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In 2019, companies were fined in excess of $333,000,000 which far surpasses any other previous year. This trend will continue and, in fact, SESCO expects more and more employers to be investigated for FLSA compliance.

On September 24, 2019, the Department of Labor (DOL) released the long-anticipated final rule defining Overtime Exemption requirements, including guaranteed salary requirements, for the White Collar Exemptions- Executive, Administrative, Professional and Highly Compensated. 

Your employee handbook is, fundamentally, your most important human resources document because it is the document on which you base all of your employment decisions. It is the repository of your employment policies and procedures.

First, SESCO recommends that no managers be permitted to date or have a social or romantic relationship with any employee under their supervision, directly or indirectly. If a manager has a romantic relationship with a subordinate, this is trouble waiting to happen.

Eventually, all organizations experience a crisis.  The crisis could involve business operations, public perception, employee concerns, or, as happens most often, multiple concerns at once.  The way an organization manages a crisis...

“Is it right because the gods love it? Or do the gods love it because it is right? -- Plato, 5th century B.C.

If we’re going to be good managers, and good people, it seems to me that our character ought to include the virtues of honor and integrity.

One of the toughest jobs for many managers and professionals these days is walking the line between being the boss and being friendly to employees. On the one hand, most of us want to be thought of as friendly; on the other hand, we must remain in authority. 

Management can prevent employee behavior and performance issues through effective planning and communicating.  The following five (5) basic steps can and will prevent most employee behavior and performance issues:

In our consulting practice, we are constantly counseling clients on how to “bring to life” the performance appraisal process.  Frontline and middle management continue to be frustrated and dismiss traditional performance appraisal processes. 

Good employers institute policies and procedures that provide a systematic way for employees to complain and they communicate them clearly and regularly. An Open Door Policy and an Employee Complaint Procedure are examples. 

Different employees crave different things from their managers.

For example, some employees want a hands-on boss who stops by with a “How are things going?” every couple of hours. 

Most employers understand the need to develop and implement an employee handbook. Whether you have five (5) employees or 10,000, the employee handbook is the cornerstone of the employer-employee relationship.