIGN EMPLOYEE REWARD SYSTEM In a competitive business climate, more business owners are looking at improvements in quality while reducing costs. So, while businesses need to get more from their employees, their employees are looking for more out of them. Employee reward and recognition programs are one method...
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND SMALL BUSINESS Employee benefits encompass a broad range of benefits – other than salary – that companies provide to their employees. Some of these benefits, such as workers’ compensation, social security, unemployment insurance, are required by law. The majority of benefits offered to employees, however, are bestowed...
ELEMENTS OF EMPLOYEE REINSTATEMENT In the past, it was a rare occurrence if an employee left a company and then returned to it at a later date, either in the same position or a completely new one. Many companies strictly enforced policies that discouraged this sort of hiring of ex-employees,...
TIPS FOR EMPLOYERS CHECKING REFERENCES Employee references are the positive or negative comments about an employee’s job performance provided to a prospective employer. In most cases, a prospective employer will contact a person’s current or former employer to seek references as part of the process of considering that person for...
STEPS IN DETERMINING BUSINES HOURS The term “business hours” refers to the “open” and “closed” schedule that every business decides upon for its operations. Small and large businesses adhere to a wide range of business hours, depending on many factors, including target customer expectations and demands, technology, and seasonal fluctuations...
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AS A GOOD SOURCE OF LABOR Apprenticeship programs are occupational training programs that combine on-the-job work experience with technical or classroom study. Such programs are designed to develop useful job skills in individuals entering the work force. These programs, which are designed to address the need for better...
HOW TO CRAFT EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS Employment contracts are written agreements between an employer and an employee that detail the workplace duties and responsibilities of the employee and the compensation that the employer provides in return. Employment contracts typically lay out the wages, bonuses, vacations, medical leaves (including maternity/paternity), stock options...
FUNDAMENTALS OF WORKPLACE PRIVACY Employee privacy issues have surged to the forefront of the business press in recent years, spurred by the changing workplace dynamics and a litigation-conscious business environment. Observers say that advances in telecommunication, coupled with heightened concerns about vulnerability to litigation, have exacerbated management concerns about monitoring...
