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Retaliation is employer "payback", a low-down way to punish employees for reporting poor work conditions, employer wrong-doing, etc. The risk to the retaliating employer could include a new charge brought against them or even a lawsuit against the employer.
Your employees are representative of what you have invested in them. If you invest quality time and attention in your employees, they'll be more likely to favor you with a longer stay in your company!
“You can’t play favorites at work.” Who says? Where did this start? You’d better hope that your key customers/clients are playing favorites with your product or service. Your human resources department is supposed to be supporting the goals and objectives of management. If you ever hear an HR person say you can’t play favorites…run away!
The issue of this decade may be how we handle time management. HR legal regulations around FMLA and purposed mandatory paid sick leave shows that the politicians are paying attention. How are management and employees handling their time and interruptions at your place of work?
They should have added… and it’s not going to be easy. This was not just a recession for most employers. This was a re-set. When times got tough they realized they had carried way too many employees that were not a “good match” for their company. These employees then found themselves unemployed.
If I said to you that for $2782 you could get rid of your worst employee, would you even hesitate? Granted, if you’re WalMart and you go through hundreds of thousands of employees every year-maybe? But come on!
Have you heard of Cameron Pettigrew? Probably not. He worked for Fidelity Investments until recently when he was fired for violating the company policy on gambling. He was a commissioner for a fantasy football league and though the amount of company time used and the dollar amount seem minor ($20) Fidelity said, “We want our employees to be focused on our customers and clients”