This is an important topic becomes performance appraisals are often one of the deciding factors used in most human resources decisions such as pay, promotions, transfers, training opportunities, layoffs, demotions, suspensions, and terminations. And as such you and your organization might find yourselves with a legal challenge to your performance appraisal system if any of…
“Salary” vs “Hourly”
One of the many compensation decisions a business owners have to make is whether to pay non-exempt employees a salary or hourly wage. Salary verses hourly wage is typically an exempt/non-exempt issue, but not always. Business owners may choose either payment model, so it is our intent to point out some of the pros and…
Event at The Hatchery – Human Resources: The Basics – What do you need to know before adding your first employee?
Join us on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM at The Hatchery in Columbia! We will be offering HR professional advice along with tips for adding employees to your team. Let’s face it. Most of us are in business because we have a dream. At some point for the business owner, that dream will…
No Notes? No Problem!
“No notes – No problem!” These words pronounced by a Judge or Hearings Officer can leave a business owner or manager dismayed, especially when the problem employee has caused huge problems for their organizations. Companies often lose employment-related hearings due to failure in presenting The Rules of the Game and providing The Score. The Rules of the Game…