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  • Performing Employee Reference Checks

    11/26/2010 2:00:00 PM

    5 Tips for Effective Reference Checks

    It often is what you don’t know about a job applicant that can hurt you. As an employer, you can make sure you know more about who you are hiring by performing a reference check for employees.

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  • Communicating Compensation to Employees & Leadership

    11/23/2010 11:53:56 PM

    Communicating Compensation Plans: How to Present Your Findings and Recommendations

    I am a stickler on communication. I think that too often our compensation programs fail not because of the merits of the program but rather the ways in which we communicate or lack communication both with leaders and employees.

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  • Avoid Age Discrimination

    11/21/2010 12:10:44 AM

    The Wiser Workers: Why You Should Avoid Age Discrimination

    There’s been a lot of media attention lately on the possible increase in the retirement age in the U.S. It’s an interesting issue to debate, as there are both merits and dangers to changing it. Either way, the consequences of potential changes to the legislation are of concern to what are typically referred to as “older workers.” Now if you go by the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, older means 40 and above. As a fairly recent entrant into the above-40 crowd, I don’t much enjoy this definition.

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  • Performance Management Tools to Motivate Employees

    11/17/2010 12:43:01 AM

    Build Your Kit of Performance Management Tools

    There are many techniques and tips myself and others can pass along to help you develop and enhance your workforce’s effectiveness in accomplishing your organization’s mission. In fact, you may read many blogs and articles on this huge topic and never read the same idea twice. Let’s start with what I consider the “Basic Tools.”

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  • 4 Tips for Business Paid Time Off Plans

    11/13/2010 2:00:00 PM

    Four Tips for Implementing a Paid Time Off Plan

    Paid time off plans, or PTO banks, give employees flexibility in using their paid leave and are generally easy to implement. Use these guidelines to determine if a PTO business plan is right for your organization and find out four tips for putting a PTO plan to work for you.

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  • Top 10 Qualities of a Good Manager

    11/11/2010 12:41:51 AM

    What Employees Appreciate from Their Manager

    By Staff Writer

    Keeping with our theme of gratitude this holiday month, we interviewed PayScale’s director of customer service and education Stacey Carroll about the characteristics of a good manager, and what employees are looking for from their managers. See what you think of her list and if you have any comments to add.

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  • Top 10 HR Thank Yous

    11/7/2010 2:00:00 PM

    10 Things For Which HR Professionals Are Thankful

    By Staff Writer

    November is the month when appreciation and thankfulness make the news. So, we decided to join in and ask our director of customer service and education, Stacey Carroll, what makes HR professionals feel most grateful on the job. Here is her list. See if you agree with it, or want to add more ideas with a comment below.

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  • Unique Employee Reward Systems & Motivation

    11/4/2010 11:32:41 PM

    Incentive Pay & Employee Motivation: Create an Experience

    More and more companies are using incentive pay to reward their employees. It is easily linked to pay-for-performance and as one-time events, the costs are contained; making them attractive compared to merit increases that perpetuate expenses into the future. Sometimes during this economic recovery, the amounts of money to spend are, shall we be polite and say, modest? You want to reward performance that stands out, and yet the bucks just are not there to be shared. What can you do?

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  • Employee Time Off for Voting

    11/1/2010 9:20:57 PM

    Know Your Employees’ Voting Rights

    You should be prepared for employees to exercise their right to vote, and you need to know your obligations to support this right. Find out below what federal and state laws require employers to do.

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