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-Offer a good benefits package that fits employees needs.
-Provide some perks that show you appreciate your employees. An example of this is having a Friday pizza day.
-Use incentives to keep employees motivated.
-Promote from within
-Communicate your business mission
-Encourage employee development with trainings to further their career
-Make sure your employees know what is expected of them

It is always more beneficial to retain employees rather than firing and hiring new employees.

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Documented progressive discipline of a problem employee is essential if that discipline leads to termination. You will need to have a very specific set of guidelines for termination set forth in the employee handbook, and then follow those guidelines exactly.

Steps:

1. Talk to the employee about their performance and make sure you have a similar understanding of their requirements. If there are any external issues causing the poor performance, identify and resolve these issues when possible.

2.  Verbally reprimand the employee.

3.  Place a written verbal warning in the employee's file.

4.  Suspend the employee, starting with one day and increasing the number of days if performance does not improve.

5.  If nothing else works, terminate the employee.

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Factors that lead organizations to empowering their employees:

1. Encourage creativity and innovation
2. Increase productivity

3. Align goals of employees with those of the organization
4. Help in employee retention

Organizations need employees who take initiatives and function as partners working towards achieving organizational goals. Employee empowerment is one of the ways for organizations to ensure employee engagement and commitment towards meeting mutual objectives.

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Both men and women are to be paid equally for equal work at their workplace.
Pay includes salary, overtime pay, bonuses, stock options, profit sharing and bonus plans, life insurance, vacation and holiday pay, cleaning or gasoline allowances, hotel accommodations, reimbursement for travel expenses, and benefits.

Under the EPA, people have two years to go directly to court or to the EEOC if they are being paid unfairly.

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There are several types of discrimination based on:

Age, Disability, Equal pay, genetic information, harassment, national origin, pregnancy, race/color, religion, retaliation, sex, sexual harassment

If you're being discriminated against you can file a complaint with the EEOC. Normally, you have 180 days to file a complaint.

It's important to know how easy it is to fall into one of these categories and as an employer you need to know the severity of these laws. It is best to educate yourself and your employees on what falls under discrimination and who to contact if someone is being discriminated against.

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Make sure you have a legal reason for firing an employee. You can't just fire someone because you dislike them.
Firing an employee can easily become a discrimination case if the employee feels like they have been discriminated against.
When it comes down to the firing process, have all documentation ready and prepare yourself to deal with an employee who will be visibly upset.
Do not try and soften the blow with small talk, be forward with the employee and tell them they have been terminated and when their last day will be. Anything you say can be used against you so keep it professional and strictly business.
Once you have terminated the employee make sure to get back any keys, badges, or uniforms that belong to the company.

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Steps to a successful training development plan:
1. Identify clear goals & set objectives
2. Develop engaging training resources
3. Provide a consistent training schedule
4. Give employees a say
5. Assess the training program

Your employees are a big investment so it's important to train them properly. The quality of the training you put in place is going to show in your employees work, so it's crucial to have a successful training program in place.

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On average, women employed full time in the United States lose a combined total of nearly $900 billion every year due to the wage gap.

For every $1 a man earns, a woman earns .79 cents.

To give you a better idea of how much this would make a difference, if the gap between women’s and men’s wages were eliminated, each woman who holds a full-time, year-round job could afford to buy food for 1.6 more years, make seven more months of mortgage and utilities payments, or pay rent for 11 more months.

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Hiring great talent starts with attracting great talent.
Make the job description overview short and engaging. It should give an overview of the jobs major function and how it contributes to the companies objectives.

Focus job responsibilities on growth and development. Try not to list a bunch of daily tasks, instead describe the key job functions.

An idea for writing a job description is to ask a current employee for help. Someone who does the job on a daily basis will have a good idea of what to add to the description to make it as accurate and realistic as possible.

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Conflict in the workplace in unavoidable. It can be created for several different reasons. If someone is just having a bad day, disagreements, discrimination, compensation issues, jealousy, ego, etc. There are ways to handle conflict.
Open communication- Clear, accurate, and concise information will help reduce the number of conflicts.
Emotions- Do not let emotions drive decisions.
Define acceptable behavior- When people are aware of what is expected of them they are less likely to steer from that. Make it known what will and will not be tolerated.
Be proactive when conflict is apparent- It's always better to prevent conflict by seeking out potential conflict and intervening you can stop it from continuing any further