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Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)

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Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)

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This law is useful for the families whose heads are living in foreign countries abroad for long periods of time. This is because this law ensures that the insurance plans of the heads of such families are getting continued. Moreover, the family members of such families can also find it beneficial to know and understand this law for benefiting themselves in the long run.

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

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This law is a very useful one because this law promises to the America citizens that their medical information will not be compromised with any external affiliation or third party. Moreover, the medical information will not be compromised for being misused by terrorists, trespassers or intruders from all over the world. This law safeguards the rights of the American citizens towards data privacy in case of safeguarding of medical information and data.

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How to manage diversity in the workplace?

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How to manage diversity in the workplace?

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Managing diversity in the workplace is full of challenges like facing language barriers, differences in opinions for wearing according to a particular dress code, differences in opinions regarding keeping of long hair or long beard for religious purposes, and so on. There are individuals who have to keep long beards and long hair even at the workplace. This is because of religious purposes. This is a great difficulty for global entrepreneurs and business owners to accept because in the professional world one must look good and presentable.

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The importance of training and development in HR management

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The importance of training and development in HR management

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Training and development is important in HR management because training and development help in grooming the employees for enhancing future performance levels. Moreover, training and development is important to continue the level of good work which is already being done by means of learning to use the latest technological tools. Training and development in HR management ensure that the employees are reminded regularly about their roles, duties and responsibilities so that they can understand what to do and what not to do at the workplace.

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Training and Development is a combined role often called Human Resources Development (HRD), meaning the development of "human" resources to remain competitive in the marketplace. Training focuses on doing activities today to develop employees for their current jobs and development is preparing employees for future roles and responsibilities.

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The role of the HR manager as a conflict resolver

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The role of the HR manager as a conflict resolver

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It is important for every HR manager to understand that resolving conflicts is one of the most important tasks of the HR manager. This is because the HR manager cannot be in conflict with anyone for a long period of time as the HR manager has to learn to negotiate and find a solution which is mutually pleasing and satisfying to both parties in conflict from the professional point of view. Conflict management must be learned as a part of the functions and roles played by the HR manager so that the employees can trust the HR manager to be a reliable source of conflict resolution.

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The Manager as the Conflict Resolver  -Basu

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Dr. Raj Basu gives a short summary of his "The Manager as the Conflict Resolver" program.

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Evaluation of employees is important to motivate employees and to regulate employee performance through the actualization and the implementation of corrective measures to rectify past mistakes. The employees must be made to feel a special part of the organization they work for. Evaluation of employees provides the correct platform for making the employees understand what they are doing correct and what they are not doing correct. Evaluation of employees must be done regularly and not occasionally. For example, the time period of duration could be three months to six months or even after one year.

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The importance of appraising employees through the process of employee appraisals

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The importance of appraising employees through the process of employee appraisals

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Employee appraisals are important to boost the performance levels of the employees. Moreover, the employees of an organization would want to stay and remain working in an organization where they get positive percentages of appraisals after every six months or one year. Employee appraisals are not effective if there is any form of partiality or favoritism shown towards any particular employee. every employee must be equally judged on certain standard KRAs (Key Responsibility Areas) and parameters.

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The importance of maintaining discipline at the workplace

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The importance of maintaining discipline at the workplace

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Discipline is something which cannot be ignored while working in the corporate or the professional world. This is because a disciplined employee is more likely to be successful in the long run both from the professional as well as from the personal point of view. Discipline at the workplace shown by a particular employee would motivate the other employees to work with self-discipline. Without maintaining discipline, the employees cannot claim that they are following and adhering to a particular organizational culture.

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How to manage an employee disciplinary situation

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Getting it wrong can be expensive - so here is a quick guide for employers to take them through each stage of the disciplinary process from the initial fact find, to the investigation, hearing and appeal stages.

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The importance of knowing whom to downsize

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The importance of knowing whom to downsize

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Downsizing is never an easy job to do for a HR manager. This is because of the aspect that in case of determining whom to downsize, the HR manager has to be absolutely sure that the employee in consideration would not be able to be productive to the organization ever in the future. Moreover, the HR manager will also have to be 100% sure that the employee has had the worst performance or behavioral issues and disciplinary problems in the past months or years of employee performance. Therefore, downsizing the inappropriate employee can prove to be extremely detrimental to the organization.

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Dove Personnel & Labour Hire Maroochydore

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Why You Need Workplace Policies & Procedures | Dove Personnel | Specialists in Recruitment Services

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Visit our website for more info: http://www.dovepersonnel.com.au/ Regardless of the size of your business, policies and procedures in the workplace have never been more important. Regulations, legislation and codes of practice are forever changing, so it's important to ensure you remain compliant. In this episode, Michelle Geyer from Dove Personnel explains the difference between policies and procedures.

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The importance of retaining employees through effective employee retention policies and strategies

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The importance of retaining employees through effective employee retention policies and strategies

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Employee retention policies and strategies are extremely important to formulate and implement whenever required for an organization. This is because if proper employee retention strategies and policies are not formulated from beforehand then the attrition rate can become very high with sudden exits and termination of employees in the future. Employee retention is important in case of employees serving an organization for a long period of time (like five years or ten years). This is because such employee would be knowing most of the aspects of operations and other aspects of the business of the organization because of the development and the possession of a vast number of years of experience.

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http://blog.hr360.com/hr-blog/10-employee-retention-resolutions-new-year-video Video Highlights: 00:13 Employee retention has a huge impact on your bottom line-and now is a great time to make some employee retention resolutions that will pay off all year long. 00:45 Poor employee retention can be a pricey problem for any business.