The Benefits of Employee Handbook Practices for a Family-Run Business
Does a small business owned and operated by a family need the professional employee handbook management practices used by other small to mid-sized companies? The short answer to that question is "yes," but most family business owners would disagree. After all, we are talking about family, here. Do you really need protection practices like a handbook, safety policy, notification compliance and employment documentation to work with your wife, children, brother or other family members?
Read MoreProtecting Employees Against Identity Theft
Employee identity theft can occur by simply being employed. As an employer, you are responsible for implementing systems and procedures that both allow you to use sensitive employee information efficiently and carefully and protect that information from those who would use it illegally.
Read MoreEmployment Background Checks Protect Employers and the Workplace
Employment background checks are no longer the exception at even the smallest companies, because they are just as vulnerable to the same problems, or even threats, as the largest corporations.
Read MoreEmployee Retention Is a Valuable Component of a Successful Business
Employee-retention costs are minor when compared to the loss of sales, productivity and profits that are virtually guaranteed to occur if you don’t make a conscious effort to develop a dynamic and very tangible employee-retention policy or program.
Read MoreEmployee-Turnover Costs: Pull Your Head from the Sand and Take Control!
Employee-turnover costs may not be a problem at your business, but it’s likely to be, since most of the research suggests that less than 50% of businesses have a statistical system to capture, calculate and analyze the cost of losing employees.
Read MoreEmployee Turnover Is Costing You More Than You Realize
Employee turnover will happen; but, you, a smart business owner, don’t want to make the mistake that too many business owners make: They know to the penny their labor and operational costs, but not their employee-turnover costs.
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